16/02/2022

Preview: Les Misérables at Sunderland Empire

 

A D V E R T I S E M E N T

Les Misérables is coming to Sunderland for the very first time!

 

Les Misérables

Sunderland Empire

Tuesday 1– Saturday 19 November 2022.

Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/SundLesMis*

 


Cameron Mackintosh is delighted to announce his acclaimed production of Boublil and Schönberg’s Les Misérables will play at Sunderland Empire for the very first time from Tuesday 1 November – Saturday 19 November 2022.

Boublil and Schönberg’s magnificent iconic score of Les Misérables  includes the classic songs, I Dreamed a Dream, On My Own, Stars, Bring Him Home, Do You Hear the People Sing?, One Day More, Empty Chairs at Empty Tables, Master Of The House and many more. Several of its songs have become real life anthems of revolution wherever in the world people are fighting for their freedom. Seen by over 130 million people worldwide in 53 countries and in 22 languages, Les Misérables  is undisputedly one of the world’s most popular and contemporary musicals.


Les Misérables  will star Dean Chisnall as ‘Jean Valjean’, Nic Greenshields as ‘Javert’, Ian Hughes as ‘Thénardier’, Will Callan as ‘Marius’, Nathania Ong as ‘Eponine’, Helen Walsh as ‘Madame Thénardier’, Samuel Wyn-Morris as ‘Enjolras’ and Paige Blankson as ‘Cosette’.


Since Cameron Mackintosh first conceived this acclaimed new production of Les Misérables  in 2009 to celebrate the show’s 25th anniversary it has taken the world by storm continuing to enjoy record-breaking runs in countries including North America, Australia, Japan, Korea, France and Spain.


Cameron Mackintosh’s production of Les Misérables  is written by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg and is based on the novel by Victor Hugo. It has 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. Orchestrations are by Stephen Metcalfe, Christopher Jahnke and Stephen Brooker with original orchestrations by John Cameron. The production is directed by James Powell and Laurence Connor, designed by Matt Kinley inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo with costumes by Andreane Neofitou and Christine Rowland, lighting by Paule Constable, sound by Mick Potter, musical staging by Michael Ashcroft and Geoffrey Garratt, and music supervision by Stephen Brooker and Alfonso Casado Trigo.


Photos: Danny Kaan

Tickets:

Les Misérables will run at Sunderland Empire from Tuesday 1 November - Saturday 19 November 2022.

ATG Theatre Card tickets on-sale at 10am and Groups at 12pm on Monday 21 February. Public sale is Tuesday 22 February at 10am. Tickets are available from the Ticket Centre on 0844 871 7615* or online at https://tinyurl.com/SundLesMis *

 

*A £3.65 transaction fee applies to telephone and online bookings. Calls cost up to 7p per minute plus your standard network charge.

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