New musical PERSEPHONE to embark on summer tour

Emma Hawkins and Carrie Penn’s new musical Persephone will embark on a summer tour, it has been announced, opening in Cambridge on 4 August.

Have you heard the story of the little old town?

The rural town of Olympus has fallen into a steady rhythm under the fixed control of Zeus. Immortality grows rife, power is corrupt and nothing is a secret for long. Yet for the young Persephone, who lives hidden away in the fields, the little old town is nothing but a story.

With the arrival of a mysterious stranger, Persephone is set on a journey that’ll entwine her with the little old town forever. For this is a world of folklore, but also a world of immortality, and when you live forever there is one thing everyone craves but no one can keep for long: youth.

Described by critics as a “slick, substantial and thrilling show” (Daily Info) and “the best of classical versus modern storytelling” (Breaking the Fourth Wall), this new musical premiered to great commercial and critical success at the Oxford Playhouse in November 2021.

Produced by Jazz Hands Productions, Persephone will play in Cambridge on 4 & 5 August, followed by Doncaster on 9 & 10 August, Liverpool on 12 & 13 August, before playing at the London Courtyard Theatre from 17-21 August.

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