Theatre - Oedipus, the Black Box

10 Avenue Jehan de Beauce

The old Oedipus reopens the book of his life as if we were examining the black box of an airplane after a crash. Structured like a genuine police investigation, the play piles up false leads, reveals clues so that this truth, which Oedipus has pursued all his life, can come to light. Here Oedipus becomes a brilliant, stubborn detective on the edge of the abyss, chasing a culprit he does not suspect. And when the truth comes out, it is as much our view of the myth as of ourselves that wavers. Gil Galliot offers a resolutely contemporary interpretation...