ORPHEUS

Theatre and Physical Theatre • Spoken Word
United Kingdom
Internationally award winning modern retelling of an ancient greek myth.

Dave is single and turning 30. He's stood at the bar. Eurydice is a tree nymph. And Bruce Springsteen is on the juke box.

A tale of impossible, death-defying love told through hair-raising spoken word and soaring soul music.

The Flanagan Collective and Gobbledigook Theatre weave a world of dive bars, side streets and ancient gods.

WINNER Best Theatre Weekly 2018 Adelaide Fringe
WINNER Best In Music 2019 Sydney Fringe
WINNER Best Theatre Weekly 2019 Fringe World
WINNER Best in Fringe 2019 Dunedin Fringe
WINNER VAULT Festival Summerhall Award

★★★★★ "Exceptional" The Advertiser.

★★★★★ "I laughed. I cried. I loved it." GLAM Adelaide.

(Trilogy with 'EURYDICE' & 'THE GODS, THE GODS, THE GODS')

Presented by: The Flanagan Collective, Gobbledigook Theatre, and Hartstone-Kitney Productions

THE FLANAGAN COLLECTIVE & GOBBLEDIGOOK THEATRE are from rural North Yorkshire in the UK. Run by Alexander Wright & Phil Grainger, who have been working together since they were 14, both companies create work for unusual, non traditional spaces.
THE FLANAGAN COLLECTIVE are associate company at York Theatre Royal and their previous work includes BEULAH (national touring), FABLE (international touring), SOME SMALL LOVE STORY (national touring) and A CHRISTMAS CAROL (8 years in the UK).
GOBBLEDIGOOK THEATRE are makers of large scale, outdoor mischief. They create big adventures for family audiences. Their recent work includes THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS and ROBIN HOOD both at Bolton Abbey, THE TALES OF BEATRIX POTTER at Castle Howard and THE FAMOUS FIVE which has toured widely across the UK.