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Les Miz West end show 28/10/25- 40th anniversary

So ... I finally saw Les Miz at Sondheim Theatre two days ago and I dont know if I will ever recover from that experience.

First things first, the show was absolutely great ! The sets look so goood and you can see that everyone involved works very hard to put on an amazing performance every night. A little surprise for me was that the first act ended with "One Day more" and not "Do you hear the people sing".

Now for the details, I was lucky enough to see the 40th anniversary cast and let me tell you : they delivered !

Jean Valjean : listen, at first I was a little disappointed when I realised than it wasn't Killian Donnelly and then Ian McIntosh started to sing... His voice is truly beautiful, powerfull and steady, he makes it all sound so easy while perfectly conveying the emotions. Every time he oppened his mouth the whole theater was holding their breath. He got the greastest ovation after "Who am I?" and "Bring him home". Also, he looks great ( i cannot stress this point enough) as Jean Valjean, especially in his mayor era. Definitelty one of my favorite Valjean, if not the number one.

Bonus point : he was very sweet to me and my friends when we meet him at the stage door and he has the nicest signature.

Javert : to be perfectly honest, until then I didn't really care for our dear Inspector. I liked his songs (especially in French) but that was it. Well Bradley Jaden changed that. You can see that he loves playing Javert because his performance his everything. His presence on stage is incredible and all of his appearances are so dramatic i love it ! Never before have I been on the verge of tears during the soliloquy. He went from yelling like a mad man to singing the most beautifull notes. He looked so heartbroken at the "and the stars are black and cold" that I felt so sorry for him. Bradley changed my vision of the character and I'll be forever gratefull for that. He is definitely my new favorite Javert.

→Their duo in the confrontation is everything, the choreo was perfect and their voice go very well together. They didn't overpower eachother, they each had their moment.

Fantine : as a 25th anniversary fan I was delighted to see Katie Hall as Fantine. Her voice is so pretty it's almost absurd. Her performance in "Lovely ladies" is something else, she goes from a sad whisper to the most incredible belt in addition to looking angelical.

Enjolras : Jordan Shaw is really great as Enjolras, so much energy, a beautiful voice and very nive enjoltaire moments (I will talk about that in another post). His Enjolras is so hopeful and sweet. Also he was having so much fun at the wedding ! It surprised me but is body fall of the barricade and is revealed a little later in a cart (heartbreaking).

Marius : Thiago Phillip Felizardo is the incarnation of Marius, sweet, ( just like in person ) passionate, with the voice of an angel. His "Empty Chairs" made everyone cry in the theatre. The way his voice broke on the last verse will haunt me for a while. Also the staging of that part is great with the candles and the shadows.

Cosette : Beatrice Penny-Touré has the voice of an angel wich suits Cosette very well. She sounds so sweet and earnest. All her songs and appearances are lovely. Thiago and her were adorable as Marius and Cosette, their "A Heart full of love" is really delightful.

Eponine : Shan Ako was a great Eponine ! First she sounds amazing , the ovation she got for "On my Own" is proof enough. But she also plays Eponine's longing for Marius so well. As usual, "A little fall of rain" was devastating.

Grantaire : my favorite character and let me tell you that William Pennington knows what he is doing ! His R is everything you might want. He is sweet and funny in Musain, supportive during "Do you hear the people sing" and absolutely terrified at the barricade. He handles Gavroche with so much care it's truly adorable. Like the only time he goes near the barricade is when Gavroche goes for bullets and the entire time he looked so worried that other sudents come to confort him. His verse in "Drink with me" is simply gut-wrenching. I wont go in details about enjoltaire because I have another post coming but as I said, he delivered !

Gavroche : I can't remember the name of the kid who played Gavroche but he stole the show everytime he was on stage, but especially when he confronted Javert ! His relationship with Grantaire is everything and the hug he gives him after "Drink with me" had me in tears.

The Thénardier : Adam Gillen and Marina Prior did an amazing job ! Awful but so funny that it's impossible to hate them. Their entire routine is perfect.

Patron-minette : each time they appeared they made me die of laugther with how they were behaving . 10/10 no notes.

Finally the ensemble was amazing, I got chills everytime they all sang together. "At the end of the day" and the finale are some of my favorites.

We got to meet Ian, Bradley, Jordan, Thiago and Shan at the stage door and they were all very lovely !

Here you go ! I hope I haven't forgotten anything if you have questions about the show feel free to ask !

