MEDEA

@SOHOPLACE until 22 April 2023

What could turn a woman from a lover into a destroyer of love? Medea tells the story of a woman laid bare by grief and rage, and her terrible quest for revenge against the men who have abandoned her.

Sophie Okonedo brings her visceral, mercurial brilliance to literature’s most titanic female protagonist, whose complexity and contradictions have kept audiences on the edge of their seats, unable to look away, for almost 2,500 years.

Medea, adapted by Robinson Jeffers from the play by Euripides. Dominic Cooke directs Sophie Okonedo as Medea and Ben Daniels as Jason/Tutor/Creon/Aegeus in this ‘uncompromising, brutally human 90-minute production’ (Evening Standard).

“I am really excited and a touch nervous to be playing Medea. I’m buoyed by the fact I’m working with two of my closest friends and long-term collaborators, Dominic Cooke and Ben Daniels. I was lucky enough to have Nica Burns show me around the new Soho Place theatre while it was still being built, and I was so impressed by the space that I signed up immediately to perform there!”Sophie Okonedo

The production is now playing for a strictly limited season @sohoplace until 22 April 2023. Best availability Monday to Wednesday. Running Time: 90 minutes, no interval. Please note the production contains flashing lights.

‘A glamorous new theatre right in the heart of London’ (Official London Theatre) @sohoplace is the first new-build West End theatre in 50 years, and is the culmination of a 12 year project. With a flexible 602 seat in the round auditorium and programming that ‘pushes theatre boundaries’ (The Observer), @sohoplace is cementing itself in the heart of West End theatre. For more information and to buy your tickets, visit @sohoplace.org