{"id":1176,"date":"2023-11-21T05:46:23","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T05:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lsbo.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1176"},"modified":"2023-11-24T06:04:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T06:04:31","slug":"big-news-in-theatre-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lsbo.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/11\/21\/big-news-in-theatre-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Big News in Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Take a look at these big announcements in London theatre! Stay up to date with all the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/lsbo.co.uk\/blog\/\">West End theatre news <\/a>here on the LSBO website.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>West End Cast announced for Hadestown\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/lsbo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Hadestown-full-cast-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1179\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lsbo.co.uk\/musical\/hadestown\">The award-winning musical\u00a0<strong>Hadestown<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is coming to the West End next year and the full cast list has just been announced. Opening at the Lyric Theatre in February, you won\u2019t want to miss this outstanding theatrical experience.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hadestown<\/strong>&nbsp;made its London premiere in 2018 at the National Theatre and was a huge hit on Broadway, winning 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical. The show even won a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album for the Broadway production\u2019s soundtrack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Featuring music and lyrics by Grammy Award-winning Anais Mitchell and directed by Rachel Chavkin,&nbsp;<strong>Hadestown<\/strong>&nbsp;is inspired by the Greek myth and takes audiences on a journey to the Underworld set to an incredible musical score. With music that is a mixture of New Orleans jazz and American folk music, this epic re-telling follows the love stories of Orpheus and Eurydice and Hades and Persephone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cast is set to include D\u00f3nal Finn as Orpheus, Grace Hodgett Young as Eurydice, Zachary James as Hades, Melanie La Barrie as Hermes, and Gloria Onitiri as Persephone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cast is completed by Bella Brown, Madeline Charlemagne, and Allie Daniel will play the Fates, and Lauren Azania, Tiago Dhondt Bamberger, Beth Hinton-Lever, Waylon Jacobs, and Christopher Short will play the Workers, alongside swings Lucinda Buckley, Ryesha Higgs, Miriam Nyarko, and Simon Oskarsson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep an eye out on the LSBO website to be the first to hear about further announcements and how to secure your\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lsbo.co.uk\/musical\/hadestown\"><strong>Hadestown<\/strong>\u00a0theatre tickets<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hadestown<\/strong>&nbsp;opens at the Lyric Theatre on 10th February 2023, don\u2019t miss this genre-defying new musical.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Cruel Intentions: The 90s musical is coming to London\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" id=\"Cruel-Intentions-The-90s-Musical\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/lsbo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Cruel-Inentions-insta-square-1.jpg\" alt=\"Cruel Intentions The 90s Musical\" class=\"wp-image-1180\" title=\"Cruel Intentions The 90s Musical Tickets\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Opening at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lsbo.co.uk\/theatre\/the-other-palace-theatre\">Other Palace Theatre<\/a> in Victoria,\u00a0<strong>Cruel Intentions: The 90s musical<\/strong>\u00a0is coming to London for a strictly limited 14-week season.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the hit 1999 Hollywood film which has become a cult classic, the musical version was a hit in New York and Los Angeles and we\u2019re finally getting to experience the show in London.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The story follows step-siblings Sebastian Valmont and Kathryn Merteuil who are pretty awful people. 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