Reviewed by: Stage Whispers
Review by Mark Wickett | 26 February 2023

The stories from creators Alex Wright and Phil Grainger are founded in Greek mythology, and this is no exception, yet it is but one narrative thread of this show – and the style of delivery has a different energy to their other offering at Adelaide this year (Orpheus). Expanding on the combination of spoken word and song shared between Wright and Grainger, singer Megan Drury adds a third voice to the four stories told across twelve songs.

Wright’s superb wordplay shines strong and he moves seamlessly between his usual spoken word, slam poetry, and this time, into more rhythmic rhyme as rap. Tom Figgins underpins Grainger’s guitar with rich beats and tones, and George Cort’s lighting design is another element to this narrative, giving us focus on a performer, or washing us in colour.