Hadestown

Dylan Wood trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and Dance School of Scotland. His work in theatre includes No Love Songs at Dundee Rep; The Bunker and 549: Scots of the Spanish Civil War for Wonder Fools; Sherlock Holmes and the Poison Wood and Teddy (also on UK tour) at the Watermill; Aladdin at Macrobert Arts Centre; Moorcroft and Underwood Lane for Tron; Meet Me at the Knob for A Play, a Pie and a Pint; Cinderella for PACE; Orphans at the National Theatre Scotland; Close Quarters at Sheffield Theatres; Electric Eden at Shanghai Arts Festival; and King Lear and Snow Queen at Bristol Old Vic. TV includes Dog Days, Unfair, Midsomer Murders, Sister Boniface and Casualty. Short film includes Perambulations of a Justified Sinner.

Desmonda Cathabel is from Jakarta, Indonesia. She trained at the Royal Academy of Music and won the Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year 2022. Work in theatre includes Disney’s Aladdin (as Princess Jasmine) on UK and Ireland tour; Miss Saigon at Sheffield Crucible; and From Here to Eternity at Charing Cross Theatre. Concerts include Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends at the Sondheim; Treason at Theatre Royal Drury Lane; Legacy: Maria Friedman and Friends at the Menier Chocolate Factory; and Comparing Notes with Desmonda Cathabel for Crazy Coqs. TV includes Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream (quarter finalist).

Training
Daniel Breaker trained at The Julliard School.

Theatre
For the National Theatre: Hadestown (West End)

On Broadway: Hadestown, Once Upon a Mattress, Hamilton, Book of Mormon, The Performers, Shrek: The Musical, Passing Strange, Cymbeline and Well.

Other productions include: Love’s Labour’s Lost for Shakespeare in the Park; By The Way and Meet Vera Stark for Second Stage; Passing Strange at The Public; Fabulation for Playwrights Horizons; Pericles for Red Bull, Culture Project; Judgment Day for Chicago Shakespeare; A Doctor in Spite of Himself for Intiman; Life is a Dream for South Coast Rep; The Comedy of Errors for Shakespeare Theatre Company; The Caucasian Chalk Circle, The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Rivals and The Silent Woman for South Coast Repertory; HMS Pinafore for Berkshire Theater Festival; Black Sheep for Barrington Stage; Sundance Theater Lab, 2005; and How to Act Around Cops at Soho Theatre, London.

TV
Billions, Girls 5Eva, The Good Fight, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Mozart in the Jungle, Unforgettable and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Film
Sisters, Limitless, He’s Way More Famous Than You, Redhook Summer and Passing Strange.

Awards
Shrek: The Musical – Drama Desk nomination

Passing Strange – Tony Award nomination, Drama Desk nomination, Theatre World Award, Audelco Award

The Comedy of Errors – Helen Hayes nomination

The Tempest – Helen Hayes nomination

Joy Wielkens is from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She trained at the Amsterdam University of the Arts and at the Chubbuck Studio in Los Angeles.

Her work in theatre includes Macbeth (as Lady Macbeth) at TG Suburbia; Hadestown (as Persephone in the original Dutch cast) at Royal Theatre Carré; Beneatha’s Place on Netherlands tour; A Raisin in the Sun for Well Made Productions; The Mountaintop on Netherlands tour; The Story of Travis at Rotterdam Theatre; A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction at Holland Festival; Billie! on Netherlands tour; Random for Double Agent Productions; Dear Winnie at Royal Flemish Theatre; The Buddy Holly Story (Dutch Musical Award nomination) for Albert Verlinde Entertainment; Falsettos at De La Mar Theatre; and The Lion King in Hamburg, Germany. TV includes Anne +, Dertigers, Sphinx, Flikken Maastricht, Van Speijk, Modern Love Amsterdam, Rampvlucht, CMC and Zwarte Tulp.

Films include Sonny Boy, Toscaanse bruiloft, Dertigers: de Kerstfilm, Onder de blote hemel and De Marathon. Joy Wielkens won the Willem Wilmink Award 2025.

