Fairy (Rosalie Craig) teaches her friend Queenie (Tamsin Carroll) how to love her child. The true story of the bad fairy, Hex is our big-hearted and mythic new musical. ‘In the Middle’ is an exclusive first listen to the music.
Vocals by Rosalie Craig and Tamsin Carroll with pianist Marc Tritschler and Nick Pynn on mandocello.
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Deep in the wood, a lonely fairy longs for someone to bless.
But when she’s summoned to the palace to help the princess sleep, her dream turns into a nightmare and her blessing becomes a curse. Fairy is plunged into a frantic, hundred-year quest to somehow make everything right.
Rosalie Craig plays the Fairy in this vividly original retelling of Sleeping Beauty that goes beyond the waking kiss.
Rufus Norris directs with music by Jim Fortune, book by Tanya Ronder, lyrics by Rufus Norris, designs by Katrina Lindsay and choreography by Jade Hackett.
Hex is in the Olivier theatre from 4 Dec 2021.
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Songs from Hex: The Studio Sessions was recorded at Konk Studios on the 30 September 2021. Produced by National Theatre. Recorded by Julian Simmons and Matt Jaggar Assistant Engineer Andy Whyte.
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