The cast has now been confirmed for the award-winning musical Hadestown which will begin performances at the Lyric Theatre on February 10th, 2024.
Dónal Finn and Grace Hodgett Young will take on the lead roles as the ill-fated lovers Orpheus and Eurydice, with Zachary James as Hades, Gloria Onitiri as Persephone, and Melanie La Barrie as Hermes.
Madeline Charlemagne, Bella Brown, and Allie Daniel are to play the Fates, with Christopher Short, Tiago Dhondt Bamberger, Lauren Azania, Beth Hinton-Lever, and Waylon Jacobs will play the Workers, alongside swings Simon Oskarsson, Lucinda Buckley, Miriam Nyarko, and Ryesha Higgs.
Hadestown received its world premiere in 2018 at the National Theatre and now returns to the capital after winning 8 Tony Awards, and a Grammy Award for the Broadway production for Best Musical Theatre Album.
Grammy Award-winner Anaïs Mitchell provides the music and lyrics for Hadestown, with direction from Rachel Chavkin. The wider creative team also features David Neumann (choreography), Michael Krass (costume design), Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose (arrangements and orchestrations), Rachel Hauck (scenic design), Ken Cerniglia (dramaturgy), Bradley King (lighting design), Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz (sound design), and Liam Robinson (music supervision and vocal arrangements).
Hadestown takes its inspiration from the Greek myth and transports you onto a journey into the Underworld set to a musical fusion of American folk music and New Orleans jazz in an epic retelling that intertwines the love stories between Eurydice and Orpheus with that of King Hades and his spouse, Persephone.
Booking & Theatre Info For Hadestown
The Lyric Theatre is a medium size West End theatre located at the bottom of Shaftesbury Avenue in the heart of London’s theatreland and has four levels with a capacity of 1061 seats.
Due to support pillars situated throughout the venue, there are restricted views in certain areas of the auditorium which can result in major viewing obstructions. The rows all curve into a horseshoe shape, which causes the seats at the very end of the rows to suffer from side-angle views of the stage.
Premium seats in the theatre are located in rows F-J in the centre of the Stalls which have the best view overall view of the stage along with seats in the front and centre of the Dress Circle which will suit patrons who prefer to view the stage from an elevated position. Due to the number of pillars and also the shape of the auditorium in the Lyric Theatre, several restricted view seats are regularly sold at a lower cost to suit patrons on a budget or bargain hunters searching for cheap Hadestown tickets. Studying the seating plan to exploit the cut-off points within the pricing structure can also bring dividends as the seats all around the premium seats in the Stalls can offer similar views in lower price bands.
Private boxes are also available in the Lyric Theatre which is primarily located down the sides of the Dress Circle which has between two and three seats and contains freestanding chairs allowing patrons to maximize both their view and comfort and are usually priced comparably to seats in the Grand Circle.