It’s safe to say that the Wright & Grainger theatre company are obsessed with the Greek myths: they’ve told them thousands of times over four continents since 2016. Adelaide Fringe veterans will be familiar with their version of Orpheus as well as The Gods, The Gods, The Gods, both of which return for limited runs this season. This new work focuses on Helios, the god whose job it is to haul the sun into place every morning, and his sons, Phaethon and Actis. Spoiler alert: as the Greeks myths tend to do, this one does not end well. But the tale is in the telling. This Helios is skillfully transposed to a modern-day rural village in the north of England and Alex Wright holds the audience in his hand as he tells it. It’s a virtuoso performance, supported by music, some help from the audience and a few lamps. Yet Helios is much, much more than the sum of its parts. After all, there’s a reason we keep coming back to the Greek myths and there’s a curious sense of transience in the audience as they come together. Sitting under the temporary structure of the Yurt (the perfect venue for this show) there’s a feeling of participation in an ancient ritual, of connection to the strangers around us and the people who came before us. It’s a beautiful thing and a much-needed reminder, as we gather on the land of the Kuarna people, of the irresistible power of stories to unite us.