“Birthday cast” has been announced for Les Misérables at the Sondheim Theatre

From 8th September to 1st November the special cast will perform as a part of the 40th anniversary celebration

The official cast will take an eight-week break to allow the very special cast take the stage during the celebration period. Killian Donnelly will lead the cast as Jean Valjean, with Bradley Jaden as Javert, joined by Katie Hall as Fantine, Jac Yarrow as Marius, Shan Ako as Éponine, Jordan Shaw as Enjolras and Beatrice Penny-Touré as Cosette, Adam Gillen Thénardier and Marina Prior as Madame Thénardier. In certain performances Ian McIntosh will appear as Jean Valjean.

The cast is completed by Hollie Aires, Aidan Banyard, Nicholas Carter, Ella May Carter, Matthew Dale, Irfan Damani, Lila Falce-Bass, Sophie-May Feek, Jessica Johns-Parsons, Seán Keany, Chris Kiely, Sam Kipling, Mia Lamb, Sarah Lark, Ollie Llewelyn-Williams, Matthew McConnell, Aaron-Jade Morgan, Adam Pearce, William Pennington, Jordan Simon Pollard, Lewis Renninson, Danielle Rose, Georgia Tapp, Noah Thallon, Imaan Victoria, and Danny Whelan.

The musical classic is based on Victor Hugo’s novel.  Les Misérables has music by Schönberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and original French text by Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, additional material by James Fenton and adaptation by Trevor Nunn and John Caird. 

Cameron Mackintosh, producer of the show said: “In celebration of our 40th birthday, I have put together, as I have always done for major celebrations, a special cast for eight weeks only, drawn from the outstanding performers of the last decade’s international productions of Les Mis, as well as the current Arena Spectacular and the Oscar-winning movie, all of whom have emerged as new theatre stars. This will be the last time that they will all be able to play together in Les Mis as their careers take them onto new stellar paths.” , “In 1985, Edward Behr in Newsweek predicted that Les Mis would be ‘a musical that makes history’ – it certainly has. A very special birthday celebration indeed for the world’s longest running musical.”