Spring has come again as Hadestown announces that the critically acclaimed production will extend its smash-hit run in the West End until 15 February 2026 at Lyric Theatre.
Who’s in the cast?
The new cast began performances at the Lyric Theatre on 11 March 2025, featuring Desmonda Cathabel as Eurydice; Victoria Hamilton-Barritt as Persephone; Chris Jarman as Hades; Cedric Neal as Hermes; and Dylan Wood as Orpheus.
Melanie Bright, Allie Daniel and Lauran Rae play the Fates; Femi Akinfolarin, Michelle Andrews, Ollie Bingham, Laura Delany and Sebastian Lim-Seet play the Workers, with Lucinda Buckley, Juan Jackson, Oisín Nolan-Power, Lindo Shinda and Jasmine Triadi as Swings.
Creative team
Hadestown features music, lyrics and book by acclaimed Grammy® winning singer-songwriter and BBC Radio 2 Folk Award-winner Anaïs Mitchell, who originated Hadestown as an indie theatre project and acclaimed album. Mitchell then transformed the show into a genre-defying new musical alongside artistic collaborator and Tony® Award-winning director Rachel Chavkin, whose theatre credits include Mission Drift (National Theatre) and American Clock (The Old Vic).
What’s the show about?
Blending American songwriting traditions, from indie folk, to pop, blues, and New Orleans-inspired jazz, Hadestown has music, lyrics, and book by acclaimed Tony® and Grammy®-winning singer-songwriter and BBC Radio 2 Folk Award-winner Anaïs Mitchell who originated Hadestown as an indie theatre project and acclaimed album, before transforming the show into a genre-defying new musical alongside artistic collaborator and Tony® Award-winning director Rachel Chavkin.
Hadestown takes you on an unforgettable journey to the underworld and back, intertwining two mythic love stories – that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone. A deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience, Hadestown invites you to imagine how the world could be.
Read our review from the original London production at the National Theatre.
Assisted performances
Audio Described Performances: Friday 6 June 7:30pm & Saturday 27 September 2.30pm
Captioned Performances: Saturday 21 June 2:30pm & Wednesday 27 August 7.30pm
BSL Interpreted Performances to be confirmed
