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Redbridge & District

Theatre: Hadestown

Event type: Group Meeting
Date: Thursday 24th September 2026
Time: 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Group: Theatre (London)
Organiser:
Lennart Christensen
Cost: £42.50
Booking: Note that booking is required.

Welcome to Hadestown, where a song can change your fate!

We now have 20 tickets available for the musical Hadestown at The Lyric Theatre, 29 Shaftesbury Avenue, London W1D 7ES, on Thursday 24th September 2026 at 2:30 pm. Our seats are in the stalls (rows N and P) and they are £42.50 each (reduced from £65.00).

Book by e-mailing me no later than Sunday 28th June but do not send payment just yet. As soon as we have a reasonable number of bookings secured, I will ask for payment which then will be due immediately. Please be aware that when I have confirmed your booking via email, it will be considered binding.

Hadestown  takes you on an unforgettable journey to the underworld and back, intertwining two ancient Greek mythical 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. 

Hadestown is the winner of 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album. Seen by over six million, streamed by nearly a billion and adored by fans around the world, it features music, lyrics and book by singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and is directed by Tony-winner Rachel Chavkin. The cast includes The X Factor’s Rachel Adedeji (Thriller Live!Jesus Christ SuperstarHollyoaks) as Persephone, Bethany Antonia (House of the Dragon) as Eurydice, Marley Fenton (The Wizard of OzHamilton) as Orpheus, Alastair Parker (Matilda, Oliver!) as Hades and Olivier Award-winner Clive Rowe (Guys & DollsCompany) as Hermes.