20 January – 14 February

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

A person with mid to long dark hair a bright eyes, and sparkly top looking directly into camera.
A person with mid to long dark hair, in a silver dress, facing away from the camera, mid dance move
A writer in a hat, a performer in a sparkles, and a musician with folded arms, stood in front of a metal wall.
FRINGE WORLD Festival 2026

Wright&Grainger's SELENE

A STORY ABOUT THE GODDESS AND THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

A radical explosion of an ancient myth about the moon from the internationally award-winning company behind HELIOS, ORPHEUS and THE GODS THE GODS THE GODS.

 

A young girl watches the moon landings on repeat.

A teenager makes a list of all the things they are not. 

A young adult starts to discover who they are. 

 

A story about the light sides of us, the dark sides of us, and the things we grow up in the orbit of. And about the stuff inside us, all the wild stuff inside us.

 

A Wright&Grainger and Theatre@41 Co-Production.

Written and created by Alexander Wright & Phil Clive Grainger. 

Made with and told by Megan Drury.

Presented by: Wright&Grainger with Theatre@41 Monkgate

Wright&Grainger are two storytellers and musicians from the fields and lanes of rural North Yorkshire in the UK. They travel the world retelling ancient stories would from live music and spoken word. For SELENE they are collaborating with acclaimed Australian artist and performer Megan Drury.
Theatre & Performance • Spoken Word
United Kingdom • World Premiere
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Suitability & warnings

Content rating: M
Family friendly: No
Coarse Language: Occasional
Smoke Effects

Presenter

Presented by: Wright&Grainger with Theatre@41 Monkgate

Wright&Grainger are two storytellers and musicians from the fields and lanes of rural North Yorkshire in the UK. They travel the world retelling ancient stories would from live music and spoken word. For SELENE they are collaborating with acclaimed Australian artist and performer Megan Drury.