A male performer in an orange jumpsuit, performing spoken word into a mic, with one hand up in the air. The performer is backlit, in a room with smoke, and orange and blue lights.

A male performer, playing an electric guitar and singing into a microphone. There's pink neon wrapped around the mic stand in front of him, and hanging from above behind him.

A female performer stood a couple of feet away from a microphone, singing a huge note, with mouth wide open. She is wearing a gold / pink jacket with a cool electro floral pattern on.

THE GODS THE GODS THE GODS

Theatre and Physical Theatre • Music

United Kingdom

The award-winning team behind international smash-hit shows ORPHEUS & EURYDICE, return to Adelaide.

3 performers; 4 stories; 12 tracks; 1 show full of big beats, soaring melodies and heart-stopping spoken-word. Wright&Grainger call us to the crossroads where mythology meets real life. The Gods are gathering, and you’re invited.

★★★★★ "One of the great highlights of a decade of Fringe" SeeSaw

★★★★ "Euphoric" The Stage

★★★★ "Euphoric" British Theatre Guide

★★★★ "This is how you do immersive theatre" ThreeWeeks

"This is immediate interactive theatre at its best" Stage Whispers

"Captivating, electrify and brings the house down" Collage Adelaide

Previous awards: BEST THEATRE (Adelaide Fringe), BEST IN FRINGE (Dunedin Fringe), BEST THEATRE WEEKLY (FringeWorld), BEST MUSIC (Sydney Fringe)

Presented by: Wright&Grainger in association with Joanne Hartstone

Wright&Grainger are ‘two masters of storytelling’ (FourthWall) from North Yorkshire, UK. They tour the world with spoken word, music and storytelling. Their retellings of ORPHEUS and EURYDICE have played hundreds of shows across continents in fields, tents, pubs, bars, shops, houses, lanes, gardens, railway arches, boats and the occasional theatre. They are multi-award winning theatre makers who regularly team up with the multi-award winning Joanne Hartstone to bring their work to Adelaide. For THE GODS THE GODS THE GODS in 2023 they’re damn happy to be working with Australian artist and performer Megan Drury, and UK music producer Tom Figgins, along with lighting designer George Cort and Stage Manager extraordinaire Brains. Come find us, we’ll be very happy to see you.

THE GODS THE GODS THE GODS is a standing show, we invite everyone in to a dance floor in the middle of the room. If you need a seat, you’ll be very welcome to one, of course. Just chat to someone at the venue when you arrive.