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Nicola Roberts ‘heartbroken’ after pulling out of West End shows

The singer, 40, had played the role of Persephone in the musical Hadestown.

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Someone’s Out Here Asking Zoë Kravitz The Hard Questions: Is She Allowed Back In Pal Taylor Swift’s House After Destroying Her Bathroom?

Thank goodness someone asked.

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Zoe Kravitz not returned to Taylor Swift's home since snake incident

Zoe Kravitz hasn't been back to Taylor Swift's house since she destroyed her bathroom to rescue her mom's pet snake.

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Zoë Kravitz destroyed Taylor Swift’s bathroom in ‘panic mode’ after finding shelter at her house during the L.A. fires

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Zoë Kravitz Has Heard Parts of Taylor Swift's ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ and She Shared Some Early Thoughts

"It's fantastic, of course. No skips," Kravitz said of Swift's highly-anticipated 12th studio album.

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Orpheus and Eurydice review – acrobatic Gluck is haunting, dizzying and gasp-inducing

Iestyn Davies is outstanding as the tortured Orpheus in Yaron Lifschitz’s stark and imaginative staging

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Zoë Kravitz offered Taylor Swift’s Beverly Hills mansion during California’s wildfires crisis

In a chat on a late night talk show, actress Zoë Kravitz revealed Taylor Swift generously offered her Beverly Hills mansion as a safe haven during California’s recent wildfires.

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Beginner’s Gluck: how the 18th-century composer and a castrato changed opera forever

Over 250 years after Gluck’s Orpheus and Eurydice presented opera in a new way, an acrobatic staging aims to do the same. Iestyn Davies, whose Orpheus will be amid the tumblers, dancers and acrobats, writes of pushing boundaries – and heart-stopping wonder

The Guardian - UK

Girls Aloud star Nicola Roberts joins cast of West End musical Hadestown

Roberts will play Persephone from September 16 until January 18 2026 at the Lyric Theatre in London.

Evening Standard

6 plants you should and shouldn't cut back this month, as advised by our resident gardener

Ensure your efforts are not misplaced with our helpful August pruning advice

Woman & Home

Netflix's last-minute teaser for huge fantasy series is touching, but short

The Sandman's return draws near

16 Must-Read Books About Greek Mythology and Other Folklore

All the gods and goddesses you know and love, but with a scandalous or feminist twist.

Marie Claire

Poem of the week: Hermes by Gabriele Tinti

A statue of the mythological father of poetry becomes an image of the declining authority of the art form

The Guardian - UK

Audition for fun swings scientist into hot musical role

One of the stars of Hadestown is a cancer scientist who auditioned with friends for a laugh and found himself cast in the hit musical.

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We’ve told this story for 2,500 years: how Hadestown playfully brings alive an ancient Greek myth

“It’s an old song”, Hermes (Christine Anu) sings at the opening of Hadestown, but “we’re gonna sing it again and again”.

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Broadway musical Hadestown arrives way, way Down Under

Christine Anu stars in the Australian premiere of Hadestown - the hit musical retelling of the ancient tale of Orpheus and Eurydice.

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“Steve Hackett asked, ‘Do you want paid or shall I record for your next album?’ I said, ‘I’ll forget the money in two weeks – your solo will be there forever”: Orphaned Land updated Plato to make a point about revolution

Lead vocalist Kobi Farhi explains why 2018 album Unsung Prophets and Dead Messiahs echoes the ancient message: “dictators live forever – only the good die young“

The Guardian - UK

‘We recognise it in this very primal way’: Stephen Fry, Brie Larson, Chris Ofili and more on why we can’t get enough of Greek mythology

Love, death, grief, power, revenge: Greek tragedies get to the essence of the human experience. Here, writers and artists select their favourite plays, music and films inspired by ancient classics, from The Hunger Games to a Santana hit

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Final Fantasy 14's developer band confirms one of Endwalker's most emotional songs, Close in the Distance, is from one specific character to your Warrior of Light

I am emotionally compromised by this information.

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Five aspects of Kaos that might or might not be from Greek myth – according to an expert

This article contains spoilers for Kaos.

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Lae'zel's new "evil" ending in Baldur's Gate 3 isn't actually evil – it's her best possible outcome

Now Playing | Being bad in BG3 never felt so right

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The 7 clever and brilliant KAOS easter eggs that you definitely missed

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The significance of Zeus' watch in KAOS gives it a whole new meaning

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Your Guide to the Cast of Netflix's 'Kaos'

The gods are real, and Jeff Goldblum is the king of them all.

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Kaos episode 6 recap: Orpheus' final test

In Kaos episode 6, can Orpheus complete the final steps to reach Riddy? Meanwhile, Zeus learns that he may be the problem.

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