The beloved 1997 disney film,and hercules, comes to the west end stage in an exciting musical adaptation. Bookand herculesand tickets on london theatre. This musical comedy tells the tale of hercules, the son of zeus and hera, who grows up on earth after hades makes him mortal. However, hercules is still left with super strength and spends his life feeling like he doesnandt belong. When he discovers that he is a demigod, he seeks to become a hero to return to mount olympus. Herculesand in london includes audience favourite songs from the film, includingand go the distance, which was nominated for a 1998 academy award for best original song. Other songs included areand from zero to hero, andand i wonandt say iandm in love. This show has been years in the making. In 2017, alan menken announced he was working on the music for a stage version ofand hercules. Since then, the production has been created by numerous talented individuals, including olivier award nominee kwame kwei armah and tony award winner robert horn, who wrote the musical book. Herculesand premiered off broadway in 2019 at delacorte theater in central park, manhattan, new york. It then ran at the paper mill playhouse in new jersey in 2023, and in 2024, the show opened in hamburg, germany. Herculesand is a musical directed by tony award winner casey nicholaw some like it hot, the book of mormon. This isnandt nicholawands first time directing a disney stage adaptation he also directed the broadway version ofand aladdin. As theand broadway world review saidand of the showands staging in hamburg, andldquodirector casey nicholaw created a powerful, family friendly show with energetic dance moves framed by a massive set design.andrdquo