With previews beginning this evening at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Disney Theatrical Group today announces that Hercules will extend until 28 March 2026.
With music by Alan Menken and lyrics by David Zippel, and a brand-new book by Robert Horn and Kwame Kwei-Armah, Casey Nicholaw’s production of Hercules, co-choreographed with Tanisha Scott, is inspired by the 1997 animated film of the same name from Walt Disney Studios. The feature film, directed by The Little Mermaid filmmakers John Musker and Ron Clements, and written by Clements, Musker, Donald McEnery, Bob Shaw and Irene Mecchi, won Best Animation Feature at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards and was nominated for the Academy Award® for Best Original Song for Go the Distance.
The cast is Luke Brady (Hercules), as the Muses, Candace Furbert (Thalia), Sharlene Hector (Clio), Brianna Ogunbawo (Melpomene), Malinda Parris (Calliope), Robyn Rose-Li (Terpsichore), and Kimmy Edwards and Kamilla Fernandes (Standby Muses); Mae Ann Jorolan (Meg), Trevor Dion Nicholas (Phil), Stephen Carlile (Hades), and Craig Gallivan and Lee Zarrett (in the roles of Bob and Charles), with Rhianne Alleyne, Lana Antoniou, Daisy Barnett, Felipe Bejarano, Sarah Benbelaid, Joel Benjamin, Jack Butcher, Nicole Carlisle, Francessca Daniella-Baker, Marie Finlayson, Ryesha Higgs, Cruz-Troy Hunter, Travis Kerry, Stefan Lagoulis, Jason Leigh Winter, Jordan Livesey, Harriet Millier, Ellie Mitchell, Saffi Needham, Ben Nicholas, Ingrid Olivia, Matt Overfield, Patrick John Robinson, Ope Sowande and Rhys West.
DISNEY’S
HERCULES
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by David Zippel
Book by Robert Horn and Kwame Kwei-Armah
Director and Choreographer: Casey Nicholaw; Co-Choreographer: Tanisha Scott;
Scenic and Additional Video Design: Dane Laffrey; Costume Design: Gregg Barnes, Sky Switser;
Lighting Design: Jeff Croiter; Sound Design: Adam Fisher; Video Design: George Reeve;
Special Effects Design: Jeremy Chernick; Dance Music Arrangements: David Chase;
Hair and Wig Design: Mia M. Neal; Make-Up Design: Kirk Cambridge- Del Pesche;
Music supervisor and Arranger: Michael Kosarin; Orchestrations: Danny Troob and Joseph Joubert;
Dance Arrangements: David Chase; Casting: Natalie Gallacher CDG for Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher Casting
The musical, inspired by the animated film, based on the ancient myth.
It’s what classical civilisation would have wanted.
Ancient Greece. A time of gods, mortals… and Hercules, who isn’t quite either. But if he’s not a god, how can he possibly save the world from Hades? It’s one thing flexing those pecs, but going from zero to hero requires a different kind of strength.
Get ready for a wise-cracking, column-shaking, underworld-rocking ride of adventure, self-discovery, and love. In tunics.
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LISTINGS
HERCULES
Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Catherine Street, Covent Garden, London WC2B 5JF
Previews sold out – from £29.50 post press night
Group rates and education rates are available – please see the website
PERFORMANCES:
POST PRESS NIGHT:
Monday to Saturday 7:30pm
Thursday and Saturday matinees 2:30pm
ACCESS PERFORMANCES: 020 3925 2998 or access@lwtheatres.co.uk
Captioned performance 7.30pm on 15 September
Signed performance 7.30pm on 23 September
Relaxed performance 1.30pm on 15 November
Audio Described performance 2.30pm on 29 November