One of the longest running musicals in West End history, LES MISÉRABLES continues to play at the Sondheim Theatre
Who’s in the cast?
Lucie Jones will return to the role of ‘Fantine’ in the West End production of Boublil and Schönberg’s LES MISÉRABLES for 8 weeks only from 23 December 2024 to 15 February 2025 and that Katie Hall will join the Arena Spectacular World Tour from 26th December 2024 to 16th February 2025.
Multi award-winning musical theatre actress, singer and radio presenter Lucie Jones returns to Les Misérables having previously performed the roles of ‘Fantine’ at the Sondheim Theatre and ‘Cosette’ at the Queens Theatre. Other notable credits in Wicked, Waitress, Pippin, Ghost, The Baker’s Wife, A Christmas Carol, Legally Blonde, American Psycho, RENT, We Will Rock You, and The Wedding Singer. Lucie recorded her own album, “Lucie Jones – Live at The Adelphi”, in 2021, was a finalist on The X Factor in 2009 and on the Eurovision Song Contest in 2017.
Katie Hall who is currently playing ‘Fantine’ in London will perform the role in the World Tour of LES MISÉRABLES THE ARENA SPECTACULAR for a limited time from 26 December 2024, in Manchester, Newcastle, Gothenburg, Stockholm, Malmo & Amsterdam, before returning to the Sondheim Theatre from 17 February 2025. Katie Hall has performed the roles of ‘Cosette’ and then ‘Fantine’ in Les Misérables at the Sondheim Theatre, Queens Theatre, at the 25th Anniversary Concert, and on UK and International tours. She also appeared in the Oscar-winning film adaptation of Les Misérables. Further stage credits include The Phantom of the Opera, West Side Story, English National Opera’s Sweeney Todd, productions with Grange Park Opera including Fiddler on the Roof and Oklahoma!, Schikaneder for VBW, Vienna and she has performed at the BBC Proms in The Golden Age of Broadway.
The cast of LES MISÉRABLES at the Sondheim Theatre also includes Ian McIntosh as ‘Jean Valjean’, Stewart Clarke as ‘Javert’, Jacob Dachtler as ‘Marius’, Amena El-Kindy as ‘Éponine’, Annabelle Aquino as ‘Cosette’, Luke Kempner as ‘Thénardier’, Claire Machin as ‘Madame Thénardier’, and Robson Broad as ‘Enjolras’.
The company is completed by Matt Bateman, Michael Baxter, Emily Olive Boyd, Daniel J Brian, Ella May Carter, Adam Colbeck-Dunn, Matthew Dale, Irfan Damani, Sophie-May Feek, Matt Hayden, Christopher Jacobsen, Jessica Johns-Parsons, Sam Kipling, Anouk van Laake, Mia Lamb, Sarah Lark, Matthew McConnell, Aaron-Jade Morgan, Ben Oatley, Adam Pearce, Jordan Simon Pollard, Danielle Rose, Jonathan Stevens, Georgia Tapp, Noah Thallon, and Imaan Victoria.
Creative team
Cameron Mackintosh’s production of LES MISÉRABLES is written by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg and is based on the novel by Victor Hugo. It has music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and original French text by Alain 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, Christine Rowland and Paul Wills, lighting by Paule Constable, sound by Mick Potter, projections realised by Finn Ross & Fifty Nine Productions, musical staging by Geoffrey Garratt, and music supervision by Stephen Brooker and Alfonso Casado Trigo
What’s the show about?
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 130 million people worldwide in 53 countries and in 22 languages, LES MISÉRABLES is undisputedly one of the world’s most popular musicals.
Assisted performances
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British Sign Language (BSL) –
Review
I saw this new production of Les Miserables on Broadway back in 2016 and have been longing for the London production to be updated ever since. Gone is the revolving stage (to many fans disappointment) but what the newly refurbished (and renamed) Sondheim Theatre has gained is a modernised and fresh look to what was starting to become a very outdated production.
The set design is phenomenal, giving a much fuller French look and feel with actors standing on apartment balconies and scenic video backdrops bringing movement and life to the show. Costumes are fresher and more colourful than previously and the whole production is just a joy to experience from start to finish.
On the night I saw this show, it was the Alternate ‘Jean Valjean’ Luke McCall’s first performance and he did a great job. Once he really settles in to the role I think he has what it takes to be up there with the best of them. Bradley Jaden as ‘Javert’ has really grown into this role over the last couple of years and his performance now is polished and on point. No stranger to Les Miserables, Carrie Hope Fletcher is working her way through the various roles in the show having played both ‘young’ and ‘old’ Eponine over the years and now takes on the part of ‘Fantine’. Shan Ako shines as ‘Eponine’ and the Thenardiers Ian Hughes and Josefina Gabrielle play the comic roles very well. Harry Apps is a lovely ‘Marius’ and Lily Kerhoas is perfectly cast as ‘Cosette’.
This new production of Les Miserables really has to be seen to be believed and breathes a breath of fresh air into what was becoming a slightly stale show. The show has been running in the West End for over thirty years and this new production could see it live on for just as long.
Reviewed by West End Wilma (2020)
