Hex Tickets
About Hex
Think you know Sleeping Beauty? Think again! Discover more to the Sleeping Beauty fairytale in Hex at the National Theatre.
Hex the musical isn’t the first time creator Rufus Norris has adapted the Sleeping Beauty story. In 2002, Norris’s Sleeping Beauty premiered at the Young Vic, reworking the traditional fairytale for a 21st-century audience. Hex turns the Sleeping Beauty story on its head, but puts focus on the fairy instead of Princess Rose.
Deep in the woods, a lonely fairy wants to bless someone. When she is finally called upon to help a princess, dreams turn into nightmares. Was this a real blessing, or is it a curse? Follow the fairy on a hundred-year quest to make everything good again and happy ever after.
Access performances
Captioned performance - Monday 19 December at 7.15pm
BSL performance - Thursday 29 December at 7.15pm
Audio-described performances - Thursday 2 January at 2pm with a Touch Tour at 12.30pm
Sensory Adapted performance - Thursday 22 December at 7.15pm
Smart caption glasses will be available for performances of Hex from Thursday 8 December
Run time
2 Hours 30 Minutes (inc. Interval)
Venue
Categories
Age
8+
Start date
26th November, 2022
End date
14th January, 2023
Hex cast and creative team
By: Tanya Ronder
Songs by: Jim Fortune and Rufus Norris
Director: Rufus Norris
Cast list: Michael Elcock, Rosie Graham, Victoria Hamilton-Barritt, Lisa Lambe, Zaynah Ahmed, Marc Akinfolarin, Christopher Akrill, Sabrina Aloueche, Sonya Cullingford, Ben Goffe, Chris Jenkins, Kalisha Johnson, Amanda Lindgren, Michael Matus, Kody Mortimer, Neïma Naouri, Mark Oxtoby, Aharon Rayner, Olivia Saunders, Sasha Shadid, Rumi Sutton and Riley Woodford
Set: Katrina Lindsay
Costume: Katrina Lindsay
Lighting: Paul Anderson
Sound: Simon Baker
Choreography: Jade Hackett with consultant choreography by Bill Deamer
Venue
Olivier Theatre
Directions
Location: Fringe/Off West End
Railway station: Waterloo
Bus numbers: (Waterloo Road) 1, 4, 26, 59, 68, 76, 139, 168, 171, 172, 176, 188, 243, 341, 521, RV1, X68
Night bus numbers: (Waterloo Road) 139, 176, 188, 243, 341, N1, N68, N76, N171, N343
Car park: National Theatre, Upper Ground (1min)
Directions from tube: (10mins) Follow signs for exits to the South Bank. This should lead you to an underground pedestrian passage called ‘Sutton Walk’ that emerges at the South Bank. Turn right and walk along the river Thames until you see the National Theatre.
More information about Hex
Hex spells usually cause troubles. Hexes are a specific kind of charm associated with dark magic. If you are hexed, then bad things are likely to happen in your life. At first, Hex seemed to be stuck in its own musical theatre hex — Hex London performances in 2021 were cancelled due to the pandemic. So now, after a year's slumber, the Sleeping Beauty musical finally opens in London.
Hex is the latest family-friendly musical at the National Theatre. In 2019, the Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear musical picked up an Olivier nomination for Best Family Show. Perhaps Hex will do the same?
What to Watch For:
- The Sleeping Beauty fairytale dates back to the early 14th century. Giambattista Basile created a tale of a woman who was cursed to sleep for 100 years. Basile’s The Pentamerone was published posthumously in 1634.
- Sleeping Beauty doesn't just appear in Hex. You can see Sleeping Beauty in the Stephen Sondheim musical Into the Woods and in Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty dance production.
- Hex reunites Tanya Ronder and Rufus Norris. They've previously worked on Blood Wedding, Vernon God Little, and Table.
Tickets
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