First Look: Hadestown new West End cast production photos

New production images have been released of the new West End cast of Hadestown. The musical, now entering its second year in London, has welcomed a fresh lineup of performers as it continues its run at the Lyric Theatre.

The show has also announced an extension to its run, and is now booking to 15 February 2026.

Leading the company is Desmonda Cathabel (Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream) as Eurydice, following her recent role as Jasmine in the UK & Ireland tour of Disney’s Aladdin. Olivier Award-nominee Victoria Hamilton-Barritt, known for her performance as The Stepmother in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella, joins as Persephone.

Chris Jarman, who originated the role of Hagrid in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, is playing Hades, while Olivier Award nominee Cedric Neal (Guys & Dolls, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812) has stepped into the role of Hermes. Dylan Wood (No Love Songs), who made his West End debut in Hadestown last year, has returned as Orpheus.

Hadestown – New production photos

Additional cast members include Melanie Bright and Lauran Rae, who will join returning performer Allie Daniel as the Fates. The Workers will be played by Femi Akinfolarin, Michelle Andrews, Ollie Bingham, Laura Delany, and Sebastian Lim-Seet. The swings for this production will be Lucinda Buckley, Juan Jackson, Oisín Nolan-Power, Lindo Shinda, and Jasmine Triadi.

With music, lyrics, and a book by Anaïs Mitchell, and direction by Tony Award-winner Rachel Chavkin, Hadestown continues to captivate audiences with its modern retelling of two ancient Greek 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.

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 show 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.