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The Cast

By Character (or Scene)

 

Valjean                                  Philip Sanderson

Javert                                     James Hare

Fantine                                  Katie Motson

Eponine                                 Leila Ball

Cosette                                  Jessica Brady

Young Cosette                     Katie Lowe

Thénardier                           Paul Rymer

Mdme Thénardier               Bethany Young

Bishop                                   Andrew Eccles

Gavroche                              Nathanial Kemp-Hall

Constable#1                         Peter O’Hara

Constable#2                         Steven Urwin

Pimp                                      Peter O’Hara

Bamatabois                          Nathan Lee

Farmer                                  Hannah Clark

Labourer                               Philip Mitchell

Foreman                               Fergus Kitching

Old Woman (Hag)               Olivia Brady

Sailor#1                                Paul Rymer

Sailor#2                                Steven Urwin

Sailor#3                                Andrew Chaplain

Prostitute (Whore)#1        Alexandra Burton

Prostitute (Whore)#2        Claire Chaplain

Prostitute (Whore)#3        Becky Lewis

Fauchelevant                        Josh Kemp-Hall

Factory Worker #1             Hannah Clark

Factory Worker #2             Josh Kemp-Hall

Woman Worker                   Becky Lewis

Factory Girl#1                    Olivia Brady

Factory Girl#2                    Alexandra Burton

Factory Girl#3                    Josie Taylor

Factory Girl#4                    Sophia Krstin

Factory Girl#5                    Laura Matthews

Young Eponine                    Caroline Scott

Nuns                                       Helen Pegden & Melissa Callaghan

Café Waitresses                  
Kristina Cuthbert, Ella Parry, & Linzi Hamilton

Farm Labourers                  Charlotte O’Hare & Sam Hampson

Major Domo                         Philip Erikson

Onlookers#1-4                    Becky Lewis, Philip Kilgour, Sara-Jo Drinkel & Nicole Bowman

Women#1-4                          Katie Motson, Becky Lewis, Olivia Brady, & Alexandra

                                                Burton

Solo Urchin                          TBA

Army Officer                        TBA

Courtroom Judge               TBA

Courtroom officials           TBA

Mistaken Valjean Family  TBA

Constables                            TBA

Additional Onlookers        TBA

ABC Students:

Enjolras                                Andrew Chaplain

Marius                                   Daniel Young

Courfeyrac                           Josh Kemp-Hall

Combeferre                          Andrew Eccles

Grantaire                             Nathan Lee

Feuilly                                   Adrian Chisholm

Philippe                                Philip Kilgour

Lesgles                                  Peter O’Hara

Joly                                        Fergus Kitching

Prouvaire                             Steven Urwin

Thénardier’s Gang:

            Brujon                                   Nathan Lee

            Claquesous                           Fergus Kitching

            Montparnasse                      Nicole Bowman

            Babet                                     Grace Scott

Soldiers at Chain Gang:

#1 Philip Kilgour                 #2 Lewis Wilde         #3 Daniel Myford                 #4 Mark McGurk

Chain Gang Convicts (#1 - #5 are soloists):

#1 Becky Lewis                                 #2 Andrew Eccles                 #3 Andrew Chaplain                        #4 Paul Rymer                            #5 Daniel Young                  #6 Hannah Clark

#7 Nathan Lee                                  #8 Josh Kemp-Hall              #9 Adrian Chisholm                         #10 Peter O’Hara                                    #11 Fergus Kitching                        #12 Steven Urwin

#13 Laura Matthews                        #14 Claire Chaplain                        #15 Alexandra Burton                     #16 Grace Scott

Factory Workers and Poor:

#1 Katie Lowe                                   #2 Bethany Young               
#3 Nathanial Kemp-Hall

#4 Leila Ball                                     #5 Jessica Brady                  #6 Philip Mitchell

#7 Lewis Wilde                                 #8 Adrian Chisholm             #9 Philip Kilgour

#10 Paul Rymer                                #11 Olivia Brady                  #12 Claire Chaplain

#13 Sarah-Jo Drinkel                     #14 Nicole Bowman             #15 Grace Scott

#16 Linzi Hamilton                          #17 Holly Matthews             #18 Gemma Carmo 

#19 Jonathan Blair                          #20 Mark McGurk                #21 Chloe Cornish  

#22 Jordanne McMullan                #23 Ella Parry                      #24 Catherine O’Hara       

#25 Sam Hampson                           #26 Catherine Rhatigan     #27 Hannah Gawthorpe    

#28 Caroline Scott                           #29 Rebecca Stowe              #30 Anna Geraghty            

#31 Kristina Cuthbert                     #32 Joanne Kelly                 #33 Rebecca Archard

