Full casting has been announced for the acclaimed UK and Ireland touring production of Boublil and Schönberg’s Les Misérables, reopening at Glasgow Theatre Royal on 23 November 2021 where it will run until 31 December.
Joining the previously announced 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, Barnaby Hughes 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.
Following on from the Glasgow dates, Les Misérables visits Liverpool Empire (5-22 January 2022); Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin (8-26 February); Mayflower Theatre, Southampton (8-26 March); The Lowry, Salford (29 March-23 April); Milton Keynes Theatre (26 April-21 May); Theatre Royal Plymouth (24 May-11 June); Hull New Theatre (15 June-9 July); Bristol Hippodrome (12 July-6 August); Birmingham Hippodrome (9-27 August); Norwich Theatre Royal (31 August-24 September); Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury (30 September-29 October); Sunderland Empire (1-19 November); Leeds Grand Theatre (24 November-10 December); and Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff (13 December 2022-14 January 2023).
Since Cameron Mackintosh first conceived this acclaimed new production of Les Misérables in 2009 to celebrate the show’s 25th anniversary it has continued to enjoy record-breaking runs in countries including North America, Australia, Japan, Korea, France and Spain.
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 written by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg and is based on the novel by Victor Hugo. It has music by Schönberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and original French text by 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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