The tour is set to open at the SSE Arena Belfast on 19 September 2024.
Further casting has been announced for the upcoming world tour of Les Misérables The Arena Spectacular which is set to open later this year.
Joining the previously announced Alfie Boe and Killian Donnelly, who share the role of Jean Valjean, and Michael Ball and Bradley Jaden,who share the role of Javert, will be 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 and Jeremy Secomb as Bishop of Digne.
It has been confirmed that new seats have been added in all cities, plus an extra performance in Manchester. To book tickets visit: https://concert.lesmis.com/. Visit the website also to view the cast’s scheduled performance dates, which are subject to change.
This production of the musical will have new design specifically created for arenas (and large theatres) with audiences of between 3,000 to 5,000. It is expanded from the concert staging of the show seen in the West End, where it played across 2019.
Les Misérables is based on the novel by Victor Hugo and features 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.
Following its run at the SSE Arena Belfast, the tour will then visit: Glasgow’s SSE Hydro Arena from 3 to 6 October, Sheffield’s Utilita Arena from 10 to 13 October and Aberdeen’s P and J Live Arena from 17 to 20 October.
The musical will then head to Europe in Luxembourg from 25 to 27 October, followed by Geneva (30 October to 3 November), Trieste (7 to 11 November), Milan (14 to 24 November), Copenhagen (27 November to 1 December), Oslo (5 to 8 December) and Zurich (19 to 22 December). Its final UK dates will be in Manchester at the AO Arena on 26 to 29 December and at the Utilita Arena, Newcastle from 2 to 5 January 2025 before moving on to Sweden (16 January to 2 February), Australia, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea.