OEDIPUS LOVES YOU

21–25 JAN

Pan Pan Theatre (Ireland)

Part of Sydney Festival's About An Hour

Anarchic Dublin company Pan Pan Theatre’s punk rock sensibility strikes a fierce chord in this savvy update of Sophocles’ classic drama of the ultimate dysfunctional family. They bring decidedly modern twists and ample humour to their explorations and yet stay more true to the thrust and themes of the original than you might first think.

Oedipus is still counselled by the wise Tiresias, but now the sightless sage is a Freudian analyst and ex-glam rocker. Sexual desire runs unchecked and tensions still seethe, but now the backdrop is the BBQ grill of Oedipus’ suburban hideaway.

The dramatic tension is maxed up by Gavin Quinn’s remote-control direction and thrash metal performed live by the cast of five.

'Mixes Jerry Springer moments and rock music with mutilation, catharsis and comedy' The Guardian

Contains nudity

Presented as part of Sydney Festival at the Seymour