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In this episode, we sit down with Mae Ann Jorolan, who originated the role of Meg in both the Hamburg and London productions ...
Hera is fed up with her husband Zeus’s infidelity, the latest reminder of which is his new half-mortal son, Heracles. Down in the mortal realm, however, Heracles grows up worshipping Hera ...
Harvard University Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature Gregory Nagy weighs in on how Christopher Nolan ...
The muses must spend the whole evening on costume changes, appearing in a series of fabulous frocks, each more spectacular than the last.
Most strikingly, The Lion King, though too alpha male and regal in plot for me, was gorgeously reimagined for the stage with ...
Many years ago, reviewing pantomime for the first time, I recall looking around in the stalls. My brain was saying, “This is terrible, the jokes are lame, the acting execrable and the set garish.” My ...
Hercules has entered the power and energy sector with the acquisition of a specialist labour supply company Advantage NRG for up to £15.7m. The deal marks the third acquisition for the ...
The Mouse House's latest foray into theatre is an adaptation of its hit 1997 film, but does this mythological musical impress the press? Fergus Morgan rounds up the reviews ...
Israeli archaeologists recently uncovered an ancient sarcophagus depicting a scene familiar to many today: a drinking game.
Israeli archaeologists recently uncovered a Roman sarcophagus in Caesarea, which showing a drinking contest between Dionysus and Hercules. The find is the first of its kind in Israel.
No wonder Zeus and Hera – characters apparently so insignificant they are not listed in the show’s programme – aren’t impressed. Luke Brady in Disney’s Hercules. (C) Disney.
Disney takes London audiences back to Ancient Greece with its new musical "Hercules", bringing alive its 1997 animation on the West End stage. Showing at composer Andrew Lloyd Webber's Theatre Royal ...