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This show belongs to the FRINGE WORLD Festival 2026 season. This season is now over.

Two men pose against a bright blue background: one smiling while holding a worn acoustic guitar with a rainbow strap, the other looking down at an open notebook while wearing a red-and-green checkered outfit.
Two performers laugh mid-act—one holding a book out playfully toward the other, who plays a guitar.
A performer with a guitar approaches the stage while another person in a sleeveless shirt and hat stands in the foreground holding a bottle. An acoustic guitar lies on the ground between them, with an audience seated on both sides.
FRINGE WORLD Festival 2026

Wright&Grainger's ORPHEUS

Multi award winning Wright&Grainger return to Perth with their internationally acclaimed wild retelling of the ORPHEUS myth. 

Dave is single. He’s stood at the bar. 
Eurydice is a tree nymph.
And Bruce Springsteen is on the juke box.

A story of side streets, dive bars and how far you'd go for the person you love. 

Since its creation in 2016, ORPHEUS has played over 600 shows around the world - in festivals, cafes, gardens, railways arches, bars, tents, churches, yoga studios, boats, record shops, breweries, loft apartments and very occasionally, a theatre.

And now it's back in Perth for a handful of packed out shows.  

Best Theatre (Fringeworld) 2018 
Best Music (Sydney Fringe) 2019
Beyond Words (Dunedin Fringe) 2019
Best Theatre (Adelaide Fringe) 2023

Presented by: Wright&Grainger

Wright&Grainger are from the fields and lanes of rural North Yorkshire in the UK. They tour the world with their wild retellings of ancient stories. They’d toured across the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Bali, India and transferred their shows Off Broadway. Their shows include ORPHEUS, HELIOS, EURYDICE, THE GODS THE GODS THE GODS, GRANDPA POSEIDON and HALF MAN || HALF BULL. Wright&Grainger are Al & Phil, two pals who started playing gigs together at school. And who, over 20 years later, are still doing that.
Theatre & Performance • Music
United Kingdom
 
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Content rating: PG
Family friendly: No

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References to death and dying, Haze

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Presented by: Wright&Grainger

Wright&Grainger are from the fields and lanes of rural North Yorkshire in the UK. They tour the world with their wild retellings of ancient stories. They’d toured across the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Bali, India and transferred their shows Off Broadway. Their shows include ORPHEUS, HELIOS, EURYDICE, THE GODS THE GODS THE GODS, GRANDPA POSEIDON and HALF MAN || HALF BULL. Wright&Grainger are Al & Phil, two pals who started playing gigs together at school. And who, over 20 years later, are still doing that.