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Orpheus in the Underworld

Directed by Elizabeth Simpson
Performed 1988

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The striking advertising poster designed by Ann Simpson

Back Row Mike Savage (Vulcan) Ripley Steele (Styx) Stephen Smith (Mercury) Betty Robertson (Calliope) David Simpson (Orpheus) Alex Rankine (Pluto) Peter Hendren (Jupiter) Ian Watson (Mars) Front Row Tom Baines (Icarus) Vanessa Cowley-Smith (Cupid) Phil Walker (Bacchus) Ann Simpson (Eurydice) Karen Wilson (Diana) Gillian Cowley (Venus)

The peasants are revolting

Full Company

The Can-Can!

Stephen Smith (Mercury) flies in

The Full Company on stage following the show

David Simpson (Orpheus) with the chorus

The gods have dinner!

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