Chris Jarman’s work in theatre includes The Comedy of Errors at the National Theatre; The Tempest, Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra and The Merchant of Venice for the RSC;

Once on this Island at Regent’s Park; Christmas at the Snow Globe at Shakespeare’s Globe; Wicked The Musical at the Apollo Victoria; Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (original London cast) at the Palace Theatre; The Book of Mormon (original cast) at the Prince of Wales; Sister Act The Musical (original London cast) for Stage Entertainment; and Gone with the Wind (original cast) at the New London.  TV includes My Lady Jane, Game of Thrones – House of the Dragon, Maternal, The Witcher: Blood Origin, Dodger, Foundation, Thunderbirds Are Go, Run, Doctor Who, Demons, Sand Serpents, The Bill, Holby City and Spartacus. Films include Ralphie, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, Lady of Heaven and Johnny English Reborn.

Rachel Adedeji’s work in theatre includes the Tony Award–winning Passing Strange at the Young Vic; Jesus Christ Superstar on UK tour and in the West End; and Thriller Live in the West End. TV includes Dreaming Whilst Black, Champion, Alice & Jack and Hollyoaks. Films include The Almond and the Seahorse, Hard Home and R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned. Instagram: @RACHELADEDEJI

Bethany Antonia trained at Birmingham Ormiston Academy and First Act Workshops. Her work in theatre includes Lava at Soho Theatre; Look Up for Birmingham Think Tank; Hairspray at Wolverhampton Grand; and Peter Pan: The Never Ending Story World Tour at Birmingham National Indoor Arena. TV includes House of the Dragon, Doctor Who, Nolly, Stay Close, Get Even, Stath Lets Flats and Doctors. Films include Sense and Sensibility, Indignitas, The Velveteen Rabbit, There’s Always Hope, Pin Cushion and The Tempest.

Marley Fenton is from Manchester and trained at The Arts Educational School London, receiving the Ian Fleming Award and graduating with a BA (Hons) in Musical Theatre in 2023. Work in theatre includes Hamilton (as Alexander Hamilton) on UK and Ireland tour; Grease (as Danny Zuko) on UK and Ireland tour; The Wizard of Oz (as The Tin Man), 2024 Black British Theatre Award for Best Supporting Male Actor in a Musical) on tour; Olivier-nominated production of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends at the Gielgud; and The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium. Films include Wicked: For Good. Instagram: @marley.fenton

Alastair Parker trained at Guildford School of Acting and The Royal Academy of Music. His work in theatre includes The Crucible (also West End), Treasure Island, 50 Years on Stage, People, The Merchant of Venice, Honk! and The Villains’ Opera at the National Theatre; Jerry Springer: The Opera at the Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, Battersea Arts Centre, National Theatre and West End; Matilda the Musical (also West End) and The Magician’s Elephant for the RSC; A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic; The Taxidermist’s Daughter at Chichester; BBC Proms: Sondheim at 80 at the Royal Albert Hall; Bed & Sofa at the Finborough; The Secret Garden and Alice in Wonderland at Leeds Playhouse; Silk at the Orange Tree; The Wizard of Oz and The Glee Club at the New Vic; Cymbeline, Twelfth Night, HMS Pinafore and Two Women for One Ghost at Regent’s Park; Spittin’ Distance, A Beginner’s Guide to Cybershopping and Jonah Boy at the Stephen Joseph, Scarborough; Is There Life After High School at Bridewell; Oklahoma! at Perth; The Tempest for Gardner Arts; and Oliver! in the West End. TV includes The Witcher, Carnival Row, Whitstable Pearl, I Hate Suzie, Doctor Who, National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage, BBC Proms: Sondheim at 80, Sinchronicity, White Teeth, The Vice and Spooks. Films include Last Orders, London Road, Hitman and Her, A Quiet Courage, The Merchant of Venice and Hell for Leather.