#34 Helen Thompson                       #35 Hannah Collins                        #36 Fenella Charles           

#37 Emily Bevington                       #38 Helen Pegden                #39 Emily Dixon                  

#40 Kate Laden       

Docks:

Sailor#4                     Adrian Chisholm                  Sailor#5                     Jonathan Blair

Sailor#6                     Mark McGurk

Prostitute #4              Sophia Krstin                                    Prostitute #5              Josie Taylor                          Prostitute #6              Sarah-Jo Drinkel                 Prostitute #7              Nicole Bowman                     Prostitute #8              Grace Scott                            Prostitute #9              Hannah Clark                       Prostitute #10           Linzi Hamilton                      Prostitute #11           Holly Matthews                    Prostitute #12           Kristina Cuthbert                 Prostitute #13           Helen Thompson

Guests at the Inn (“Master of the House”):

#1 Becky Lewis                                 #2 Andrew Eccles                 #3 Philip Mitchell

#4 Lewis Wilde                                 #5 Hannah Clark                 #6 Nathan Lee as “Brujon”

#7 Adrian Chisholm                         #8 Philip Kilgour                 #9 Peter O’Hara

#10 Fergus Kitching as “Claquesous”        #11 Steven Urwin     #12 Olivia Brady

#13 Laura Matthews                        #14 Sophia Krstin                #15 Claire Chaplain

#16 Josie Taylor                              #17 Alexandra Burton         #18 Sarah-Jo Drinkel

#19 Nicole Bowman as “Montparnasse”     #20 Grace Scott as “Babet”

#21 Linzi Hamilton                          #22 Holly Matthews             #23 Gemma Carmo

#24 Jonathan Blair                          #25 Mark McGurk                #26 Chloe Cornish

Paris Streets (various poor, beggars, trades people, “Revolutionaries” etc in the Paris street scenes, including Act I and Act II Finales):

Katie Lowe                            Becky Lewis                           Philip Mitchell                     

Lewis Wilde                           Hannah Clark                       Olivia Brady                        

Laura Matthews                   Sophia Krstin                                   Claire Chaplain                               Josie Taylor                          Alexandra Burton                Sarah-Jo Drinkel                

Nicole Bowman                     Grace Scott                            Linzi Hamilton                     

Holly Matthews                    Gemma Carmo                      Jonathan Blair                    

Mark McGurk                       Chloe Cornish                      Jordanne McMullan                      

Ella Parry                              Catherine O’Hara                Sam Hampson                      

Catherine Rhatigan             Hannah Gawthorpe             Caroline Scott                      

Rebecca Stowe                      Anna Geraghty                     Kristina Cuthbert                

Joanne Kelly                                     Rebecca Archard                  Helen Thompson                 

Hannah Collins                    Fenella Charles                    Emily Bevington                  

Helen Pegden                       Emily Dixon                          Kate Laden                           

Daniel Myford                      Charlotte Heward                Robyn Greggory                  

Charolotte O’Hare              Melissa Callaghan               Caroline Parker                  

Charlotte Jeffery                  Amy Martin                           Hannah Jackson                  

Sophie Brown                       Elizabeth Larkman               Jessica Hazelwood

Katie Motson

Women and children support to the students at the Barricade:

            TBA

Women after the Barricade Fight:

            Women#5      Hannah Clark                       Women#6      Sophia Krstin

            Women#7      Josie Taylor                          Women#8      Sarah-Jo Drinkel

            Women#9      Laura Matthews                   Women#10    Claire Chaplain

Wedding guests (dancing):

            #1 Katie Lowe                                   #2 Laura Matthews

            #3 Josie Taylor                                 #4 Alexandra Burton

            #5 Holy Matthews                            #6 Becky Lewis (man)

            #7 Sarah-Jo Drinkel (man)             #8 Philip Mitchell

            #9 Jonathan Blair                            #10 Gemma Carmo (man)

Staff and additional guests at the Wedding:

            TBA

 
 
 
 

 

     
 

 



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The Story

 

PROLOGUE: 1815, DIGNE

Jean Valjean, released on parole after 19 years on the chain gang, finds that the yellow ticket-of-leave he must, by law, display condemns him to be an outcast. Only the saintly Bishop of Digne treats him kindly and Valjean, embittered by years of hardship, repays him by stealing some silver. Valjean is caught and brought back by police, and is astonished when the Bishop lies to the police to save him, also giving him two precious candlesticks. Valjean decides to start his life anew.

1823, MONTREUIL-SUR-MER

Eight years have passed and Valjean, having broken his parole and changed his name to Monsieur Madeleine, has risen to become both a factory owner and Mayor. One of his workers, Fantine, has a secret illegitimate child. When the other women discover this, they demand her dismissal. The foreman, whose advances she has rejected, throws her out.

