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Oscar-winning Ghost the Musical will tour the UK
Ghost the Musical will make a return to the stage this summer, embarking on a UK tour for the first time since 2019.
Groups now have until December 2024 to catch Hadestown which marks its West End debut at the Lyric Theatre from Saturday 10th February.
Hadestown takes you on a 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.
It is described as a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience, with groups of ten or more able to save money on tickets to select performances, now up to 22nd December.
In advance of opening in London, the West End company gave an exclusive first UK broadcast performance of the track Wait For Me in front of 12,000 people at the AO Arena in Manchester for Big Night of Musicals 2024 by the National Lottery.
The West End cast includes Dónal Finn (Orpheus) known for playing Mat Cauthon in Season 2 of Prime’s The Wheel of Time, Grace Hodgett Young (Eurydice) who recently starred as Betty Schaefer in Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre, plus Grammy® Award-winner Zachary James (Hades) who originated the role of Lurch in The Addams Family at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Broadway.
The rest of the main cast is made up by musical theatre actress and singer Melanie La Barrie (Hermes) whose many credits include originating the roles of Mrs. Corry in Mary Poppins at the Prince Edward Theatre and Nurse in & Juliet at the Shaftesbury Theatre, plus Gloria Onitiri (Persephone) who originated the role of Fairy Godmother in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella at the Gillian Lynne Theatre and Princess Desiree in Upstart Crow at the Apollo Theatre.
About the show
Blending modern American folk music with New Orleans-inspired jazz, the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Hadestown is one of the most streamed cast albums of all time with over 350 million streams to date. It won the Grammy Award® for Best Musical Theatre Album, topped the Billboard’s Broadway Cast Recording chart and debuted at #8 on the Top Album chart.
The show features music, lyrics, and book by 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 new musical alongside artistic collaborator and Tony Award-winning director Rachel Chavkin.
For tickets and more information go to uk.hadestown.com.
