Les Miserables - UK & Ireland Tour

Met Dean at the stage door last year in London and had a good chat...lovely guy and a very strong Valjean.Nic is a force of nature as Javert.

I was at the tour again tonight and Zac Hamilton was on as Jean Valjean. I thought he was really good. Lovely voice.

I'm surprised actually at how many of the principal cast are staying on, I thought some of them might join the London production when it opens in December. Perhaps more of the ensemble will transfer over.

Looking at his social media I think Killian Donnelly is on holiday this week.

Forgive me for double posting.

Not yet on the Les Mis website, but will be at Hull New Theatre from 28 October to 21 November 2020. Tickets from £27, which I consider a bargain for a two level theatre with (almost) no restricted view seats. After this week's shenanigans in Parliament, I'm reluctant to use the c-word, but this is quite a coup for Hull in general, and the New Theatre in particular, which has a capacity of 'only' 1,159.

You've rumbled me again, danb. I would have gotten away with it, too, if it hadn't been for you meddling kids!

I was offered the part of Marius, obvs, but I'm biding my time until 2021, when we'll be presenting the East Riding premiere of The Phantom of the Opera. I have the cape, and everything. 🙂

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Unfortunately Les Mis never give out holiday dates, it's kind of annoying. Killian doesn't do Monday nights and he was on holiday recently so you're probably okay for him, don't know about Nic. I guess it wouldn't hurt to ask him on Twitter.

Thank you, daisy. I don't use Twitter very much, but I will pluck up courage and ask him. I hope he will reply. I must avoid engineering work too. It's a treacherous world out there (=British Rail, not Northern England).

Apparently one of the female ensemble fell into the orchestra pit at the beginning of act two tonight and there was a brief show stop.

I’m just on the coach home from seeing this in Newcastle, and I was honestly so impressed. I was doubtful having seen the Queens production before it closed but all it took was the first few notes of the overture before I had chills.

It was mostly full cast apart from Jessie Hart as Eponine and Lee Ormsby as Thenardier, both of which were brilliant. Killian and Nic were both on top form. I was particularly impressed by Harry Apps - he’s only a couple of years older than me and he’s in a lead on arguably the best show out on tour right now. Sophie-Louise Dann was hilarious and got the most laughs which I expected. The ensemble were all brilliant too.

I was sat in the gallery for £29 which was advertised as restricted view, but it was actually amazing. I only really missed the top of the back wall of the stage, but not that much really happens up top apart from some of the barricade bits and the Thenardiers in One Day More. The legroom was great also - the first time at a theatre where I haven’t had to stand up to let people pass.

On the whole, I now believe this production is highly worthy of its status in the West End!

I'd like some advice

I'm going up north for a holiday and am pondering nipping up to Newcastle to see the current cast.

A lot of seats have gone. I've found a U33 or T32 right in the corner of the back of the stalls or C2 in the Grand circle

Otherwise I've found some end seats in the ampitheatre part of the gallery

I'm not fussed about views. I'm going to be in the front stalls when I see the new cast at the Mayflower