Joy Wielkens to join the West End cast of HADESTOWN
Dutch actor and singer Joy Wielkens will join the critically acclaimed West End production of Hadestown as Persephone from 20 January - 8 March, it has been announced.
Wielkens joins the London production having performed the role at the Royal Theatre Carré in Amsterdam earlier this year where the AD hailed “Weilkens blows the audience away with her soulful voice that cuts straight to the Heart.” Other credits in the Netherlands include Beneatha’s Place, Billie!, A Raisin in the Sun, The Mountaintop, and Dear Winnie.
Wielkens takes over the role in London from BRIT Award-winning Girls Aloud star Nicola Roberts whose last performance in the production will be on 18 January, as previously announced.
Wielkens joins Desmonda Cathabel as Eurydice, Chris Jarman as Hades, Cedric Neal as Hermes, and Dylan Wood as Orpheus.
Melanie Bright, Allie Daniel and Lauran Rae play the Fates; Femi Akinfolarin, Michelle Andrews, Ollie Bingham, Laura Delany and Sebastian Lim-Seet play the Workers, with Lucinda Buckley, Juan Jackson, Oisín Nolan-Power, Lindo Shinda and Jasmine Triadi as Swings.
Hadestown is currently booking until 27 September 2026 at London’s Lyric Theatre.
Casting for performances from 10 March will be announced soon.
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