Clive Rowe’s work in theatre includes The Light Princess, Carousel (Olivier nomination for Best Supporting Performance), Fuente Ovejuna, Caroline, or Change, The Villain’s Opera, Money, Candide, Peter Pan, Guys and Dolls (Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical) and Trackers at the National Theatre; Zenobia, Measure for Measure and Twelfth Night for the RSC; The Addams Family on UK tour; The Baker’s Wife at the Menier Chocolate Factory; Sweet Charity and Company at the Donmar Warehouse; Blues in the Night at Kiln; In The Willows on UK tour; Guys and Dolls at the Royal Albert Hall; Me and My Girl at Chichester; Jack and the Beanstalk at Wimbledon; Kiss Me, Kate at Chichester and the Old Vic; No Naughty Bits at Hampstead Theatre; The Wiz at Birmingham Rep and West Yorkshire Playhouse; Twelfth Night, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Troilus and Cressida at Regent’s Park; Simply Heavenly at the Young Vic and Trafalgar Studios; Once On This Island at Birmingham Rep; Carmen Jones the Old Vic; Just So at the Tricycle; School for Scandal at the Royal Exchange, Manchester; The Boys from Syracuse, Lady Be Good, Twelfth Night and Carmen Jones at the Crucible, Sheffield; Dick Whittington and his Cat and numerous appearances as the Dame in Hackney Empire’s Christmas pantomime; Sister Act (Olivier nomination) in the West End and at Hammersmith Apollo; The Prince of Egypt at the Dominion; The Hothouse at Trafalgar Studios; The Ladykillers in the West End and on UK tour; The Fantasticks at the Duchess; Chicago at the Adelphi; and As You Like It at Wyndham’s. TV includes The Canterville Ghost, Midsomer Murders, Will, So Awkward (four series), Evermoor (two series), The Kennedys, The Fun Police, All the Small Things, Doctor Who, Tracy Beaker, Dalziel & Pascoe, Networked, Casualty, Bloodrights, Say It With Music, American Voices, The Bill, Spatz, Paper Mask, After the War, Snakes and Ladders and Entertaining Angels Unaware.  Films include Beauty and the Beast and Crime Strike.

Melanie Bright trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Work in theatre includes Jesus Christ Superstar at the Barbican; The Wild Party at The Other Palace; Tommy at Blackpool Winter Gardens and English Theatre Frankfurt; Quasimodo King’s Head; We Will Rock You UK tour; Jersey Boys at Trafalgar Theatre; Rebecca at the Charing Cross Theatre; and Les Misérables in the West End. TV includes Guilt and The Olivier Awards. Films include Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Samson and Delilah (short).

Allie Daniel trained at Mountview, and currently teaches vocal technique at The Urdang Academy. Her work in theatre includes How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at Southwark Playhouse; As You Like It at Sohoplace; Happy Meal at the Traverse and on UK tour; Legally Blonde at Regent’s Park; Priscilla, Queen of the Desert on UK tour; Millennials at Turbine; and RENT at Hope Mill. Concerts include backing vocalist for Ariana Debose at London Palladium; and Peter and the Wolf with Triorca at Cadogan Hall.

Spike Maxwell trained a Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, where their productions included The Welkin, Thebans and Revolt. She said. Revolt again. Hadestown is their professional theatre debut.

Lauran Rae trained at Italia Conti Academy, Barbican. Work in theatre includes Get Up Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical at the Lyric; Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at the Apollo and Olivier Awards; Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent’s Park; Bugsy Malone at Lyric Hammersmith, Olivier Awards and Sunday Night at the Palladium; Ghost the Musical on Asian tour; High Fidelity at The Turbine; Hairspray in Macau, Hong Kong and at Gordon Craig, Stevenage; Bare the Rock Opera at Greenwich; A Monster Calls at Bristol Old Vic and the Kennedy Center Washington DC; Aladdin at Cambridge Arts;  Soundclash at Edinburgh Fringe. TV includes Enterprice and The One Show (with Bugsy Malone).

Femi Akinfolarin trained at Bird College of Dance and BRIT School. Work in theatre includes Wizard of Oz, Treason and Dr Dolittle on UK tours; West Side Story at the Royal Exchange, Manchester; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at the Bridge; Moulin Rouge! The Musical at the Piccadilly; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat at London Palladium; and Man of La Mancha at London Coliseum. TV includes Break Up of Bands.  

Short film includes Sammy in Rumet.

