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 19^th 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)