Oedipus Schmoedipus

Fed up with white men staging the deaths of white men in plays written by white men, the white ladies of POST (who brought you We are the World at the Mt Gambier Fringe last year) have pirated the classics to confront the great unknown.

Oedipus Schmoedipus is about death: real death, fake death, and the Western theatrical canon. It’s joyful and dark, stupid and smart, hilarious and confronting. An ambitious, epic and an intentionally impossible task, Oedipus Schmoedipus takes dozens of the great theatre classics, picks out the death scenes, mixes them together irreverantly and hands them back to the people.

For this mammoth undertaking of gore, laments and requiems, POST are joined by a new cast of 25 local people from the South East. It’s a democratic theatrical extravaganza – there really isn’t anything quite like it.

Straddling live art, theatre and contemporary performance practices, POST take being silly very seriously, and have a real commitment to innovation. Their deep irreverence for the institution of theatre and deep reverence for the magic moment of the liveness it houses has amused, bemused and probably annoyed audiences for the past ten years.

Come and watch as your neighbour, your friend, the team from POST present a live action take on cartoon violence you won’t forget in a hurry!

“Marvellous medley pokes fun at the classics” ★★★★ Sydney Morning Herald

Age Suitability: Over 12 years

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. This project/organisation is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.