"Medea is as much victim as villain in Dominic Cooke’s psychologically subtle and subversive production, and Ben Daniels is superb playing all the puffed up men in her life."
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"Okonedo and The Crown's Ben Daniels bring terrific intensity to Dominic Cooke's production of the harrowing Greek tragedy"
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“Given the intensity and intimacy of the performances, and how the central drama is already enhanced by the reactions of the onlookers, it feels like overkill to add alarms and helicopters to Gareth Fry’s busy soundscape, and in particular the clichéd crutch of an actual storm.”
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"The staging reverberates with such resonances: it feels at once mythic and modern. ... Sophie Okonedo emerges from the carnage defiant, irrevocably damaged, but cleansed. It is a sensational performance in a production of riveting acuity."
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"This is a bleak and harsh production. It's inevitability makes for a breath-holding display of unflinching gut wrench, while Okonedo is worth the ticket price alone."
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“Okonedo’s masterful performance certainly plumbs those depths and reveals that bleeding heart, but there is also a stiffness to Cooke’s overall direction that seems to counter such unveiling for much of this austere production.”
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“ ‘Medea’ at @sohoplace theatre is a powerful and relevant adaptation that will leave you torn and aching for more.”
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“ ‘Medea’s’ story is sadly still highly relatable today, and this powerfully staged production is an emotionally challenging reminder of that.”
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