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Oratory of the oppressed: Hadestown
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Hadestown
National Theatre, London
TWELVE years in the shaping, Anais Mitchell’s musical, drawing on jazz, blues, soul and folk, proves remarkably prescient and her collaboration with director Rachel Chavkin has produced a stunning piece of theatre.
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