Hadestown (UK and Ireland Tour)

Hadestown is coming to Milton Keynes Theatre from 20 to 24 April 2027, as part of its first-ever tour of the UK and Ireland. It's an eight-time Tony Award-winning folk opera, the brainchild of indie-folk singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and Tony-nominated experimental theatre director Rachel Chavkin, who also helmed Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812. Mitchell wrote the music, lyrics and book, and the show fuses Greek mythology with her concept album of the same name.

At its heart, it reimagines the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, but sets it in a world that feels more like the New Orleans scene than ancient Greece: an industrial underworld ruled by the foreman-like Hades. Along the way, it intertwines two love stories—that of Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone—and lets them run side by side. It's a folk opera, so the music is as much a part of the storytelling as the dialogue.

It's had a long run before reaching us. It started at the New York Theatre Workshop, won Best Musical and Best Original Score at the 2019 Tony Awards, and took home Best Musical Theatre Album at the 2020 Grammys. Since then, it's been seen by over six million people and streamed by nearly a billion. These dates in Milton Keynes are part of its first UK and Ireland tour, which runs from 19 February to 13 November 2027, so it'll be playing across the country for the better part of a year.

It's at Milton Keynes Theatre for five days, 20 to 24 April 2027. If you've never seen it, it's a good chance to catch it without having to travel to London.