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eyepatchcrow · 2 months

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i’ve been obsessed with hadestown for years now and finally got to see it yesterday on the west end, so here is a non-exhaustive, mostly in order list of things i loved:

- hermes ‘aiiiight’ ing the audience at the start

- the fates looking offended when hermes says they’re all dressed the same

- orpheus getting distracted and forgetting to greet the audience as he’s introduced

- irish orpheus and midlands eurydice healed something in me

- the fates all the time always, actually

- persephone and eurydice’s little moment of connection as persephone tells her to take what she can and make the most of it

- the trombonist dancing with the chorus during his solo

- orpheus and the cast looking out to the audience in a beat of silence as they toast the world we live in now

- everybody collectively gagging at the wine

- eurydice pushing orpheus right across the stage as she sings how she wants to hold him tight

- orpheus swooping in and popping up like a meerkat between hades and eurydice when she draws his attention

- hades putting on his dark glasses in order to immediately take them off at eurydice in hey little songbird

- eurydice holding the coins/ticket to hell out to hermes twice during chips are down and hermes only taking them on the third time

- hermes and persephone flirting at the start of act 2

- persephone not sharing her hip flask and hermes acting all offended until she gives them some

- every reference to hermes’ gender is gone

- hermes

- melanie la barrie

- hades’ slutty little strut on the revolve

- the absolute raw grief and anger and desperation in if it’s true, dónal absolutely killed it

- hades dad dancing

- hades burying his face in persephone’s shoulder after they reconcile

- orpheus’ adorable delighted ‘yes!!’ after eurydice tells him he’s done it

- the chorus’s cute af reaction when orpheus ’proposes’ eurydice to walk home with him

- orpheus’ fidgety, reaching hands as he walks and doubts (devastating)

- the centre of the revolve dropping away the MOMENT orpheus turns, almost before he’s actually set eyes on her. she’s already gone

- orpheus’ voice break on eurydice’s name as she vanishes (DEVASTATING)

- orpheus just sobbing by the gaping hole where eurydice’s gone as the theatre is in total silence (SHOOT ME ALREADY)

- the stage being set in the last minutes to match how it was when the show began. we’re really going to sing it again, aren’t we. there’s nothing else to be done

also do NOT get me started on the set and lighting design bc holy shit you guys it was PHENOMENAL. i so want to see it again to look for all the little details i inevitably missed

#hadestown #hadestown uk #hadestown west end #dónal finn #grace hodgett young #melanie la barrie #zachary james #gloria onitiri

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cloudyfacewithjam · 2 months

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First Look at the #HadestownUK company in action. (x)

#hadestown #hadestown west end #donal finn #grace hodgett young #melanie la barrie #gloria onitiri #zachary james #madeline charlemagne #allie daniel #bella brown #this production looks amazing so far #my stuff

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ourladyofeternity · 3 months

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Hadestown West End Cast for Big Night of Musicals

(Via The Stage Tea on Tiktok)

#hadestown #persephone hadestown #hades hadestown #hades x persephone #eurydice hadestown #eurydice x orpheus #orpheus hadestown #hermes hadestown #dónal finn #grace hodgett young #melanie la barrie #gloria onitiri #zachary james

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lesmiserabelles · 3 months

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hadestown, west end - 12 february 2024, evening (previews)

Dónal Finn (Orpheus), Melanie La Barrie (Hermes), Lauren Azania (Worker), Tiago Dhont Bamberger (Worker), Beth Hinton-Lever (Worker), Waylon Jacobs (Worker), Christopher Short (Worker)

#hadestown #hadestown west end #musicals #audio #donal finn #melanie la barrie #lauren azania #tiago dhont bamberger #beth hinton-lever #waylon jacobs #christopher short

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littleeliza-lotte · 2 months

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Hadestown notes 9/3/24

EURYDICE PLACING THE COINS ON HER EYES DURING CHIPS ARE DOWN. SHE PUT THEM RIGHT ON HER EYES AND I WAS LIKE I KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS-

Hades placing his head in his hands when Persephone leaves for the first time

Orpheus crawling in front of Eurydice and like popping up in front of her in way down when she said kinda makes you wonder how it feels it was actually hilarious

One of the fates laughing when Eurydice mentions shelter

Donals Orpheus is KILLING MEEEE HES SO PRETTY aND HIS VOICE GOD-

ITS LIKE THE GODS MADE HIM FOR THIS ROLE

Hermes looking very disappointed in hades during why we build the wall

Hades’s voice is so powerful, His build the wall was BOOMING

Wait for me. I cried. I’ve never cried at a show like this before there’s just no words

I forgot how long Eurydice and Orpheus make out during All I’ve ever known like they were going AT it 😭

Also the way they held each other in way down was sooo cute he was just always near her in some way or touching her

Persephone is the definition of l cute but will kill you (also I’m obsessed with her voice)

Lauren’s Persephone was definitely drunk as hell and Zack’s Hades was on coke for sure it was perfect

The fates HARMONIESSSS, it’s amazing how they have individuality but also just fit so well together

During Promises, Hades kept his head on persephone’s shoulder the entire time as they swayed, her hand rubbing his back in little circles

Orpheus going “YES” and throwing his hands up excitedly in promises

Hermes kissing persephone’s hand during the start of act two before she starts singing

Orpheus and Eurydice literally brimming with excitement when Hermes says they can be let go and their smiles slowly fading

Dónal’s pure anxiety in Doubt comes in, he was fidgeting so much, tripping, shaking, he was so scared.

