Les Miserables London
Sondheim Theatre
Victor Hugo’s vast novel – a sweeping set of stories amid the French Revolution – was always an unlikely candidate for a stage musical. That Les Mis, as the show has come to be known, has become the longest-running production in musical theatre history beggars belief.
It was initially sniffed at by the critics, dismissed as melodrama and mere spectacle, but as the rolling ticker running around the Queen’s Theatre boasts, it has since been seen by more than 70 million people worldwide.
With lyrics by Alain Boublil and a sung-through score by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Les Misérables was developed by the Royal Shakespeare Company in the mid-eighties and quickly became the show that made its producer Cameron Mackintosh’s name – and his millions.
Read MoreSet in 19th Century France, Hugo’s story centres on Jean Valjean – a down-and-out peasant imprisoned after stealing a loaf of bread for his starving nephew. Les Miserables is his quest for redemption after breaking jail and robbing a kindly bishop of his silver. Pursued by his prison guard, a stern police officer named Javert, the law catches up with Valjean – only for his victim to cover for him, claiming the silver was a gift and handing over two further candlesticks. Valjean swears he will become an honest man. Years later, the two men, the prisoner and policeman, will come face to face again.
Les Mis homes in on the revolution itself, and as it takes to the barricades, the musical follows a series of characters through tumultuous times. For some, like the grotesque Madame and Monsieur Thernadier, they’re an opportunity for profiteering; for others, like the revolutionary Enroljas and his student Marius, a shot at political upheaval. Valjean, now wealthy and moral, joined in their crusade – as does Javert – and thought they should be fighting shoulder to shoulder, the two rivals find themselves head-to-head once more.
The musical is almost as epic as Hugo’s original novel, but Boublil and Schönberg’s score is astonishing. While its rousing revolutionary drum beats, ‘Do You Hear The People Sing’ and ‘One Day More,’ have become iconic, so have softer numbers like ‘I Dreamed a Dream,’ ‘Stars’ and ‘Empty Chairs and Empty Tables’ that carry its love stories and its heartfelt grief. Far from being an overblown melodrama – a grand historical yarn of revolutionaries and corsets – Les Miserables is tender, honest and, above all else, human. Book your Les Miserables Tickets today!
Tickets
Les Miserables Tickets
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Which Theatre
Sondheim Theatre at 51 Shaftesbury Avenue, Soho, London W1D 6BA.
Duration
Les Miserables has a running time of two hours and 50 minutes including an interval
Cancellation Policy
No refunds or exchanges are available after purchase.
Good to Know
Strobe lighting is used several times during the performance.
Age Recommendation
For ages six and above.
Can I Video or Take Photos?
The use of camera and sound recording equipment is strictly prohibited.
CAST
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Cast
Hollie Aires – Swing
Aidan Banyard – Swing
Ella May Carter – Ensemble
Nicholas Carter – Combeferre
Matthew Dale – Swing
Irfan Damani – Babet
Amena El-Kindy – Éponine
Lila Falce Bass – Madame
Sophie-May Feek – Swing
Thiago Phillip Felizardo – Marius
Adam Gillen – Thénardier
Joe Griffiths-Brown – Enjolras
Katie Hall – Fantine
Jessica Johns-Parsons – Factory Girl
Seán Keany – Factory Foreman / Montparnasse
Chris Kiely – Claquesous
Sam Kipling – Swing
Mia Lamb – Ensemble
Sarah Lark – Swing / Assistant Musical Staging
Izzi Levine – Cosette
Ollie Llewelyn-Williams – Feuilly
Claire Machin – Madame Thénardier
Matthew McConnell – Courfeyrac
Ian McIntosh – Jean Valjean
Aaron-Jade Morgan – Ensemble
Sam Oladeinde – Javert
Adam Pearce – Bishop of Digne / Brujon
William Pennington – Grantaire / Pimp
Jordan Simon Pollard – Bamatabois / Lesgles
Lewis Renninson – Joly
Danielle Rose – Ensemble
Georgia Tapp – Jean Prouvaire
Noah Thallon – Ensemble
Imaan Victoria – Swing
Danny Whelan – Gavroche
Jago Agrawal – Gavroche
Cian Bhalla – Gavroche
Alfie Buck – Gavroche
Samuel Sturge – Little Cosette
Olivia Brooks – Little Cosette
Poppy Jason – Young Éponine
Ava-Mae Barry – Young Éponine
Anmei Zhao – Young Éponine
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