A bound performer strains against a rope held in her mouth, hands lifted close to her face in deep blue light.

The Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone2024

Seneca’s Oedipus

The Production

The Bridge Theatre Training Company staged Ted Hughes’s adaptation of Seneca’s Oedipus at The Cockpit Theatre in June 2024. Directed by Simon Cotton, the production was presented as a modern, fast-paced retelling of the classical tragedy.

36 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Simon Cotton
Commissioned by: The Bridge Theatre Training Company

A bare stage is lit by a narrow white spotlight on a branch-like structure at the top of steps, with cracked floor lines spreading into the darkness.

A performer in a dark fur-like vest reaches upward in a blue-and-white beam while an ensemble stands behind.

The central performer crouches low on the patterned floor as ensemble members watch from blocks under crossing blue and amber lights.

An ensemble in black frames a central performer beneath blue spotlights, many hands raised in synchronized gesture.

Three black-clad performers stand in a tight triangular formation under a shaft of haze-filled light.

One performer gently holds another by the shoulders as a hooded figure with a staff stands blurred behind them.

Two performers lean toward a round pot on the floor while a hooded figure with a staff watches from the steps.

A hooded performer grips a curved staff and reaches forward, with another figure and branch-like scenery behind.

Smoke curls through a side-lit scene with a seated hooded figure and a standing performer near the skeletal tree.

A group of performers faces front around a central pot, with varied costumes and the cracked floor visible under blue light.

A woman in black stands in strong foreground light while seated performers and a staff-bearing figure recede into the dark stage.

Three performers stand shoulder to shoulder in blue haze, flanked by others low to the floor.

Two women crouch over a pot, one holding bloodied hands toward the audience as bodies remain bowed behind them.

A row of performers crouches on hands and knees across the stage beneath blue beams and a central spotlight.

A performer with long red hair strides toward the edge of the lit floor, mouth open in a fierce expression.

A black-clad crowd surrounds a man in front, many holding pale masks under a dramatic overhead beam.

Green light washes over a dense cluster of performers holding white masks around a central figure.

A seated performer stares forward beneath a large tangle of bare branches, isolated in warm light.

A performer braces and pulls hard on a rope across the stage while an ensemble stands in shadow behind.

Two performers sit closely together beside a rough wooden structure, one leaning protectively into the other.

A woman in a yellow dress looks forward with a troubled expression against a dark blue background.

A man in the foreground is rim-lit by a bright overhead lamp while a woman in yellow stands alone behind him.

Three performers confront one another across the patterned stage while the ensemble lines the back under blue and amber lights.

A central performer holds a small object out in both hands, face strained, with singers blurred behind.

A tight blue-lit portrait shows a performer staring intensely ahead, with blurred figures in the background.

A masked performer in black looks forward under blue light, her face partly obscured by a dark, painted eye covering.

Five performers stand on blocks with one arm raised, framed by the branch-like set and cool overhead light.

Bound wrists tied with thick rope are shown in close-up under saturated blue light.

An empty central playing space glows amber while two groups of performers stand apart on low blocks.

A lone performer stands in a pool of cold blue light, with ensemble groups dimly visible at the sides.

From above, a performer crawls near the foreground while two lines of ensemble members stand by the raised, tree-like structure.

A kneeling group lunges toward the audience with raised arms around a central figure, caught in bright blue stage light.

A woman tenderly cups the bloodied face of a man as they stand close in blue stage light.

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