Hex (musical)

The musical was announced on 4 June 2021 as part of the Royal National Theatre, London's autumn 2021 season and will begin previews in the Olivier Theatre from 4 December, with a press night of 15 December, running until 22 January 2022.

The production will be directed by Norris (also the National Theatre's artistic director) with design by Katrina Lindsay, orchestrations by Simon Hale, music supervision by Marc Tritschler, music direction by Tarek Merchant, lighting design by Paul Anderson, choreography by Jade Hackett with consultant choreography by Bill Deamer and sound design by Simon Baker.[1][2]

On 16 July 2021 initial casting was announced including Rosalie Craig as the Fairy.[3]

Fairy (a fairy named Fairy) lives in a forest all alone, until a palace secretary, Smith, stumbles upon her whilst running from an ogre. He has apparently been searching for a fairy to bring back to the palace to cast a spell to put the newly born princess to sleep as she has been keeping the whole palace awake. Fairy asks if this is what the baby wants, she will be able to perform a bless of sleep on the child.