Dean Chisnall will play Jean Valjean
Major cast changes have been announced for Cameron Mackintosh’s record-breaking Les Misérables at London’s Queen’s Theatre next month.
Currently celebrating its 33rd year in the West End, the multi award-winning show will welcome new cast members Dean Chisnall, Toby Miles, Elena Skye, Vivien Parry and Amara Okereke from Monday 11 June.
Chisnall whose most recent credits include the UK tour of Blood Brothers and Working at the Southwark Playhouse will take on the role of Jean Valjean. Recent graduate Miles will make his West End and professional debut as Marius with Skye in her second West End role (following her debut in Kinky Boots) as Eponine.
Half a Sixpence star Parry (The Girls, UK tour) will be the new Madame Thénardier with Okereke (The Hired Man, 13 The Musical) as Cosette. Carly Stenson (Legally Blonde) and Steven Meo (Pride and Prejudice) will continue in the roles of Fantine and Thénardier.
The newcomers will initially join David Thaxton who returned to the role of Javert in the production in January this year. Thaxton (an Olivier Award winner for his performance in the Donmar Warehouse’s Passion) will play Javert until Saturday 21 July. He will be replaced by Bradley Jaden from Monday 23 July. Currently playing Fiyero in Wicked, Jaden previously played Enjoiras in the 30th anniversary cast.
Bradley Jaden takes on the role of Javert
From Monday 11 June 2018 the company will be: Tegan Bannister; Emma Barr; Adam Bayjou; Ciarán Bowling; Oliver Brenin; Dean Chisnall; Grace Farrell; Sophie-May Feek; Adam Filipe; Antony Hanson; Sam Harrison; Barnaby Hughes; James Hume; Ciaran Joyce; Katie Kerr; Rebecca Lafferty; Sarah Lark, Hannah Grace Lawson; Jessica Lee; Jo Loxton; Anna McGarahan; Steven Meo; Toby Miles; James Nicholson; Amara Okereke; Vivien Parry; Carley Stenson; Elena Skye; David Thaxton; Ben Tyler; Joe Vetch; Raymond Walsh and Andrew York.
Based on the novel by Victor Hugo, Les Misérables is written by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg. The show boasts 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. The original London production of Les Misérables is adapted and directed by Trevor Nunn and John Caird.
Les Misérables originally opened in London at the Barbican Theatre on 8 October 1985. It transferred to the Palace Theatre on 4 December 1985 where it ran for 19 years before moving to its current home at the Queen’s Theatre on 3 April 2004.
Seen by 70 million people worldwide in 51 countries and in 22 languages, Les Misérables is widely regarded as one of the world’s most popular musicals ever written, with new productions continually opening around the globe, most recently in Mexico City. This autumn it will tour the UK for the first time in 10 years.
There have been 47 cast recordings of Les Misérables including the multi-platinum London cast recording, the Grammy Award-winning Broadway cast and complete symphonic albums, the live recording of the new 25th Anniversary production and the motion picture soundtrack. The DVDs of the 10th Anniversary Royal Albert Hall Gala Concert and the 25th Anniversary at the O2 Arena have sold millions of copies worldwide.
Angela Thomas
Tickets for the West End production of Les Misérables are available HERE
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