Les Miserables
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Les Miserables Theatre Breaks
Les Miserables or Les Miz is one of the most popular London musical theatre breaks being the longest running musical after 25 years.
Les Miserables has indisputably become the world's most popular musical, having been seen by over 50 million people worldwide, in 38 countries and in 21 languages.
| musical: Les Miserables | 
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| starring: Alfie Boe, Hadley Fraser | |
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| opening night:April 3 2004 booking until 28 April 2012 |
Les Miserables at The Queens's Theatre, London
Les Miserables moved to the Queen's Theatre London on 3 April 2004 and continues to play there to packed houses.
The performance runs approximately 2 hours, 50 minutes which includes a 20 minute interval.
Currently booking until at least February 26th, 2011
Ramin Karimloo
Ramin Karimloo has extended his stint playing Jean Valjean in the West End run of Les Miserables to 31 March 2012, and will be followed in the role by David Shannon and Geronimo Rauch.
The current West End company at the Queen’s Theatre also includes Hadley Fraser as Javert, Caroline Sheen as Fantine, Alexia Khadime as Eponine, Craig Mather as Marius, Cameron Blakely as Thénardier, Katy Secombe as Madame Thénardier, Liam Tamne as Enjolras and Lisa-Anne Wood as Cosette.
Casting and News for Les Mis at Queens Theatre
David Shannon returns to the role of Jean Valjean after an absence of two years, starring from 3 April 2012 to 16 June 2012 before Geronimo Rauch takes over for a longer run from 18 June 2012 to 15 June 2013.
Archived News
Matt Lucas leaves the show on 10th September 2011 when the role of the inn keeper Thenardier will be taken by Cameron Blakely who has played the part several times and was last seen in Les Miserables as Bamatabois in the 25th Anniversary Concert.
When the Les Miserables cast change takes place on 23rd June 2011 at the Queen's Theatre new members include Alfie Boe playing Jean Valjean, Matt Lucas as Thenardier, Hadley Fraser as Javert, Liam Tamne (Enjolras), Craig Mather (Marius), Alexia Khadime (Eponine) and now the excellent Caroline Sheen has been confirmed as Fantine taking over the role from Rebecca Seale.
Cast change and new orchestrations are taking place in Les Miserables at the Palace Theatre from Thursday 26th June 2011.
As well as Alfie Boe taking over as Jean Valjean from Simon Bowman and Matt Lucas playing Thenardier, Liam Tamne will play the role of Enjolras, Craig Mather will be the new Marius taking over from Gareth Gates, Lisa Anne-Wood is Cosette and Adam Linstead is coming in as Grantaire.
Gareth Gates is to reprise his role as Marius in the original London production of Les Miserables. He will join the cast at the Queen’s Theatre from 18th October to 20th November 2010, and from 31st January 2011 to 18th June 2011.
Gareth Gates who has been playing Marius in the tour of Les Miserables, is now due to play the part in the London production of Les Miserables at the Queen’s Theatre from 18th October to 20th November when he leaves to work in panto. But when the panto ends, he will return to take over from the current Marius Alistair Brammer at the end of January until the next cast change.
Les Miserables at the Barbican
On Tuesday 14 September 2010, Les Miserables returned to The Barbican Theatre, where it all began 25 years ago. A brand new production of Boublil and Schonberg’s legendary musical has been touring the UK to celebrate its 25th anniversary and completes its run at the Barbican – but for only 22 performances. The show features a dynamic young cast including Gareth Gates.
Les Miserables at the O2
The two-performance 25th anniversary concert of Les Miserables, to be offered at 1:30 PM and 7 PM at London's O2 arena on October 3rd and will be broadcast via satellite to cinemas around the globe.
On the day of the event, the concert will be seen in cinemas throughout the U.K., Ireland, Denmark, Norway and Germany. There will also be encore broadcasts in Canada on Oct. 4 and in Australia on Oct. 21.
The principal company for the performances will include Alfie Boe (Jean Valjean), Nick Jonas (Marius), Norm Lewis (Javert), Matt Lucas (Thenardier), Lea Salonga (Fantine), Jenny Galloway (Madame Thenardier), Camilla Kerslake (Cosette), Ramin Karimloo (Enjolras), and Samantha Barks (Eponine). The concert will also feature a company of 300.
Les Miserables the Film
Hugh Jackman is playing Jean Valjean in the movie version of the musical Les Miserables which starts shooting next February 2012. He revealed that his audition with director Tom Hooper lasted for three hours and he has been cast early because he was up for another movie and didn’t want to wait and get until November to find he had no movie at all.
Jackman said that the stage version which has no spoken dialogue is not going to work on film, so there is now dialogue and songs. He added that “Tom’s take on the film is very exciting.”
According to The Daily Mail, the film has scheduled shooting for February in the UK. While there is word that Paul Bettany and Russell Crowe are being considered as Inspector Javert, the only casting confirmed thus far is stage and screen star Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean.
Six Amazing Facts about Les Miserables
- Les Misérables is the world’s longest-running musical.
- The show has been translated into 21 languages including Japanese, Hebrew and Estonian.
- There are around 101 cast and crew.
- Les Miserables requires 392 costumes, including 1,782 items of clothing and 31 wigs.
- 33 cast recording have been made.
- Les Misérables has played over 43,000 professional performances.
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