I will definitely go back to the West end to see this masterpiece again !

fortheloveofgrantaire

thinking about the very gay looks that go on during drink with me

it would be a shame if anyone reblogged this with examples

dimorisik-indapitt

love the "established hucklerobby but newcomers have no idea" trope

dana instructing new med students:

"if dr robby is not in the mood and you need to ask him smth that will make him even more snappy please do us all a favour and take dr whitaker with you to soften the blow"

• one day some student comes up to robby alone, stuttering "dr. whitaker said he's busy but he told me to tell you to listen to my report and not be mean because I made a mistake"

• sometimes dennis waves the student off "yeah you go, I'll stand here where he can see me, don't worry I'm watching"

so he's just giving robby the look across the hall and a nod of encouragement to the student

it all clicks for the newbies one day

dennis pops up in the hospital on his day off (because robby forgot his keys) and suddenly robby (whos been bitching the whole day) smilies brightlly, greeting him with a "hey baby" and a peck on his lips

dennis murmurs "hi, here's your keys and I need you to fix your attitude a little cz I've been getting complains"

robby snaps a look at trinity who just shrugs her shoulders like yeah I told on you, what you're gonna do about it

drmelking

Comparing and contrasting Robby's interactions with Samira vs Whitaker as he spirals further and further downward and out of control is just so much more interesting to me when you take the genders of everyone involved out of it for a second. And I'm not saying that criticisms of Robby as someone with misogynistic biases are completely unfounded or unworthy of discussion, but there is also just so much more there.

It is abundantly clear that Robby sees Samira as a younger, less broken reflection of himself, as has been discussed in great length by people who are far more articulate than I will ever be. But I also see so many people arguing that Robby sees Whitaker through the same lens, so why isn't he treated the same way? And I actually so vehemently disagree with that interpretation, at least in so far as this season goes. I don't think Robby particularly sees himself in Whitaker, I think he feels seen by Whitaker, in more ways than one, and that is the crux of where Robby's attitude towards them differs.

The more Robby's self-loathing manifests, the more critical he becomes of Samira, and seemingly the tighter he attempts to draw Whitaker into his life. Abbot compliments Al Hashimi and says they'll be fine without him, accidentally hitting on Robby's biggest insecurity, and Robby immediately goes to offer Whitaker his house. Samira has a panic attack, so identical to the one Robby still hates himself for, and Robby introduces Whitaker to his motorcycle mentor and tells him how much he trusts him. And I don't see either of these actions as really about Whitaker personally or professionally, but rather what he represents to Robby. Someone who saw him at his weakest moment, guarded his most shameful secret, and still looks up to him as a respected teacher anyway; Someone who makes Robby feel like he isn't the catastrophic failure he views himself as.

Robby is suicidal. Perhaps at the start of the shift it was a more passive ideation, but as the hours drag on he's becoming becoming firmer and firmer in his convictions. And in this, keeping Whitaker close provides him both comfort in feeling seen in his final moments and the belief that he's tying up all his loose ends, that Whitaker will remain quiet and loyal inside the box he's tightly enclosing around himself--something that is inevitably going to blow up in both of their faces.

victorianandthespian

J’suis sur le cul de ma bouteille

halfamournin

GWT ME OUT OF THE BUILDING OG MY GODD

Short king grantaire everyone hear me out

(I drew enjolras from memory bear with me)

callsignhyena

*drops this edit and slowly disappears into a bush like that one Simpsons meme*

shawnlenore

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amitanuki

Les mis shall rise again

I have never left the Les Misérable fandom 😔 it has been there for over a 100 years now and it will never leave us.

louisa605

（I haven't had time to draw lately, so I just drew something random.

#les mis #les miz fanart #enjoltaire

louisa605

（I haven't had time to draw lately, so I just drew something random.

fuckyeahgoodomens

Look who left hibernation! 😱

devastated-after-go3

im shaking over a number

LM 1.1.12

As much as I love Myriel, I'm starting to yearn for the action and actual history to start.

Still, it's interesting to see how Myriel is isolated from the Church because he represents everything it should but doesn't want to be.

"A saint who dwells in a paroxysm of abnegation is a dangerous neighbor; he might communicate to you, by contagion, an incurable poverty, an anchylosis of the joints, which are useful in advancement, and in short, more renunciation than you desire; and this infectious virtue is avoided. "

#les miserables #les mis letters #lm 1.1.12