Seen by three million, streamed by over 350 million and adored by fans all around the world, singer songwriter Anaïs Mitchell’s acclaimed West End and Broadway musical phenomenon Hadestown will be presented at Melbourne’s Her Majesty’s Theatre from May 2025.
Hadestown broke Theatre Royal Sydney box office records when it went on sale earlier this year for the Sydney season, and Melbourne audiences are expected to snap up tickets for the cult musical with the same enthusiasm.
“Melbourne audiences embrace musicals like no other city and in return musicals delight in performing here due to the rousing receptions and support that they receive,” said Suzanne Jones of JONES Theatrical Group.
“Hadestown will be no exception. Creator and writer Anaïs Mitchell is such an extraordinary talent and her musical is magical, bold, exciting and full of love & promise.”
Presented by Opera Australia and JONES Theatrical Group, Hadestown won eight Tony Awards when it opened on Broadway in 2019, including Best Score and Best Director and is still playing to packed houses five years later.
Originating as Anaïs Mitchell’s indie theatre project, along with her artistic collaborator, Rachel Chavkin, Hadestown was transformed into a genre-defying musical that blends modern American folk music with New Orleans-inspired jazz to reimagine the sweeping ancient tale of Orpheus and Eurydice. The hit musical also won a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album.
Following two intertwining love stories – that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone – Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Mitchell’s beguiling melodies and Chavkin’s poetic imagination pit industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love.
Performed by a vibrant ensemble of actors, dancers, and singers, Hadestown delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience and invites you to imagine how the world could be. Casting announcements will be made in the coming months.
“An epic celebration of music, togetherness and hope.” – Forbes
Hadestown will premiere at the Theatre Royal Sydney in February, before playing at Melbourne’s Her Majesty’s Theatre from May 2025. For more information, visit: www.hadestown.com.au for details.
Image: Grace Hodgett-Young as Eurydice and Donal Finn as Orpheus in Hadestown (London Cast 2024) – photo by Marc Brenner