HADESTOWN Creator Anais Mitchell to Play the Club at the Citadel This Weekend

Known as the "queen of modern folk music," in America, Anaïs Mitchell, comes to the Citadel for two nights only.

In Edmonton for rehearsals of the pre-Broadway mounting of Hadestown, the musical based on her concept album of the same name, Mitchell will treat audiences to a weekend of live music in The Club. Accompanied by Hadestown music director, Liam Robinson, Mitchell will perform beautifully poetic music from her albums, a few songs from Hadestown, and more.

Mitchell is a Vermont and Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter who comes from the world of narrative folksong, poetry and balladry. She recorded for Ani Difranco's Righteous Babe Records for several years before starting her own Wilderland label in 2012. Among her recorded works are six full-length albums, including 2010's sensationally-reviewed Hadestown, a folk opera based on the Orpheus myth; 2012's Young Man in America, which was described by the UK's Independent as "an epic tale of American becoming;" and 2013's Child Ballads, a collaboration with Jefferson Hamer, which won a BBC Radio Two Folk Award for Best Traditional Track.

Mitchell has headlined shows worldwide, as well as supporting tours for Bon Iver, Ani Difranco, The Low Anthem, Josh Ritter, and Punch Brothers. Her stage production of Hadestown, which was 10 years in the making, opened Off-Broadway in May 2016 to rave reviews. The New York Times called it "inventive, beguiling and spellbinding," while Vogue announced that "Hadestown will be your new theat[re] obsession." The show was extended twice as a result of critical success and sell-out performances. The pre-Broadway Canadian premiere of Hadestown opens at the Citadel Theatre mid-November.

Anaïs Mitchell performs in The Club at the Citadel Theatre October 20 and 21, 2017. Tickets are available at www.citadeltheatre.com and 780.425.1820. Tickets start at just $30 plus fees and GST.