[Floz]

We'd discussed the rumours here but now all officially confirmed on the OS. Edits ....Thanks Garethsohot for posting also. I think we must have done so at the same moment! - threads now merged.

JOHN OWEN JONES TO STAR AS ‘JEAN VALJEAN’,
EARL CARPENTER AS ‘JAVERT’ AND GARETH GATES AS ‘MARIUS’
IN CAMERON MACKINTOSH’S
EXCITING NEW 25TH ANNIVERSARY PRODUCTION OF
THE WORLD’S LONGEST RUNNING MUSICAL
“LES MISÉRABLES”
EMBARKING ON A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL TOUR
COMMENCING IN THE UK
AT THE WALES MILLENNIUM CENTRE CARDIFF
ON 11 DECEMBER 2009

Cameron Mackintosh is delighted to announce that John Owen Jones will star as ‘Jean Valjean’, Earl Carpenter as ‘Javert’ and Gareth Gates as ‘Marius’ in the exciting new 25th anniversary production of the World’s Longest Running Musical “LES MISÉRABLES,”. The production will have spectacular new designs inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo and will embark on a major international tour commencing in the UK at the WALES MILLENNIUM CENTRE CARDIFF on 11 December 2009 where it recently went on sale, breaking all box office records in the theatre’s history! Current tour schedule attached.

Broadway and West End star John Owen Jones was recently hailed by the New York Post as the best Jean Valjean since Colm Wilkinson. As well as starring in “Les Misérables” in both the West End and on Broadway he has also appeared as ‘The Phantom’ in “The Phantom of the Opera” at Her Majesty’s Theatre. Earl Carpenter who is currently playing ‘Javert’ in the West End production of “Les Misérables” has also starred as ‘The Phantom’ in West End as well as the starring role of ‘Darryl Van Horne’ in “The Witches of Eastwick” at the Prince of Wales Theatre. Gareth Gates needs no introduction. A multi million selling popstar who still has the 2nd best selling single this decade. More recently he has played the title role of ‘Joseph’ in “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at the West End’s Adelphi Theatre and was a semi finalist in ‘Dancing on Ice’ 2008.

The magnificent score of “LES MISÉRABLES” includes the songs, ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ (currently the world’s most popular song!), ‘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.

“LES MISÉRABLES” originally opened in London at the Barbican Theatre on 8 October 1985, transferred to the Palace Theatre on 4 December 1985 and moved to its current home at the Queen’s Theatre on 3 April 2004 where it continues to play to packed houses. When “LES MISÉRABLES” celebrated its 21st London birthday on 8 October 2006, it became the World’s Longest Running Musical, surpassing the record previously held by “Cats” in London’s West End.

Seen by over 56 million people worldwide in 42 countries and in 21 languages, “LES MISÉRABLES” is undisputedly one of the world’s most popular musicals ever written, with new productions continually opening around the globe. There have been 34 cast recordings of “LES MISÉRABLES”, including the multi-platinum London cast recording and the Grammy Award-winning Broadway cast and complete symphonic albums. The video of the 10th Anniversary Royal Albert Hall Gala Concert has sold nearly two million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling musical videos ever in the UK. There are over 2,000 productions of the Les Misérables School’s Edition scheduled or being performed by over 100,000 school children in the UK, US and Australia, making it the most successful musical ever produced in schools.

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 and additional material by James Fenton. The original London production of “LES MISÉRABLES” was adapted and directed by Trevor Nunn and John Caird.

This new production will be directed by Laurence Connor and James Powell and designed by Matt Kinley inspired by the works of Victor Hugo and John Napier. Original costumes by Andreane Neofitou, lighting by Paule Constable and sound by Mick Potter.


Ends
For further press information please contact Simon Raw on
01625 573906/07818 444 115 or email simon@rawpr.co.uk



LES MISÉRABLES
International Tour 2009/2010
http://www.lesmis.com

11 December 2009 – 16 January 2010
WALES MILLENNIUM CENTRE CARDIFF
Box Office – 08700 40 2000
Tickets on sale now
http://www.wmc.org.uk

19 January – 13 February 2010
MANCHESTER PALACE THEATRE
Box Office – 0844 847 2403
Tickets on sale 24 July
http://www.palaceandoperahouse.org.uk

16 February – 20 March 2010
NORWICH THEATRE ROYAL
Box Office – 01603 63 0000
Tickets on sale now
http://www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk

23 March – 17 April 2010
BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME
Box Office – 0844 338 5000
Tickets on sale 3 August
http://www.birminghamhippodrome.com

20 April – 15 May 2010
EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE
Box Office – 0844 847 1660
Tickets on sale 20 July
http://www.edinburghplayhouse.org.uk

26 May – 4 July 2010
PARIS
THE CHATELET
Box Office - +33 (0)1 40 28 28 40
Tickets on sale now
http://www.chatelet-theatre.com


FURTHER VENUES TO BE ANNOUNCED

[sarahjanesmum]

Fantastic news,Gareth will be fantastic.Thanks Floz,its great to have it confirmed. :frantics:

[jenjo]

sarahjanesmum, on Jun 29 2009, 10:56 AM, said:

Fantastic news,Gareth will be fantastic.Thanks Floz,its great to have it confirmed. :frantics:

What fantastic news - I adore Les Mis and what a wonderful part for Gareth What a great achievement to be given the part. :hyper:

[Khelda]

Brilliant news, :frantics: I am so happy for Gareth. I wonder which other venues they will still announce?

[eternal]

Gareths So Hot.
It looks as if you and Floz posted this great news at the same time.
So as not to avoid confusion I will lock this one.
Thanks for being so on the ball and bringing the news over onto GPG so quickly.
Exciting times ahead :frantics: .

