黑帝斯鎮 Hadestown

A retelling of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, a musical mixed with American folk music with New Orleans jazz. The music is beautifully made and sung by a strong cast, the melody is still haunting in my head after the show finished. However, I have to admit I’m a little bit disappointed about the set.

It doesn’t completely spin or change, it only "moved" a little bit. For a National Theatre show, I do believe it can do better than that. Despite that, some stage effects are still rather effective, like when they are descending down to the Hadestown.

Another downside, the story is predicable if you know the Greek mythology. I can’t help wondering, is there really a need to have three musicals adapted from the Greek mythology in London theatres in the same period (“Mythic”, “Orpheus”, basically the same story, but focus on different part)? But this adaptation is a good one for sure.

The good thing is, the seat I bought is marked as restricted view (the third row), but I could actually see everything, a stunning view! I would definitely go for those seats again.