New Photos & Video: Nathan Sykes, Fayth Ifil Join HADESTOWN in London's West End

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The new cast also includes Danielle de Niese, Shaun Dooley, Malinda Parris, and more.

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Brand new production photos and video footage have been released of the West End production of Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical Hadestown , which has recently welcomed new cast members to the Lyric Theatre, London. Check out the photos below and video above!

Danielle De Niese as Persephone. Internationally acclaimed soprano and broadcaster, de Niese has performed with all the leading opera companies and orchestras around the world. She won the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera earlier this year.

Shaun Dooley as Hades. Shaun's extensive television and film credits include Mr Bates Vs The Post Office, Criminal Record, Changing Ends, It's a Sin, Gentleman Jack, The Stranger, Broadchurch, Misfits and Saltburn alongside an acclaimed body of stage work, including Jez Butterworth ’s Hills of California directed by Sam Mendes .

Fayth Ifil as Eurydice. Ifil first debuted on the West End aged just 10 years old. She has gone on to play leading West End roles in Tina – The Tina Turner Musical, and Just For One Day.

Malinda Parris as Hermes. A leading West End performer, Parris has starred in The Greatest Showman, Hercules, & Juliet, Little Big Things, Mary Poppins, Matilda, Caroline, or Change, The Light Princess and Parade.

Nathan Sykes as Orpheus. Earning international success as a member of chart-topping band The Wanted, Sykes has gone on to launch an acclaimed solo music career.

The cast is completed by Melanie Bright , Spike Maxwell and Lauran Rae as the Fates; Femi Akinfolarin , Michelle Andrews , Gabriela Benedetti , Ollie Bingham and Sebastian Lim-Seet as the Workers, with Juan Jackson , Oisín Nolan-Power, Lindo Shinda , Jasmine Triadi and 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.

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 .

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), Tarek Merchant (Co-Musical Director & Associate Music Supervisor), George Francis (Co-Musical Director), Maria Crocker (UK Associate Director), Bobby Windebank (Associate Choreographer) and Victoria Gimby (Resident Director). Casting by Jacob Sparrow . Principal Casting by Rob Kelly .

Photo Credit: Brinkhoff-Moegenburg

Melanie Bright , Spike Maxwell & Lauran Rae

Melanie Bright , Spike Maxwell & Lauran Rae

Ollie Bingham , Michelle Andrews , Femi Akinfolarin , Gabriela Benedetti , Sebastian Lim Seet

Fayth Ifil , Nathan Sykes

Fayth Ifil , Malinda Parris , Nathan Sykes

Fayth Ifil , Nathan Sykes

Shaun Dooley , Danielle De Niese

Shaun Dooley

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Shaun Dooley

Nathan Sykes

Shaun Dooley , Fayth Ifil

Nathan Sykes and cast

Malinda Parris and cast

Danielle De Niese , Malinda Parris , Fayth Ifil , Nathan Sykes , and cast

Malinda Parris

Cast

Shaun Dooley , Nathan Sykes , Danielle De Niese

Shaun Dooley In Hadestown (636)

Nathan Sykes and cast

Gabriela Benedetti , Fayth Ifil , Nathan Sykes , Sebastian Lim Seet, Femi Akinfolarin

Fayth Ifil , Nathan Sykes , and cast

Shaun Dooley

Nathan Sykes , Fayth Ifil

Cast

Nathan Sykes

Nathan Sykes , Jasmine Triadi , Melanie Bright , Spike Maxwell

Malinda Parris , Danielle De Niese

Danielle De Niese

Malinda Parris

Fayth Ifil , Danielle De Niese , and cast

Nathan Sykes

Fayth Ifil

Shaun Dooley

Cast

Malinda Parris

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The Tony and Grammy Award-winning HADESTOWN, currently in its third year at London's Lyric Theatre, announced its first-ever UK & Ireland tour, opening at Curve Theatre, Leicester, before visiting more than 20 cities.

All new video footage has been released from the cast of Hadestown's performance at V&A South Kensington last month. Learn more and check out the video here!

The Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical HADESTOWN has extended its run at London's Lyric Theatre, with over 140,000 new tickets now on sale. The West End production is currently in its third year.

Watch a video of Rachel Adedeji performing 'Our Lady of the Underground' from Hadestown. Joining Adedeji in the production is Bethany Antonia as Eurydice, Marley Fenton as Orpheus, Alastair Parker as Hades, and Clive Rowe as Hermes.

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_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/PhotosVideo-Nathan-Sykes-FaythIfil-and-More-in-HADESTOWN-in-London-20260924)._