Oedipus
Oedip Rege

Oedipus
Oedip Rege

“Ultimate simplicity”
Teatrul Azi

By Sophocles
Performed in Romanian with surtitles
Running time approximately 1 hour 20 minutes with no interval

In May 2022, after many years of collaboration, Declan and Nick were invited to create a production of Oedipus (Oedip Rege) in Craiova, Romania, with the ensemble of the Teatrul Naţional “Marin Sorescu”.

This promenade production opened on the 6th of May 2022 to wonderful reviews and audience responses, and has continued to perform in repertoire at the National Theatre, Craiova since then.

Cheek by Jowl was invited to perform in Craiova on several occasions over the past thirty years with productions such as As You Like It, ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, and Measure for Measure and developed a strong relationship with the city and its audiences.

Tickets

Date	Location	Tickets
27 October 2025	Craiova, Teatrul Naţional “Marin Sorescu”, Romania – as a double bill with Medea	Tickets

Cast and creative team

Cast

Name
Claudiu Mihail
Ramona Drăgulescu
Vlad Udrescu
Tamara Popescu
Alex Calangiu
Nicolae Vicol
Iulia Colan
Angel Rababoc
Raluca Păun
Eugen Titu
Corina Druc
Irina Danciu
with Ovidiu Cârstea, Bruno Noferi, Ioana Andone, Adelina Galiceanu, Roxana Mutu, Mihai Alexandru Purcaru, Petri Ștefănescu, Cătălina Vînătoru, Iarina Zidaru

Creative Team

Role	Name
Director	Declan Donnellan
Designer	Nick Ormerod
Romanian Translation by	Theodor Georgescu and Constantin Georgescu
Assistant Director	Laurentiu Tudor
Assistant Designers	Adelina Galiceanu, Petri Ștefănescu
Music	Cari Tibor
Dramaturgy	Haricleea Nicolau

Previous performances

Previous Performances

Date	Location
12 June 2025	Sofia, National Theatre “Ivan Vazov,” Bulgaria – as a double bill with Medea
10 June 2025	Varna, Viafest, Bulgaria – as a double bill with Medea
23 May 2025	Craiova, Teatrul Naţional “Marin Sorescu”, Romania – in repertoire
4-5 December 2024	Craiova, Teatrul Naţional “Marin Sorescu”, Romania – in repertoire
3-4 November 2024	Tbilisi, Georgian International Festival of Arts, Georgia
17-21 January 2024	Madrid, Teatros del Canal, Spain
6-7 June 2023	Timișoara, Teatrul Naţional, Romania
November 2022	Bucharest, Teatrul Naţional, Romania
6-12 May 2022	Craiova, Teatrul Naţional “Marin Sorescu”, Romania

Reviews

Romania

“What is truly amazing in this Oedipus is the clarity with which Declan Donnellan extracts a profoundly contemporary (because eternally and universally human) essence from Sophocles’ text: the arrogance of trying to defeat the conditions of reality by ignoring them.”
Iulia Popovici, Cultural Observatory

“In a generous, broad playing space, offered by the entire surface of the main stage, the spectators become citizens of Thebes, witnesses and accomplices in the inevitable tragedy rendered by an a priori curse. […] You are responsible, somehow, for what happens…”
Alina Epîngeac, d’E-pîn-geac

“What is then thought-provoking is the ultimate simplicity of the production. […] The empty space engulfs us like a god who devours his children…“
Călin Ciobotari, Teatrul Azi