The world arena tour of the musical is set to open at the SSE Arena Belfast on the 19th September 2024.
A new video from the first day of rehearsals of Les Misérables The Arena Spectacular World Tour has been released. The show is an expansion of Les Misérables The Staged Concert which played for over 200 performances in the West End and will feature new design specifically created for arenas and feature a company of over 110 actors, musicians and crew.
The cast for this production will include: Alfie Boe and Killian Donnelly, who share the role of Jean Valjean, Michael Ball and Bradley Jaden,who share the role of Javert, Bonnie Langford as Madame Thénardier, Gavin Lee as Thénardier, Jac Yarrow as Marius, Emily Bautista as Éponine, Beatrice Penny-Touré as Cosette, Channah Hewitt as Fantine, James D. Gish as Enjolras and Jeremy Secomb as Bishop of Digne.
The company is completed by 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.
Meanwhile, Daniel Adesina, Theo Hills, Felix Holt, Leo Humphreys and Dexter Pulling will alternate the role of Gavroche with Dalia Al Nagar, Amanthi Crowe, Sophia Duffie, Maisie Mac Mahon and India Mills alternating the role of Little Cosette.
To find out who will be performing where visit: https://concert.lesmis.com/ .
The musical is based on the novel by Victor Hugo and includes 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. Some of the classic songs included in the show are: ‘I Dreamed a Dream’, ‘One Day More’ and ‘Do You Hear the People Sing?’.
This arena production of the show will include dates in the UK, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Italy, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Australia, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea.
Following its run in Belfast, the show will then visit in the UK: Glasgow’s SSE Hydro Arena from 3 to 6 October, Sheffield’s Utilita Arena from 10 to 13 October, Aberdeen’s P and J Live Arena from 17 to 20 October, Manchester’s AO Arena from the 26 to the 29 December and Newcastle’s Utilita Arena from the 2 to the 5 January 2025.
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