What is Hadestown about? Hadestown reimagines the Greek myths of Orpheus and Eurydice and Hades and Persephone. It follows Orpheus as he journeys to the underworld to rescue Eurydice, who has ...

Christine Anu as Hermes and Elenoa Rokobaro as Persephone in a scene from Hadestown. Penny Stephens The other point on which the myths agree is how difficult the underworld is to escape.

Near the end of the show, Hermes — the messenger god who acts as narrator — sings, “It’s a sad song / But we sing it anyway.” ...

Other figures from Greek myth — Hermes, the Fates, Hades, Persephone — also play pivotal roles in this complex tale of loss, memory, identity and faith.

Award-winning Broadway musical Hadestown has arrived in Australia. It places dreamers and lovers centre stage, and shows just what power they have.

The ensemble consists of a troupe of around nine singers/dancers, three Fates (Sarah Murr, Jennifer Trijo, Imani Williams), and the main characters: Hermes (Christine Anu) who acts as a narrator, ...

Skyridge High School’s theater department proudly presents “Hadestown: Teen Edition,” a captivating musical by Anaïs Mitchell. The musical weaves together the ancient myths of Orpheus and Eurydice, ...

Zeus demanded she be released, but Hades tricked her into eating a few pomegranate seeds, meaning she had eaten food in the underworld and could not leave. A deal was struck so that Persephone spend a ...

Persephone then arrives in the world above and celebrates summer, but soon Hades comes to take her back to Hadestown, his underground factory, to her great reluctance.

In this adaptation, Earth and its seasons are plagued by the dying connection between Persephone and Hades. Fall and spring disappear, and winter becomes a deadly force with storms and scarce amounts ...

The Hades Amphora, depicting Hades (right) and Persephone (left). Painted by “The Oionokles Painter.” Detail from an Attic red-figure amphora, ca. 470 BC. Louvre Museum. Credit: User:Jastrow / CC BY 3 ...