The show was filmed live in the West End, featuring the original Broadway cast.
It has been announced that the filmed version of Hadestown will be released in cinemas across the UK,Ireland, New Zealand and Australia for a limited time from the 13th October.
With tickets on sale now, the show was filmed at the Lyric Theatre in the heart of the West End, featuring five original Broadway principals: Reeve Carney (The Great Gatsby, Cabaret),André De Shields (The Wiz, Ain’t Misbehavin’), Amber Gray (The Rocky Horror Show, Eureka Day), Eva Noblezada (Miss Saigon, Les Misérables), and Patrick Page (The Gilded Age, Julius Caesar), with members of the original West End cast.
Written by Anaïs Mitchell (Young Man in America, Child Ballads) and directed by Rachel Chavkin (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812), Hadestown follows two intertwining love stories – young dreamers Orpheus (Carney) and Eurydice (Noblezada), and King Hades (Page) and his wife Persephone (Gray) – as messenger-to-the-gods Hermes (De Shields) guides audiences on a journey to the underworld and back.
The stage production was filmed in London by director Brett Sullivan of Steam Motion and Sound.
Hadestown won eight Tony Awards in 2019, as well as Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album.
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). Casting for the London production is by Jacob Sparrow. Original Broadway Casting by Benton Whitley CSA and Duncan Stewart CSA.