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 — live electronica, soaring spoken word and now a live string quartet and vocal ensemble — has become one of the most traveled and most awarded shows on the contemporary spoken-word circuit.
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SPACES AND VIBES
Deliberately venue-agnostic — has played everything from churches to breweries to state libraries.MARKET FIT
Festivals and presenters after critically decorated, audience-tested spoken-word/music theatre that can slot into almost any venue in their program.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.
Praised at Adelaide Fringe and FRINGE WORLD as “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
