The emotionally charged, “Darkest Hour” premiered with New York Magazine’s Vulture today. Appropriately titled, it brings listeners to a dark point in the story, during which Althea tries to drown herself in the secret lake. But when she enters the water she finds it gives her gravity. We encourage you to post & share.

The anticipated cast recording shines a light on Tori Amos’ distinctive and powerful songwriting, with music and lyrics by Tori Amos, book and lyrics by Samuel Adamson and based on a 19th century fairy tale by George Macdonald. The album is produced by Amos and features Martin Lowe conducting with orchestrations by long time Amos contributor John Philip Shenale, as well as vocal arrangements and additional orchestrations by Amos and Lowe. Amos and Adamson take this fairytale about grief, rebellion and love and create a one-of-a-kind musical that has been embraced by audiences and critics alike.

Tori Amos: Tori Amos is a multi Grammy-nominated singer/composer/pianist who has sold over 12 million albums. Her expansive catalogue of 14 landmark records includes her 1992 iconic debut Little Earthquakes as well favorites Under The Pink, Boys For Pele, Scarlett’s Walk and more. Her last and most recent album Unrepentant Geraldines (released in 2014 on Mercury Classics/UMC) debuted at #7 on Billboard’s Top 200 chart, making it her 8th studio album to chart in the top 10 in its first week of release.  Unrepentant Geraldines was a commercial and critical success, and heralded as some of Tori’s best work over the last 20 years according to NPR.

A pioneer across multiple platforms, she was the first major label artist to offer a single for download.  She has produced groundbreaking videos throughout her career, taking risks both musically and visually.  Renowned for her passionate and broad fan-base, her tours are consistently critically and commercially successful, with an ever-evolving live show. Ms. Amos is also a noted humanitarian and co-founder of RAINN (Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network), which is the United States’ largest anti-sexual assault organization.

Samuel Adamson: Samuel Adamson’s work at the National Theatre includes Southwark Fair, a new version of Ibsen’s Pillars of the Community, and Mrs Affleck (from Ibsen’s Little Eyolf), as well as Frank & Ferdinand for National Theatre Connections.

Other plays and adaptations include: Running Wild (from Michael Morpurgo’s novel, Chichester Festival Theatre), Gabriel (Shakespeare’s Globe), All About My Mother (from Pedro Almodóvar’s film, Old Vic), Breakfast At Tiffany’s (Theatre Royal, Haymarket), Fish and Company (Soho Theatre/National Youth Theatre), Clocks and Whistles (Bush Theatre and New York), Drink, Dance, Laugh and Lie (Bush/Channel 4), Grace Note (Peter Hall Company/Old Vic), Some Kind of Bliss (Trafalgar Studios and Brits Off Broadway, New York),Tomorrow Week (BBC Radio 3); as well as original contributions to Hoard Festival (New Vic, Stoke), 24 Hour Plays (Old Vic), A Chain Play (Almeida), Urban Scrawl (Theatre 503/TheatreVoice) and Decade (Headlong). Versions include: Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya (West Yorkshire Playhouse), The Cherry Orchard (Oxford Stage Company/Riverside Studios), Three Sisters (OSC tour and West End), Ibsen’s A Doll’s House (Southwark Playhouse), Schnitzler’sProfessor Bernhardi (Dumbfounded/Arcola Theatre; also BBC Radio 3), Bernhard Studlar’sTransdanubia Dreaming (National Theatre Studio) and Ostrovsky’s Larisa and the Merchants(InSite Performance/Arcola). He is Artistic Associate on the Tony award-winning stage adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s War Horse (New York, Toronto and US, Australian and UK tours).

Film includes Running for River (Directional Studios/Krug). His plays are published by Faber and Faber.

Rosalie Craig photographed by Jason Bell