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Nicola Roberts ‘heartbroken’ after pulling out of West End shows

The singer, 40, had played the role of Persephone in the musical Hadestown.

Evening Standard

‘It really bores me’: Wayne McGregor on why he won’t spell out his striking dance creations

The choreographer has paired the tragedies of Oedipus Rex and Antigone in a monumental double bill, Jocasta’s Line, which refuses to spoon-feed audiences

The Guardian - UK

Beginner’s Gluck: how the 18th-century composer and a castrato changed opera forever

Over 250 years after Gluck’s Orpheus and Eurydice presented opera in a new way, an acrobatic staging aims to do the same. Iestyn Davies, whose Orpheus will be amid the tumblers, dancers and acrobats, writes of pushing boundaries – and heart-stopping wonder

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Girls Aloud star Nicola Roberts joins cast of West End musical Hadestown

Roberts will play Persephone from September 16 until January 18 2026 at the Lyric Theatre in London.

Evening Standard

Audition for fun swings scientist into hot musical role

One of the stars of Hadestown is a cancer scientist who auditioned with friends for a laugh and found himself cast in the hit musical.

AAP

Has the lost ancient Macedonian capital city of Lyncus been discovered?

Archaeologists believe they have discovered the birthsite of Alexander the Great’s grandmother in North Macedonia.

Euronews

We’ve told this story for 2,500 years: how Hadestown playfully brings alive an ancient Greek myth

“It’s an old song”, Hermes (Christine Anu) sings at the opening of Hadestown, but “we’re gonna sing it again and again”.

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Broadway musical Hadestown arrives way, way Down Under

Christine Anu stars in the Australian premiere of Hadestown - the hit musical retelling of the ancient tale of Orpheus and Eurydice.

AAP

Trailblazing dancer and choreographer Eileen Kramer dies aged 110

Sydney icon danced in the jazz bars of Paris, painted murals in Karachi and mixed with Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Groucho Marx

The Guardian - AU

Five aspects of Kaos that might or might not be from Greek myth – according to an expert

This article contains spoilers for Kaos.

The Conversation

The 7 clever and brilliant KAOS easter eggs that you definitely missed

Marie Claire

Your Guide to the Cast of Netflix's 'Kaos'

The gods are real, and Jeff Goldblum is the king of them all.

Marie Claire

Netflix Just Quietly Released the Most Inventive Epic Myth of the Year

With a cast led by the ultra-charismatic Jeff Goldblum, 'Kaos' is the perfect weekend binge.

Inverse

Kaos: what to know about the craziest Netflix show of the year

Is that Billie Piper with rotting teeth and a nose tattoo? Yes, it is

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Nye; The Lonely Londoners; Hadestown – review

Larkiness overtakes Tim Price’s hallucinatory new play about the founder of the NHS; Roy Williams’s adaptation of Sam Selvon’s great Windrush novel pulses with brio; and Anaïs Mitchell’s underworld musical squeezes into the West End

The Guardian - UK

Hadestown review – thrilling songs from an American underworld

Anaïs Mitchell’s musical melds two classical myths, folk and jazz with tremendous soul and offbeat spirit

Evening Standard

Hadestown at the Lyric Shaftesbury Avenue review: the catchy score is let down by a meandering, confusing show

It’s hard to see why this musical by folk singer Anaïs Mitchell inspires such devotion among musical theatre audiences

AAP

Acrobats join grieving lover on journey to underworld

A grieving lover's journey to the underworld in an enduring Greek tragedy will come alive on stage in a 'genre-busting' production that includes acrobatics.

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DACA DREAMer Stars As Orpheus In Broadway’s Hadestown National Tour

DACA DREAMer J. Antonio Rodriguez takes center stage in Hadestown, drawing parallels between his journey and Orpheus's.

Chicago Sun-Times

Writers Theatre’s ‘Eurydice’ plays like poetry, down to the smallest detail

Actors bring a certain purity to visually exquisite production of Sarah Ruhl’s dreamy take on the Orpheus myth.

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Orpheus; Apartment House review – rich, rewarding, different

Opera North’s teeming fusion of Monteverdi with Indian classical traditions is an inspired match. Elsewhere, more mind-bending harmonies from Apartment House

The Guardian - UK

Orfeo review – descent to the underworld takes you to heaven

John Caird delivers a triumphant fusion of staging, choreography and performance – with Ed Lyon formidably assured in the title role

The Guardian - UK

Pina Bausch: Orpheus and Eurydice review – piercing sadness

Dancers and singers share the lead roles in Tanztheater Wuppertal’s lucid version of the myth, set to Gluck’s score

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