Hex (musical)
| Hex | |
|---|---|
| Music | Jim Fortune |
| Lyrics | Rufus Norris |
| Book | Tanya Ronder |
| Basis | Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault |
| Premiere | 4 December 2021: Olivier Theatre, Royal National Theatre, London |
| Productions |
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Hex is a musical with book by Tanya Ronder, lyrics by Rufus Norris and music by Jim Fortune based on the classic fairy tale Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault.
Plot[]
Fairy (a fairy named Fairy) lives in a forest all alone, until a palace secretary, Smith, stumbles upon her whilst running from an ogre. He has apparently been searching for a fairy to bring back to the palace to cast a spell to put the newly born princess to sleep as she has been keeping the whole palace awake. Fairy asks if this is what the baby wants, she will be able to perform a bless of sleep on the child.
Production history[]
London (2021)[]
The musical was announced on 4 June 2021 as part of the Royal National Theatre, London's autumn 2021 season and will begin previews in the Olivier Theatre from 4 December, with a press night of 15 December, running until 22 January 2022.
The production is directed by Norris with design by Katrina Lindsay, orchestrations by Simon Hale, music supervision by Marc Tritschler, music direction by Tarek Merchant, lighting design by Paul Anderson, choreography by Jade Hackett with consultant choreography by Bill Deamer and sound design by Simon Baker.[1][2]
On 16 July 2021 initial casting was announced including Rosalie Craig as the Fairy.[3]
Cast and characters[]
| Character | London (2021) |
|---|---|
| Fairy | Rosalie Craig |
| Queenie | Tamsin Carroll |
| Rose | Kat Ronney |
| Bert | Michael Elcock |
| Prince | Natasha J Barnes |
| Queen Regina | Daisy Maywood |
| Bruiser Thorn | Delroy Atkinson |
| King/Prince | Shaq Taylor |
| Smith | Sargon Yelda |
| Ensemble | Christopher Akrill Esme Bacalla-Hayes Madeline Charlemagne Ebony Clarke Sonya Cullingford Hanna Dimtsu Tamsin Dowsett Joe Foster Ben Goffe Daisy Maywood Joseph Prouse Sasha Shadid |
References[]
- ^ "National Theatre to premiere new musical Hex, based on Sleeping Beauty fairytale | WhatsOnStage". www.whatsonstage.com. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
- ^ Thomas, Sophie (2021-06-03). "Giles Terera, Tanya Moodie and Lesley Sharp feature in new National Theatre season, full details announced". London Theatre Guide. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
- ^ "Hex musical at the National Theatre announces initial casting | WhatsOnStage". www.whatsonstage.com. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
- 2021 musicals
- British musicals
- Sleeping Beauty
- Works based on fairy tales
- Works based on Sleeping Beauty