[eternal]

Blooming fantastic news :frantics: . Thanks Gareths So Hot for giving us the news at the same time as Floz.

Well done Gareth. He must have been up against some damn good singers in his audition.

So can't wait to see/hear him sing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJnjcX8skXk...31F&index=0

[Yorksheather]

Fantastic to have the news confirmed, Gareth will make a brilliant Marius, Les Mis is a fantastic musical, and congrats to Gareth on this exciting news :heart:

[Hazzy]

Thats wonderful news. I can't wait to see it. :smile:

It's great to have this confirmed.

I'm so pleased for Gareth.

[eternal]

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I am so happy for Gareth. I wonder which other venues they will still announce?

It looks a pretty hectic schedule to me, so far.

[Snowdrop]

I think the extra venues will be other ones outside of the UK.

This is the Facebook group specifically for the tour if you are interested in joining. http://www.facebook....gid=92349781865

[Val]

What fabulous news. So pleased to have it confirmed at last.

Congratulations to Gareth for landing this great part.

[flower]

Thatś great news. I am so happy, that Gareth play Marius in les Miserables.

[Gazfan]

What great news, so happy for Gareth, he is going to be fab as Marius

Great that it's touring aswell, more people will get to see him. I couldn't get to Jospeh but will deffo be booking a ticket for this

This post has been edited by Gazfan: 29 June 2009 - 01:39 PM

[Francine]

Fantastic,exciting news!!!

It's about 10 years since I first heard Gareth sing.He was 15 and I knew immediately that he had the voice for the difficult music.Not only for pop songs.

This is a huge,exciting step in what will be a long and wonderful career for Gareth.He will be doing what he loves best.Performing to live audiences and touring where he will be seen and heard by many,many people who probably haven't heard him recently. They'll see wonderful talented performances from him.

I'm just sad that I won't be able to see him as he won't be appearing in a theatre near me.

[Khelda]

Interesting to see which shows are on sale already now.

11 December 2009 – 16 January 2010
WALES MILLENNIUM CENTRE CARDIFF
Box Office – 08700 40 2000
Tickets on sale now
http://www.wmc.org.uk

16 February – 20 March 2010
NORWICH THEATRE ROYAL
Box Office – 01603 63 0000
Tickets on sale now
http://www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk

26 May – 4 July 2010
PARIS
THE CHATELET
Box Office - +33 (0)1 40 28 28 40
Tickets on sale now
http://www.chatelet-theatre.com

[Khelda]

Looks like Gareth will sing quite a few times with others and a few by himself.


Act I
Overture - Orchestra
Prologue: Work Song - Chain Gang
Prologue: Valjean Arrested/Valjean Forgiven - Policemen and Bishop
Prologue: What Have I Done? - Valjean
At the End of the Day - Poor, Foreman, Workers, Factory Girls, Fantine, Valjean
I Dreamed a Dream - Fantine
Lovely Ladies - Sailors, Old Woman, Fantine, Crone, Whores, Pimp
Cart Crash - Townspeople, Valjean, Fauchelevant, Javert
Who Am I? - Valjean
Fantine's Death: Come to Me - Fantine and Valjean
Confrontation - Javert and Valjean
Castle on a Cloud - Young Cosette, Madame Thénardier
Master of the House - Thénardier, Madame Thénardier, and Chorus
Thénardier Waltz - Thénardier, Valjean, Madame Thénardier, Young Cosette
Look Down - Beggars, Gavroche, Old Woman, Prostitute, Pimp, Enjolras, Marius
Stars - Javert
Little People - Gavroche and Poor
ABC Cafe / Red and Black - Students, Enjolras, Marius, Grantaire, Gavroche
Do You Hear the People Sing? - Enjolras, Students, Beggars
Love Montage: I Saw Him Once/In My Life/A Heart Full of Love - Marius, Cosette, Éponine
Plumet Attack - Thénardier, Thieves, Éponine, Marius, Valjean, Cosette
One Day More - Valjean, Marius, Cosette, Éponine, Enjolras, Javert, Thénardier, Madame Thénardier, Company
Act II
At the Barricade (Upon These Stones) - Enjolras, Javert, Marius, Éponine, Valjean
On My Own - Éponine
Building the Barricade (Upon These Stones) - Enjolras, Students, Army Officer
Javert's Arrival - Javert, Enjolras
Little People - Gavroche, Students, Enjolras, Javert
A Little Fall of Rain - Éponine, Marius
Night of Anguish - Enjolras, Valjean, Students
The First Attack - Enjolras, Students, Valjean, Javert
Drink With Me - Grantaire, Students, Women, Marius
Bring Him Home - Valjean
Dawn of Anguish - Enjolras, Students
The Second Attack (Death of Gavroche) - Enjolras, Marius, Valjean, Gavroche, Students
The Final Attack - Army Officer, Enjolras, Students
The Sewers - Orchestra
Dog Eat Dog (The Sewers) - Thénardier
Javert's Suicide - Valjean, Javert
Turning - Women
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Marius
Every Day (Marius and Cosette) - Marius, Cosette, Valjean
Valjean's Confession - Marius, Valjean
Wedding Chorale - Guests, Thénardier, Marius, Madame Thénardier
Beggars at the Feast - Thénardier, Madame Thénardier
Valjean's Death - Valjean, Fantine, Cosette, Marius, Éponine
Finale - Full Company

[Snowdrop]

Thanks for posting the song list Khelda. That's a lot of songs!

The news has now made it onto the theatrical news sites.

http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.p...-in-tour-of-les

http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=2...ad+Les+Mis+Tour

[cris]

fantastic news

gareth will be great

carnt wait :laugh:

[Khelda]

Thanks for the link Snowdrop, its lovely that they have announced it on those sites too.

[KGates]

I am so pleased about this. Really hope to be able to make it to Manchester. Thank you so much for posting