Pretty much no gendered terms for Hermes (no ‘Mister Hermes’ etc, just Hermes)

Persephone RIPPING her hands away and groaning when hades says I don’t know

Orpheus came out from the bottom right box when he first appeared in act two, just crawled up on the stage like a true theatre kid

Lyric changes in Epic III! I don’t remember them but I got a recording

Orpheus absolutely sOBBING AFTER LOSING EURYDICE HE WAS ABOUT TO JUMP IN THAT PIT HE WAS SHAKING AND SOBBING

#was 100% sobbing #hadestown #dónal finn #madeline charlemagne #zachary james #melanie la barrie #lauren azania #hadestown west end #hades #Persephone #Eurydice #Orpheus #the fates #Hermes #hadestown UK

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holly-mckenzie · 1 month

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Imagine being loved by me.

HADESTOWN UK | West End | February 2024 📹: @callmelasagna

#hadestownedit #hadestown #hadestown uk #hadestown west end #grace hodgett young #dónal finn #zachary james #melanie la barrie #userkayles #flashing gif #mine*#I suppose this would have been more fitting to post on St Patty's day... But why would I do that?#this is obvs a remake of the nytw post I made... just thanks to lasagna I had more footage

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paradise-bi-the-dashboard-lightt · 3 months

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Wait for me, I'm coming

West End Cast of Hadestown on the Big Night of the Musicals

#hadestown #grace hodgett young #melanie la barrie #donal finn #madeline charlemagne

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nomilkinmyteaplease · 2 months

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Hadestown UK Behind The Scenes

#Hadestown #hadestown uk #donal finn #GRACE HODGETT YOUNG #melanie la barrie #allie daniel #sas rogue heroes cast #london theatre #lyric theatre #musicals #theatre edit #my stuff #my edits #this is really a donal edit for ru :)#fantastic show you should all see it

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snowrassa · 4 months

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First look at the Hadestown West End cast in costume!

#these are the pics (gif) sent in the newsletter email lol #i have thoughts... but i will bite my tongue for now #hadestown #hadestown uk #hadestown west end #melanie la barrie #grace hodgett young #donal finn #gloria onitiri #zachary james

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ashleyslorens · 7 months

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#& juliet #and juliet #broadwayedit #musicaltheatreedit #theatreedit #broadwaydaily #musicaledit #lorna courtney #melanie la barrie #*#daily affirmations <3

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cloudyfacewithjam · 14 days

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Hadestown performs 'Wait for Me' at Olivier Awards 2024

#hadestown #hadestown west end #donal finn #grace hodgett young #melanie la barrie #gloria onitiri #zachary james #my stuff

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ourladyofeternity · 6 months

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Hadestown UK cast for 2024 is fucking pure GOLD

Video from @whatsonstage instagram feed

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lesmiserabelles · 8 days

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alright, time to go (x)

#hadestown #hadestown west end #donal finn #dónal finn #melanie la barrie #hermes #orpheus #musicals #musicaledit #musicalgifs #theatreedit #theateredit #west end #carmella's edits #descriptions in alt text

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tintagel-or-cockleshells · 2 months

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Hadestown thoughts! 16th Feb, West End

I’ve never liked Doubt Comes In on the album but the staging of the Fates/Orpheus/Eurydice with the mist was hypnotic

Hermes as a woman with her own Trinidadian accent was inspired. Some lines went much funnier (Orpheus… don’t come on too strong) and some much sadder (We sing it anyway). Also her relationship with Persephone was a fun flirty highlight!

All the Fates had their own distinct personalities! My favourite was the Fate who sang the low line. Really took delight in causing Eurydice’s downfall!

Hades as a sleazy presenter/car salesman for his public facing persona til the terror of Why We Build the Wall really worked for me. The audience got QUIET when he entered.

Eurydice’s despair felt very natural and I didn’t find this Orpheus too dim to root for as I have sometimes. He was very much calling for a union in If It’s True.

The workers! God, the ENERGY they brought in. The costumes when they were in the first half were so beautifully worn and holey contrasting to the capitalist uniform in the second half - still worn, still holey, but sharper and less individual.

Favourite song: surprisingly, Wait For Me. The staging blew me away. (With the amount of lights that go into the audience, I think this would be a hard one to bootleg.)

LOOK AFTER YOURSELF. It’s a very warm theatre. Drink lots of water or you may end up having a minor medical event in the foyer afterwards

#Hadestown #Hadestown west end #hadestown uk #melanie la barrie

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littleeliza-lotte · 2 months

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Hadestown West End Recording 03/09/24

Not the best quality given that I was in the Grand circle, sorry about that.

*do not share outside of Tumblr*

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constellationclarke · 2 months

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Got a vid of We Raise Our Cups :') not pictured here is me sobbing behind the camera but you can see how much I was shaking

#i genuinely did not stop shaking for like a full half hour after leaving #i just walked around a bookstore dazed for a bit because it was the only quiet place i could dissociate #i love them sosososososo much my GOD #hadestown #hadestown uk #dónal finn #grace hodgett young #gloria onitiri #melanie la barrie #zachary james #andreia speaks

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