orpheus

Wright & Grainger
​Spoken Word & Music
Thursday 23 October, 2025
7.30pm
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£23 adult, £10 child (Booking fee applies)
The Medieval Hall, Salisbury SP1 2EY
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Internationally award-winning re-telling of an ancient myth

Dave is single. He’s stood at the bar. 
Eurydice is a tree nymph.
And Bruce Springsteen is on the juke box. 

A tale of impossible, death-defying love told through hair raising spoken word and soaring acoustic soul music. Wright&Grainger weave a world of dive bars, side streets and ancient gods. 

Since its creation in 2016, ORPHEUS has played over 600 shows in the UK and internationally  - in festivals, cafes, gardens, railways arches, bars,  tents, churches, yoga studios, boats, record shops, breweries, loft apartments and very occasionally, a theatre. It’s won multiple awards including 

​Best Theatre (Adelaide Fringe) 
Best Music (Sydney Fringe) 
Beyond Words (Dunedin Fringe) 

Orpheus has rightly received overwhelmingly positive reviews across multiple major festivals. 
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Words by Alexander Wright
Music by Phil Clive Grainger
REVIEWS

​"Theatrical Magic. I laughed, I cried, I loved it."
Glam Adelaide

​"An eloquent, euphoric take on the nature of love, loss and renewal."
​The Stage

"A testament to the magic that can be woven with a book, two voices, a guitar and an ancient Grecian love story"
FringeFeed Edinburgh

"virtuoso spoken word narrative and soaring musical accompaniment"
ThreeWeeks Edinburgh

"Charming, uplifting... storytelling at its finest." 
Adelaide Advertiser

"A true gem of a show whose praise I want to sing from the rooftops"
VoiceMag