Arts and Culture

Adelaide Fringe Review: A Greek Tragedy ‘Oedipus Rex – The King’

Posted on: Tue 6 Mar 2018

A Greek tragedy from 2,500 years ago, Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, is still a favourite with fans from all corners of the globe, including Loucas Loizou, who has adapted it for the Adelaide Fringe.

Breakfast’s Morgan Burley attends a performance to get Loucas’s take on this classic play.

Produced by Morgan Burley

Image sources with permission of the Adelaide Fringe

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