Les Miserables at The Lowry
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Full casting announced for Cameron Mackintosh's
record-breaking tour of Les Misérables From
Tuesday 29 March - Saturday 23 April Cameron Mackintosh is delighted to announce full casting
for his acclaimed production of Boublil and Schönberg’s “Les Misérables”
as the UK and Ireland tour arrives at The Lowry from Tuesday 29
March where it will run until Saturday 23 April. Les Misérables stars Dean Chisnall as ‘Jean Valjean’,
Nic Greenshields as ‘Javert’ and Katie Hall as ‘Fantine’ will be Ian Hughes
as ‘Thénardier’, Will Callan as ‘Marius’, Nathania Ong as ‘Eponine’, Helen
Walsh as ‘Madame Thénardier’, Samuel Wyn-Morris as ‘Enjolras’ and Paige
Blankson as ‘Cosette’. The cast is completed by George Arvidson, Aidan Banyard, Will
Barratt, Adam Boardman, Rebecca Bolton, Emily Olive Boyd, Olivia Brereton,
Earl Carpenter, Harry Chandler, Rebecca Ferrin, Aimee Good, Steven Hall,
Jenna Innes, Tessa Kadler, Damien Kneale, Caleb Lagayan, Abel Law, Joseph
McDonnell, Zabrina Norry, Emily Owens, Jordan Simon Pollard, Jamie Pritchard,
Dean Read and Rebecca Ridout. Since Cameron Mackintosh first conceived this acclaimed
new production of Les Misérables in 2009 to celebrate the show’s 25th
anniversary it has taken the world by storm continuing to enjoy
record-breaking runs in countries including North America, Australia, Japan,
Korea, France and Spain. ★★★★★ ‘This reborn dream of a production
looks and sounds fresher than ever. Sends shivers of excitement racing down
the spine – You emerge feeling stirred and exhilarated’ Daily Telegraph ‘A production of awesome power and mind-blowing restaging’
Irish Times ★★★★★ ‘Les Misérables is arguably,
the greatest musical of all time’ Edinburgh Evening News ‘A thrilling inspiration’ The Guardian ‘Packs an almighty punch and brings audiences to their feet
every night’ The Independent ★★★★★ ‘A five-star hit – Astonishingly
powerful’ The Times ★★★★★ ‘The mighty Les Mis is
still revolutionary. This new staging of one of the world’s longest-running
musicals remains fit to burst the seams of the mightiest of stages’ Daily
Mail Boublil and Schönberg’s magnificent iconic score of Les
Misérables includes the classic songs, I Dreamed a Dream, On My Own,
Stars, Bring Him Home, Do You Hear the People Sing?, One Day More, Empty
Chairs at Empty Tables, Master Of The House and many more. Several of its
songs have become real life anthems of revolution wherever in the world
people are fighting for their freedom. Seen by over 120 million people
worldwide in 52 countries and in 22 languages, Les Misérables is
undisputedly one of the world’s most popular and contemporary musicals. Cameron Mackintosh’s production of Les Misérables is
written by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg and is based on the
novel by Victor Hugo. It has music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by
Herbert Kretzmer and original French text by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc
Natel, additional material by James Fenton and adaptation by Trevor Nunn and
John Caird. Orchestrations are by Stephen Metcalfe, Christopher Jahnke and
Stephen Brooker with original orchestrations by John Cameron. The production
is directed by James Powell and Laurence Connor, designed by Matt Kinley
inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo with costumes by Andreane Neofitou
and Christine Rowland, lighting by Paule Constable, sound by Mick Potter,
musical staging by Michael Ashcroft and Geoffrey Garratt, and music
supervision by Stephen Brooker and Alfonso Casado Trigo. |
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