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Eva O'Connor, Hildegard Ryan
Lucie Lovatt
Sarah Gordon
Phoebe Frances Brown
James McDermott
Kip Williams
Dodie Smith
Paul Unwin
by Joe Tracz, Rob Rokicki
Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 7any gender (adult) plus ensemble
As the half-blood son of a Greek god, Percy Jackson has newly-discovered powers he can't control, a destiny he doesn't want, and a mythology textbook's worth of monsters on his trail. When Zeus's master lightning bolt is stolen and Percy becomes the prime suspect, he has to find and return the bolt to prove his innocence and prevent a war between the gods. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the thief. He must travel to the Underworld and back; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of betrayal by a friend; and come to terms with the father who abandoned him. Adapted from the best-selling book The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan and featuring a thrilling original rock score, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is an action-packed mythical adventure "worthy of the gods" (Time Out New York).
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Sabrina Ali
Anaïs Mitchell
Lucy Moss, Toby Marlow
Multiple Authors
Agatha Christie
Alistair McDowall
by Anaïs Mitchell
Full-Length Musical, Drama / 5w, 2m, 1any gender (adult) plus ensemble
This intriguing and beautiful folk opera delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience. Following two intertwining love stories — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of immortal King Hades and Lady Persephone — Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Inspired by traditions of classic American folk music and vintage New Orleans jazz, Mitchell’s beguiling sung-through musical pits industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love.
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Agatha Christie, Rachel Wagstaff
Alan Ayckbourn
Martin Crimp
Mark Haddon, Simon Stephens
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