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).

Cedric Neal’s work in theatre includes Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 at the Donmar; Guys and Dolls at the Bridge (Olivier Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical); 42nd Street for Théâtre du Châtelet; The View Upstairs at Soho Theatre; Porgy and Bees at Regent’s Park; Dreamgirls at Signature Theatre, Arlington; Stagger Lee, Death of a Salesman and It’s A Bird, It’s A Plane…It’s Superman at Dallas Theatre Center; Back to the Future at the Adelphi Theatre; Chess at London Coliseum; Motown at Shaftesbury; and After Midnight at the Brooks Atkinson, Broadway.

Victoria Hamilton-Barritt’s work in theatre includes The Odyssey and Hex at the National Theatre; Nine: The Musical in Concert at The Lowry; Bronco Billy at Charing Cross Theatre; The View Upstairs at Soho Theatre; The Wild Party at The Other Palace; In The Heights at King’s Cross Theatre and Southwark Playhouse; Chicks for New Diorama and Made By Brick; Gypsy at Leicester Curve; Saturday Night Fever on tours; Oh! What a Night on UK tour, in Hamburg and Monte Carlo; Cinderella at Gillian Lynne (2022 Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical, 2022 Grammy Award nomination for Best Musical Theater Album); Death of a Salesman and Grease at the Piccadilly; Murder Ballad at the Arts (2017 Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical); Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens at Criterion ; A Chorus Line at London Palladium; Flashdance at Shaftesbury and on tour; Desperately Seeking Susan at Novello; Fame at Aldwych; West Side Story on Broadway and on international tour; and Mamma Mia! at Prince Edward. TV includes Holby City, Call the Midwife and The Cast. Film includes A Bunch of Amateurs.

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.

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.

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.

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.