Rachelle Ann Go returns to the role of Fantine in Les Misérables. Picture: Johan Persson
Rachelle Ann Go will return to the role of Fantine in the acclaimed UK and Ireland tour of Boublil and Schönberg’s Les Misérables next month.
The award-winning actress who previously played Fantine in the West End productions at the Queen’s Theatre and the Sondheim Theatre and in the Asian touring production will step back into the role from 16 May 2022, part way through the production’s run at the Milton Keynes Theatre.
Rachelle Ann Go will join Dean Chisnall as Valjean, Nic Greenshields as Javert, 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, Harry Chandler, Rebecca Ferrin, Aimee Good, Steven Hall, Jenna Innes, Tessa Kadler, Damian Kneale, Caleb Lagayan, Abel Law, Joseph McDonnell, Zabrina Norry, Emily Owens, Jordan Simon Pollard, Jamie Pritchard, Dean Read, Rebecca Ridout and Rick Zwart.
Conceived by Cameron Mackintosh in 2009 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the much-loved musical, the newest production of Les Misérables has captured the imagination of audiences across the world with the record-breaking tour of North America due to relaunch in October and a new tour of The Netherlands planned for early 2023. Further productions are to be announced.
Following Milton Keynes, the production will visit Plymouth, Hull, Bristol, Birmingham, Norwich, Canterbury, Sunderland, Leeds and Cardiff.
Based on the epic novel by Victor Hugo, Les Misérables features music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and original French text by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel with 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.
Directed by Laurence Connor and James Powell, the hugely successful touring production features design by Matt Kinley inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo, costumes by Andreane Neofitou and Christine Rowland, lighting by Paule Constable, sound by Mick Potter, musical staging by Michael Ashcroft and Geoffrey Garratt, projections by Fifty-Nine Productions and music supervision by Stephen Brooker and Graham Hurman.
Les Misérables has been seen by over 120 million people worldwide in 52 countries and in 22 languages.
Angela Thomas
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