London's Hadestown Will Welcome New Leads in March; Extends Through December | Playbill

London News London's Hadestown Will Welcome New Leads in March; Extends Through December

The West End return of the Tony-winning musical opened at the Lyric in February 2024.

Rachel Adedeji, Bethany Antonia, Marley Fenton, Alastair Parker, and Clive Rowe

It's not just the Broadway production of the Tony-winning Best Musical Hadestown that will welcome a new principal cast in March. The London revival at the Lyric Theatre will also welcome several new leads and supporting players.

Beginning March 10, as the production heads into its third year in the West End, the company will welcome Rachel Adedeji (The X Factor, Thriller Live!, Passing Strange) as Persephone, Bethany Antonia (House of the Dragon, Stay Close) as Eurydice, Marley Fenton (The Wizard of Oz, Hamilton) as Orpheus, Alastair Parker (The Crucible, Matilda, Oliver!) as Hades, and Olivier winner Clive Rowe (Guys and Dolls, Into the Woods, The Light Princess) as Hermes. 

Spike Maxwell will join Melanie Bright and Lauran Rae as the Fates; Gabriela Benedetti will join Femi Akinfolarin, Michelle Andrews, Ollie Bingham, and Sebastian Lim-Seet as the Workers, with Juan Jackson, Oisín Nolan-Power, Lindo Shinda, Jasmine Triadi, and new cast member Milly Willows as swings. 

The London production of Hadestown is now selling tickets through December 13.

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The London return of the Tony-winning musical Hadestown officially opened at the Lyric February 21, 2024.

Anaïs Mitchell's underworld-set folk opera, which premiered Off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop in 2016, made its London premiere at the National Theatre in November 2018. The production subsequently opened on Broadway, where it continues at the Walter Kerr, in April 2019. Read reviews of the current London production by clicking here.

The creative team features set designer Rachel Hauck, costume designer Michael Krass, lighting designer Bradley King, sound designers Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz, choreographer David Neumann, music supervisor and vocal arranger Liam Robinson, arrangers and orchestrators Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose, and dramaturg Ken Cerniglia. Casting for the London production is by Jacob Sparrow with principal casting by Rob Kelly.

Following two intertwining love stories—that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone—Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back.

The show, featuring a book and score by Mitchell, won eight 2019 Tony Awards: Best Director of a Musical (Rachel Chavkin), Best Featured Actor in a Musical (André De Shields), Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Bradley King), Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Rachel Hauck), Best Sound Design of a Musical (Jessica Paz and Nevin Steinberg), Best Orchestrations (Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose), Best Original Score (Mitchell), and Best Musical.

Hadestown is produced in London by Mara Isaacs, Dale Franzen, Hunter Arnold, Tom Kirdahy, and the National Theatre in association with JAS Theatricals.

The Broadway production continues at the Walter Kerr Theatre.

Visit UK.Hadestown.com.

 
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