Saturday 28 June 2014

Les Misérables, opens July 3, 2014, Melbourne


Music & Book by Claude-Michel Shönberg
Dramatisation & French Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Jean-Marc Natel
English lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer
Adapted by Trevor Nunn & John Caird; Adapted from novel by Victor Hugo
A Cameron Mackintosh production, Michael Cassel Australian Producer
Her Majesty’s Theatre, from July 4, 2014
Reviewer: Kate Herbert
Stars:  TBC
I will review this after I see the opening on Thursday, July 3, 2014 in Melbourne. KH
Photos below are not from Melbourne production 


















Les Misérables is set in early 19th century France (post-French Revolution) in the years before and during the Paris Uprising and revolutionary upheaval. Jean Valjean (Simon Gleeson), is French peasant who seeks redemption after serving nineteen years imprisonment for the theft of a loaf of bread. He jumps parole and is pursued relentlessly by Javert (Hayden Tee), a police officer.
 
 Cast
Simon Gleeson Jean Valjean
Hayden Tee Javert
Fantine Patrice Tipoki
Madame Thénardier Lara Mulcahy
Thénardier  Trevor Ashley
Éponine Kerrie Anne Greenland
Cosette Emily Langridge
Enjolras  Chris Durling
Marius  Euan Doidge

Laurence Connor - Director   
Geoffrey Castles -Conductor/Music Director
Matt Kinley Set and image designer
Adrianne Neofitou Costume designer (additional costumes Christine Rowland)
Paule Constable lighting designer
Mick Potter - Sound design
Michael Ashcroft  & Geoffrey Garrett - Musical Staging
John Cameron original orchestrations (Christopher Janke Stephen Metcalfe new orchestrations)



 

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