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Need another Odyssey? The best Greek mythology films ever made

THE COUNTDOWN: If Christopher Nolan’s epic adaptation of ‘The Odyssey’ has whet your appetite for more Greek myths and legends on screen, Kevin E G Perry rounds up six of the best examples

The Independent UK

‘I felt like Orpheus’: how the designer of Gears of War bounced back from studio closure by producing Hadestown

After suffering the schadenfreude of gamers online, the Tony-winning Broadway musical offered redemption to Cliff Bleszinski

The Guardian - UK

Let Opera Siam take you to the underworld

Every culture, in its oldest stories, sends someone into the dark for love. The Greeks had Orpheus and his lyre; the Egyptians had Isis; the Sanskrit tradition gave us Savitri, who followed the god of death himself.

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Every culture, in its oldest stories, sends someone into the dark for love. The Greeks had Orpheus, who descended through Tartarus armed with nothing but a lyre. The Egyptians had Isis, gathering up the scattered pieces of her murdered Osiris. The Sanskrit tradition gave us Savitri, who followed the god…

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L’Orfeo review – Kentridge’s exhilarating creativity animates compelling Monteverdi

A visual whirlwind accompanies charismatic and stylish performances in William Kentridge’s new staging. In the pit, Jonathan Cohen and the OAE add light and shade

The Guardian - UK

All Persona 4 Revival editions and pre-order bonuses explained

Take a look at Persona 4 Revival's editions and pre-order bonuses and hop on the hype train early.

Dot Esports

10 of the best Nick Cave songs to test your hi-fi system

Is your system fit for the Prince of Darkness?

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Snoop Dogg and his son join Stranger Than Heaven cast as Yakuza devs' new game gets a winter release window

Drop It Like It's 1915

GamesRadar

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

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

Evening Standard

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

Taylor Swift already knew.

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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.

Marie Claire

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.

The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

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.

Woman & Home

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

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

The Sandman's return draws near

Marie Claire

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.

The Guardian - UK

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

AAP

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.

The Conversation

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”.

AAP

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.

Louder

“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“

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