Screening of the filmed version of the Tony Award-winning musical Hadestown, with original Broadway cast members, at Picturehouse Oxford.
Hadestown: The Musical is coming to Picturehouse Oxford on Thursday 29 October, as part of a run that opens on Tuesday 27 October and continues until Monday 14 December. It's a filmed version of the stage show, recorded live at the Lyric Theatre in London's West End and directed by Brett Sullivan.
On screen is the original Broadway cast: Eva Noblezada, Reeve Carney, André De Shields, Amber Gray, Patrick Page, Bella Brown, Madeline Charlemagne and Allie Daniel. The show itself is a reimagining of the ancient tale of Orpheus and Eurydice, set alongside the relationship between King Hades and his wife Persephone. Eurydice, struggling with poverty, is lured to the industrial underworld of Hadestown, and Orpheus ventures down to bring her back.
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Musically, it blends modern American folk with New Orleans-inspired jazz. It's an international hit that picked up eight Tony Awards in 2019, including Best Musical, and the 2020 Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album. The whole thing runs 124 minutes, and there are sequences of flashing lights that may affect customers susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