Desperate for money to pay for medicines for her daughter, Fantine sells her locket, her hair, and then joins the whores in selling herself. Utterly degraded by her new trade, she gets into a fight with a prospective customer and is about to be taken to prison by Javert when "The Mayor" arrives and demands she be taken to a hospital instead.

The Mayor then rescues a man pinned down by a runaway cart. Javert is reminded of the abnormal strength of convict 24601 Jean Valjean, a parole-breaker whom he has been tracking for years, but who, he says, has just been recaptured. Valjean, unable to see an innocent man go to prison in his place, confesses to the court that he is prisoner 24601.

At the hospital, Valjean promises the dying Fantine to find and look after her daughter Cosette. Javert arrives to arrest him, but Valjean escapes.

1823, MONTFERMEIL

Young Cosette has been lodged for five years with the Thenardiers who run an inn, horribly abusing the little girl whom they use as a skivvy while indulging their own daughter, Eponine. Valjean finds Cosette fetching water in the dark. He pays the Thernardiers to let him take Cosette away and takes her to Paris. But Javert is still on his tail...

PARIS, 1832

Nine years later there is a great unrest in the city because of the likely demise of the popular leader General Lamarque, the only man left in the Government who shows any feeling for the poor. The urchin Gavroche is in his element mixing with the whores and beggars of the capital. Among the street gangs is one led by Thernardier and his wife, which sets upon Jean Valjean and Cosette. They are rescued by Javert, who does not recognize Valjean until after he has made good his escape. The Thernardiers' daughter Eponine, who is secretly in love with the student Marius, reluctantly agrees to help him find Cosette, with whom he has fallen in love.

At a political meeting in a small cafe, a group of idealistic students prepare for the revolution they are sure will erupt on the death of General Lamarque. When Gavroche brings the news of the General's death, the students, led by Enjolras, stream out into the streets to whip up popular support. Only Marius is distracted by thoughts of the mysterious Cosette.

Cosette is consumed by thoughts of Marius, with whom she has fallen in love. Valjean realizes that his "daughter" is changing very quickly but refuses to tell her anything of her past. In spite of her own feelings for Marius, Eponine sadly brings him to Cosette and then prevents an attempt by her father's gang to rob Valjean's house. Valjean, convinced it was Javert who was lurking outside his house, tells Cosette they must prepare to flee the country. On the eve of the revolution the students and Javert see the situation from their different viewpoints; Cosette and Marius part in despair of ever meeting again; Eponine mourns the loss of Marius; and Valjean looks forward to the security of exile. The Thernardiers, meanwhile, dream of rich pickings underground from the chaos to come. 

- INTERMISSION -

 PARIS

The students prepare to build the barricade. Marius, noticing that Eponine has joined the insurrection, sends her with a letter to Cosette, which is intercepted at the Rue Plumet by Valjean. Eponine decides, despite what he has said to her, to rejoin Marius at the barricade.

THE BARRICADES

The barricade is built and the revolutionaries defy an army warning that they must give up or die. Gavroche exposes Javert as a police spy. In trying to return to the barricade Eponine is shot and killed. Valjean arrives at the barricades in search of Marius. He is given the chance to kill Javert, but instead lets him go.

THE BATTLE

The students settle down for a night on the barricade and, in the quiet of the night, Valjean prays to God to save Marius from the onslaught which is to come. The next day, with ammunition running low, Gavroche runs out to collect more and is shot. The rebels are all killed, including their leader, Enjolras.

Valjean escapes into the sewers with the unconscious Marius. After meeting Thernardier, who is robbing the corpses of the rebels, he emerges into the light only to meet Javert once more. He pleads for time to deliver the young man to a hospital. Javert decides to let him go and, his unbending principles of justice having been shattered by Valjean's own mercy, he kills himself by throwing himself into the swollen River Seine. A number of Parisian women come to terms with the failed insurrection and its victims. Unaware of the identity of his rescuer, Marius recovers in Cosette's care.

THE WEDDING

Valjean confessed the truth of his past to Marius and insists that after the young couple are married, he must go away rather than taint the sanctity and safety of their union. At Marius' and Cosette's wedding the Thernardiers try to blackmail Marius. Thernardier says Cosette's "father" is a murderer and, as proof, produces a ring which he stole from the corpse in the sewers the night the barricades fell. It is Marius' own ring, and he realizes it was Valjean who rescued him that night.

DEATH

He and Cosette go to Valjean, where Cosette learns for the first time of her own history before the old man dies, joining the spirits of Fantine, Eponine and all those who died on the barricades.

 

  
 

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