Michelle Andrews trained with Laine Theatre Arts. Work in theatre includes Anton & Giovanni, Anton Du Beke, Made in Italy and Anything Goes on UK tours; Jack and the Beanstalk at Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent; Chicago on international tour; Him & Me for Strictly Theatre Co; Street Scene and Kiss Me, Kate at Opera North; Oklahoma! at Chichester; Guys and Dolls at Mill at Sonning; Pippin at Southwark Playhouse; On The Town for Open Air Theatre; Sweet Charity at the Royal Exchange, Manchester; West Side Story at Kilworth House; Miss Atomic Bomb at St. James, London; Cinderella at Cambridge Arts; Hairspray and Chicago at Leicester Curve; Top Hat at Aldwych; and Crazy For You at Novello. TV includes Sanditon, The Universe, Byker Grove, The Olympic Opening Ceremony and Ant & Dec.

Gabriela Benedetti’s work in theatre includes Weird (Phoenix in the original production) for Michael Harrison Productions at Newcastle Theatre Royal; Hamilton on UK and Ireland tour; Legally Blonde at Regent’s Park; Jack and the Beanstalk at Lyric Hammersmith; Evita! at London Palladium; Cabaret at the Playhouse.

Ollie Bingham trained at ArtsEd. Work in theatre includes Matilda the Musical on UK tour and in the West End; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe on UK tour; Evita at the Barbican; Singing in the Rain at The Mill at Sonning; Rent on UK tour; Soho Cinders at the Union; and Eugenius! at London Palladium.

Laura Delany is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music and Harvard University. Productions while training include Legacy: Maria Friedman and Friends at Menier Chocolate Factory and Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends at the Sondheim Theatre. Work in theatre includes Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club at Playhouse Theatre and The Emperor’s New Clothes at American Repertory Theater.

Sebastian Lim-Seet is a Malaysian-Scottish actor, singer and musician. He trained at the University of Aberdeen and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Work in theatre includes Ceilidh for Noisemaker; Kinky Boots at Chester Storyhouse; The Snow Queen at Edinburgh Royal Lyceum; Scots for 54 Below, New York City Fringe and Edinburgh Fringe; Shiprats for A Play, a Pie and a Pint; and Cinderella for Dundee Rep and Dance Theatre. TV includes Dog Squad.

Lucinda Buckley trained at Rose Bruford College, where productions included London Road, The Tempest, As You Like It and After the Dance. Work in theatre includes Dick Whittington at Chipping Norton; and Hadestown (original West End cast) at the Lyric.

Juan Jackson trained at Florida State University. Work in theatre includes Disney’s Aladdin on UK tour; Next to Normal at The Court Theatre, Christchurch, New Zealand; Titanic – The Musical at Melbourne Town Hall, Australia; Passion at Hope Mill, Manchester; Sasha Regan’s HMS Pinafore on UK tour; Five Guys Named Moe at Upstairs at the Gatehouse; Artaban at Actors’ Church; Rent at Drama Centre, Singapore; Miss Saigon on Australian tour; The King and I at Arts Centre Melbourne, Australia; The Convict’s Opera for Sydney Theatre Company; The Rocky Horror Show on Korean, New Zealand and Singapore tours; Cats on Australian and Korean tours; and Next to Normal at Drama Centre, Singapore and The Court, New Zealand. Juan Jackson’s single ‘Candy’ is available on all platforms.

Oisín Nolan-Power trained at the Royal Academy of Music, London. His work in theatre includes Fame on European tour; Rags at Park Theatre; West Side Story at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin; and Jane Eyre at the Gate, Dublin. @Oisin_Nolan

Lindo Shinda trained at the Performance Preparation Academy (PPA).  Work in theatre includes 101 Dalmatians on UK tour; Dick Whittington at Salisbury Playhouse; and Jack and the Beanstalk at Yvonne Arnaud. @lindoshinda

Jasmine Triadi trained at Italia Conti. Work in theatre includes 101 Dalmatians on UK and Ireland tour; The King and I on UK and Ireland tour and in the West End; Cinderella (title role) at Salisbury Playhouse; and Pigs Might Fly on UK tour.

Milly Willows trained at Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts. Her work in theatre includes SIX on UK and international tour; and Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch at Southwark Playhouse and on UK tour. She won The Stephen Sondheim Society Performer of the Year Competition in 2023.Instagram: @milly.willows