Musical phenomenon Hadestown heads to Northampton on first UK tour
Show has won multiple awards and been hailed as “achingly beautiful and boldly original”
One of the most popular and acclaimed new musicals of the century is coming to Northampton next year.
Hadestown, which has won Tony and Grammy awards and is currently playing its third smash-hit year in London’s West End, will hit the stage at the Royal & Derngate in autumn 2027 as part of the show’s first ever UK tour.
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. Mitchell 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.
Hadestown promises to take audiences 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. It is billed as a “deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience” that “invites you to imagine how the world could be”.
Hadestown is the winner of eight Tony Awards on Broadway including Best Musical and a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album. The Original Broadway Cast Recording has become one of the most streamed cast albums of all time with nearly one billion streams to date and has recently been certified Gold by The Recording Industry Association of America.
The critically acclaimed West End run continues at London’s Lyric Theatre, more than eight years after its sold-out engagement at the National Theatre in 2018. The Times called it “the best show in town,” the Sunday Express said it is “achingly beautiful and boldly original,” the Guardian hailed it as “big, beautiful and emotionally blasting” and the New York Times described it as “sumptuous,” “gorgeous” and “as good as it gets”.
The tour is produced by Mara Isaacs, Dale Franzen, Hunter Arnold and Tom Kirdahy. The casting and full creative team for the tour are to be announced.
Hadestown will run at the Royal & Derngate from Tuesday September 28 to Saturday October 2, 2027.
Visit tour.hadestown.com to book tickets and for more information about the show.