about Medea
★★★★
A blazing Sophie Okonedo makes this spartan production a must-see
Evening Standard
★★★★
Ben Daniels is superb in each role
The Guardian
★★★★
Dominic Cooke’s subtle, brilliant staging
The Independent
What could turn a woman from a lover into a destroyer of love?
Medea tells the story of a woman laid bare by grief and rage, and her terrible quest for revenge against the men who have abandoned her.
Sophie Okonedo brings her visceral, mercurial brilliance to literature’s most titanic female protagonist, whose complexity and contradictions have kept audiences on the edge of their seats, unable to look away, for almost 2,500 years.
Medea, adapted by Robinson Jeffers from the play by Euripides. Dominic Cooke directs Sophie Okonedo as Medea and Ben Daniels as Jason/Tutor/Creon/Aegeus in this ‘uncompromising, brutally human 90-minute production’ (Evening Standard). Medea is now playing for a strictly limited season @sohoplace until 22 April 2023 (with best availability Monday to Wednesday).
“I am really excited and a touch nervous to be playing Medea. I’m buoyed by the fact I’m working with two of my closest friends and long-term collaborators, Dominic Cooke and Ben Daniels. I was lucky enough to have Nica Burns show me around the new Soho Place theatre while it was still being built, and I was so impressed by the space that I signed up immediately to perform there!” Sophie Okonedo
“I have been friends with Sophie Okonedo since we were in our teens. We’ve worked together many times including on Arabian Nights at the Young Vic in 1998 and The Hollow Crown: Wars of the Roses for the BBC in 2015. Sophie is one of our most visceral, emotionally connected actors and I have long thought she’d be a brilliant Medea. I am over the moon that it’s now happening in Kate Horton and my second West End project for our company Fictionhouse. I’m also really looking forward to working again with the super talented Ben Daniels after our hugely fulfilling collaboration on The Normal Heart at the National Theatre. Ben and Sophie have been an explosive onstage partnership in the past and I can’t wait to see them playing these iconic roles together in Nica Burns’ thrilling new auditorium @sohoplace.” Dominic Cooke
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show details
Playing until
DAY SEATS AVAILABLE: on the day, in person at the box office from 11am
Monday to Saturday: 7.30pm
Thursday and Saturday: 2.30pm
Running Time: Approx 90mins, no interval
Please note: The production contains flashing lights.
Age Recommendation 12+
Tickets From: £25
Groups and Education rates available. Please see below
Fair access: 50% off across all bands
@sohoplace has contactless ticketing for every performance. Tickets will be issued electronically 48 hours prior to the performance.
Access Information
Book here for the Captioned performance
Access Performances
Captioned Performance
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or email us at access@sohoplace.org
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group & education
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Groups 10+
reduced to £49.50 (Bands A+B) – Monday to Thursday
Education groups 10+
reduced to £25 (Bands B+C) plus every 11th ticket free – Monday to Wednesday and Thursday matinee
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Medea reviews
★★★★
A blazing Sophie Okonedo makes this spartan production a must-see
Evening Standard
★★★★
Ben Daniels is superb in each role
The Guardian
★★★★
Dominic Cooke’s subtle, brilliant staging
The Independent
★★★★
A majestic Okonedo blazes with fury, love and despair
Daily Telegraph
★★★★
Okonedo responds with a blistering performance of raw elemental power
iNews
★★★★
Dominic Cooke’s uncompromising, brutally human 90-minute production
Evening Standard
Medea gallery
Medea cast








Tutor/Creon/Aegeus+

Women of Corinth






Medea creatives
Please note that the producers cannot guarantee the appearance of any particular artist at any performance, as this is subject to a variety of factors including illness, injury, or events beyond the producers’ control. No refunds or exchanges will be offered as a result of an artist’s unavailability to perform at any performance.