Hit West End musical Hadestown has announced that the show will be filmed live at the Lyric Theatre in London.
The filming will capture three performances, from 28 February to 1 March 2025, to produce the new Hadestown Live in London film.
The principal cast of the new Hadestown film will be the original National Theatre and Broadway leads, who are coming back to London for the production, including Reeve Carney as Orpheus, André De Shields as Hermes, Amber Gray as Persephone, Eva Noblezada as Eurydice and Patrick Page as Hades.
The cast will also include Bella Brown, Madeline Charlemagne and Allie Daniel as Fates, Lauren Azania, Tiago Dhondt Bamberger, Waylon Jacobs and Christopher Short as Workers, and Lucinda Buckley, Francessca Daniella-Baker, Winny Herbert, Ryesha Higgs and Miriam Nyarko as Swings.
The new cast, featuring the original London and Broadway leads, are appearing in the show for only five weeks, from 11 February to 9 March 2025.
The five weeks of performances sold out within days of going on sale at the Lyric Theatre in London.
The current London cast of the show, who finish on 9 February 2025, include West End stars Rachel Tucker (Wicked, Sunset Boulevard) as Persephone, Trevor Dion Nicholas (Disney’s Hercules, Hamilton, Next to Normal) as Hades and Melanie La Barrie (& Juliet) as Hermes, alongside Dylan Wood (No Love Songs, Orphans) as Orpheus, and Madeline Charlemagne (The Secret Life of Bees, 42 Balloons) as Eurydice.
The cast also features Francessca Daniella-Baker, Allie Daniel and Bella Brown as the Three Fates; Lauren Azania, Tiago Dhondt Bamberger, Beth Hinton-Lever, Waylon Jacobs, and Christopher Short as The Workers; and Lucinda Buckley, Winny Herbert, Ryesha Higgs, Miriam Nyarko, and Simon Oskarsson as swings.
Casting for performances following 9 March are yet to be announced.
The musical intertwines two mythic love stories – that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone. Billed as a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience, Hadestown blends modern American folk music with New Orleans-inspired jazz.
Hadestown first premiered at the National Theatre in 2018, and has gone on to enjoy a successful run on Broadway where it won 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical, and a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album.
The show enjoyed great reviews from the London theatre critics when it opened in February 2023.
Hadestown has music, lyrics and book by Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell, and is directed by Tony Award winner Rachel Chavkin (Mission Drift, Hadestown on Broadway).
The creative team also includes David Neumann (choreography), Rachel Hauck (scenic design), Michael Krass (costume design), Bradley King (lighting design), Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz (sound design), Liam Robinson (music supervision and vocal arrangements), Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose (arrangements and orchestrations), Ken Cerniglia (dramaturgy), Maria Crocker (UK Associate Director), Tarek Merchant (Musical Director), Jacob Sparrow (London casting).
The London production has recently put out a London cast recording of Hadestown with Hadestown – Live From London now available to buy or stream.
Hadestown is booking at the Lyric Theatre until 28 September 2025.
Eva Noblezada is currently starring in major Broadway musical The Great Gatsby until 30 January 2025. The Great Gatsby is also transferring to London, playing the London Coliseum this summer from 11 April to 7 September 2025. Casting is to be announced.
Hadestown stars Eva Noblezada and Reeve Carney are making good use of their time in London: the pair will also star in a concert in London, with Eva Noblezada and Reeve Carney – Live in London playing the His Majesty’s Theatre on Sunday 9 February 2025.
Current Hadestown star Trevor Dion Nicholas is set to star in Disney’s Hercules at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane this summer.
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