New casting announced for Hadestown in the West End

New faces will join the cast of Hadestown at the Lyric Theatre, London as the critically acclaimed production heads into its third year in the West End.

Rachel Adedeji will play Persephone, Bethany Antonia will play Eurydice, Marley Fenton will play Orpheus and Alastair Parker will play Hades. They are joined by Clive Rowe as Hermes.

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

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.

The Hadestown creative team 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 (Co-Musical Director & Associate Music Supervisor) and George Francis (Co-Musical Director). Casting by Jacob Sparrow. Principal Casting by Rob Kelly.

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