Wright&Grainger
ORPHEUS &
EURYDICE
Nearly a decade and 650+ performances in, Wright&Grainger’s spoken-word retelling of the Orpheus myth — now paired with Eurydice’s side of the story — keeps winning awards.
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Since its creation in 2016, Orpheus has played more than 650 shows around the world — in festivals, cafés, gardens, railway arches, bars, tents, churches, yoga studios, boats, record shops, breweries, loft apartments and, very occasionally, a theatre. Eurydice, written in 2018, tells the same story from the other side, handing agency to a voice traditionally left passive and silent. The double bill with live electronica, soaring spoken word and a live string quartet and vocal ensemble has already moved thousands of hearts and minds.
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SPACES AND VIBES
Deliberately venue-agnostic — has played everything from churches to breweries to state libraries. Can also play traditional theatre space in traverse.THE DATA
Orpheus: Best Theatre, Adelaide Fringe 2023. Eurydice: Best Theatre, Adelaide Fringe 2019. Double bill played the Mortlock Chamber, State Library of South Australia, Adelaide Fringe, February–March 2026.
“lyrical, gloriously effective, infectious and profound…Theatrical Magic. I laughed, I cried, I loved it.”—Glam Adelaide
“Charming, uplifting… storytelling at its finest.”
—Adelaide Advertiser
“A true gem of a show who’s praise I want to sing from the rooftops”—VoiceMag
