Hades is entranced and takes Persephone down to his underground kingdom to become his bride. When Demeter finds out what has happened she is inconsolable; she curses the Earth and the plants begin ...

The story of how Hades kidnapped Persephone, goddess of spring, is one of the most oft-told stories from Greek mythology.

Their stories are unpicked and reinvented for a 2024 audience, and one story in particular that gets a whole new retelling is ...

Watch Jean Daniel Brousse and Anna-Kaye Gayle discuss playing Hades and Persephone in Lost Dog's Ruination in the video here.

Persephone was the daughter of Demeter, the Goddess of the harvest, and lived with her mother on the Island of Sicily. A volcano on the island erupted and Hades emerged from his underworld kingdom.

In his song, Orpheus tells the story of Hades (Nickolaus Colón) and Persephone (Namisa Mdlalose Bizana). Persephone then arrives in the world above and celebrates summer, but soon Hades comes to ...

Jewelle Blackman as ‘Persephone’ and Tom Hewitt as ‘Hades’ will have their final performance on Sunday, September 3. As previously announced, two-time Tony Award nominee and original ...

Persephone Books will publish "a forgotten literary masterpiece", Crooked Cross by Sally Carson, in time for the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, accompanied by a major PR ...

With music, lyrics and book by Anaïs Mitchell, Hadestown musicalizes the ancient Greek mythological tales of both Orpheus and Eurydice, and Hades and Persephone. The Tony-winning show first ...