Richard Stilgoe’s Orpheus – The Mythical

A Musical Comedy about a Greek Tragedy

The young disabled students of the Orpheus Centre work the same magic as the original Orpheus – they make the world stop and listen. To celebrate the Centre’s 20th birthday, along with some of their alumni and recent graduates of Arts Educational School, they present Orpheus’ voyage to find the golden fleece and his doomed journey down to Hades to rescue his wife Euridice, while battling the efforts of the bored and wilful gods and an unreliable satnav.

Subject to professional commitments, The Greek Chorus will be played on different nights by Jane Asher, Rob Brydon, Bertie Carvel, Jim Carter, Patricia Hodge, Martin Jarvis and more.

Words and Music by Richard Stilgoe

Directed by Katie Beard

Guests

Fri 23 – Martin Jarvis

Sat 24 – Rob Brydon

Mon 26 – Patricia Hodge

Tue 27 – Jane Asher

Wed 28 – Charles Collingwood and Judy Bennett

Thu 29 – Samuel West

Fri 30 – Bertie Carvel

Sat 31 Matinee – Barry Cryer

Sat 31 Evening – Jim Carter and Imelda Staunton