Tickets

Tickets – Sophocles’ Oedipus the King – Perth 2026

Award-winning Canberra company Greek Theatre Now presents Sophocles’ Oedipus the King at the Saw Avenue Amphitheatre, Kings Park & Botanic Gardens, Perth, Western Australia, 24 – 28 September 2026. Contemporary English translation. “A prime example […]
Auditions

Auditions – Greek Chorus – Perth 2026

Greek Theatre Now seeks 6 to 12 people for a Greek Chorus for its production of Sophocles’ Oedipus the King at the Saw Avenue Amphitheatre, Kings Park & Botanic Garden, Perth, Western Australia, 24-28 September […]
Reviews

Reviews – Oedipus the King – Canberra 2026

Thank you Canberra for supporting your annual outdoor Greek theatre Easter festival at the Australian National Botanic Gardens. Audience numbers up 21%. Critics, scholars, the public and schools praised the production. “A prime example of […]
Media

Canberra City News – 24 March 2026

Most people have heard of Freud’s idea that sons may see their fathers as rivals for their mother’s affection – the Oedipus complex. Now Canberra audiences will have a rare chance to see the ancient […]
Cast/Crew

Sophocles’ Oedipus the King – Cast/Crew

Burbidge Amphitheatre, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, April 2026 Oedipus, King of Thebes – Andrew Mackenzie Creon, Oedipus’s brother-in-law – Owen Maycock Jocasta, wife of Oedipus, sister of Creon – Kate Blackhurst Priest of Zeus, […]
Awards

Awards

Greek Theatre Now’s 2025 production, Sophocles’ Antigone, was honoured during the recent Canberra and New South Wales theatre awards season. At the fourth annual Ovations Awards at the Hellenic Club, movement director & choreographer Lachlan […]
OAM

OAM to Elizabeth Minchin

From Ros Jackson, President, Friends of the ANU Classics Museum, to Friends members: “No doubt many of you were delighted to note the award of the OAM to Emeritus Professor Elizabeth Minchin in the Australia Day Honours […]