Persephone Tickets
Inspired by the classic Greek myth, a heartwarming new musical featuring an original folk-rock score
About Persephone
The rural town of Olympus has fallen into a steady rhythm under the fixed control of Zeus. Immortality grows rife, power is corrupt and nothing is a secret for long. Yet for the young Persephone, who lives hidden away in the fields, the little old town is nothing but a story. With the arrival of a mysterious stranger, Persephone is set on a journey that’ll entwine her with the little old town forever. For this is a world of folklore, but also a world of immortality, and when you live forever there is one thing everyone craves but no one can keep for long: youth. Described by critics as a “a superb production” (North West End UK) and “the best of classical versus modern storytelling” (Breaking the Fourth Wall), this new folk-rock musical by Emma Hawkins and Carrie Penn premiered to great commercial and critical success at the Oxford Playhouse in November 2021, and it is now touring in England in August 2022.