The international arena tour of Les Misérables—featuring some of the long-running musical's most distinguished alumni—launched September 19–28 at SSE Arena Belfast and will arrive October 3 at OVO Hydro in Glasgow for a limited engagement through October 6.
Sharing the role of Jean Valjean are Alfie Boe and Killian
Donnelly, while Javert is handled by Michael Ball and Bradley Jaden with Bonnie Langford as
Madame Thénardier, Gavin Lee as Thénardier, Jac Yarrow as Marius,
Beatrice Penny-Touré as Cosette, Channah Hewitt as Fantine, James D.
Gish as Enjolras, Jeremy Secomb as Bishop of Digne, and Emily Bautista as Éponine
plus Daniel Adesina, Theo Hills, Felix Holt, Leo Humphreys, and Dexter
Pulling alternating in the role of Gavroche and Dalia Al Nagar, Amanthi
Crowe, Sophia Duffie, Maisie Mac Mahon, and India Mills sharing the role
of Little Cosette.
The ensemble features Jonathon
Bentley, Rebecca Bolton, Olivia Brereton, Amelia Broadway, Michael
Burgen, Mary-Jean Caldwell, Beth Curnock, Shaun Dalton, Jonathan David
Dudley, Harry Dunnett, Louis Emmanuel, Charlie Geoghegan, Harry Grant
Smith, Connor Jones, Daniel Koek, Caleb Lagayan, Abel Law, Adam Robert
Lewis, Georgie Lovatt, Andrew Maxwell, Jill Nalder, Zabrina Norry, Lisa
Peace, Kathy Peacock, Ciaran Rodger, Jo Stephenson, Geddy Stringer,
Helen Walsh, Raymond Walsh, and Owain Williams.
Get a first look at the international tour in the photo gallery below:
The tour—with a company of over 110 actors, musicians, and crew—will subsequently play Utilita Arena in Sheffield October 10–13, P&J Live in Aberdeen October 17–20, AO Arena in Manchester December 26–29, and Utilita Arena in Newcastle January 2-5, 2025.
The production
will later be performed in Luxembourg, Geneva, Trieste, Milan, Copenhagen,
Oslo, Zurich, Gothenburg, Stockholm, Malmo, and Amsterdam, with further
international cities to be announced. The new tour has been crafted for arenas and large theatres with
audiences between 3,000 and 5,000.
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, original French text by Boublil
and Jean-Marc Natel, additional material by James Fenton, and an
adaptation by Trevor Nunn and John Caird.
The production is directed by James Powell and
Jean-Pierre Van Der Spuy with design by Matt Kinley, costumes by
Andreane Neofitou, Christine Rowland, and Paul Wills, lighting by Paule
Constable and Warren Letton, sound by Mick Potter, projections realized
by Finn Ross, and music supervision by Stephen Brooker and Alfonso
Casado Trigo. The orchestra is conducted by Brian Eads.
Tickets are on sale via LesMis.com/WorldTour.