#revolve 33

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Best of 2018 Countdown #14 :: Team Covers in Les Mis London, 18–19. [ 15 ]

The West End cast of Les Miserables covers are glowing and glowering:

• Adam Bayjou (alternate Valjean) and James Hume (1st Javert); Grace Farrell (1st Fantine); Antony Hansen (2nd Valjean) and Sophie-May Feek (2nd Fantine) • Jessica Lee (1st Eponine); Katie Kerr (1st Madame Thenardier) and Raymond Walsh (1st Thenardier); Hannah Grace Lawson (1st Cosette) • Adam Filipe (1st Grantaire) and Ben Tyler (1st Marius); Joe Vetch (1st Enjolras); Barnaby Hughes (2nd Enjolras), James Nicholson (2nd Marius), Tegan Bannister (2nd Eponine, now playing the role full-time on the UK & Ireland Tour), and Grace Farrell again (2nd Cosette) • Barnaby Hughes again (2nd Javert); Anna McGarahan (2nd Madame Thenardier); James Hume (2nd Thenardier) • Emma Barr (3rd Fantine); Rebecca Lafferty (2nd Eponine); Oliver Brenin (3rd Valjean); Ciaran Joyce (2nd Grantaire)

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Dressing Room 14′s Instagram stories are a delight, for certain—and this D14 lot is having more fun than any group in that room since Revolve 30, I think—but if anyone is actually serious about wanting to know the answer to those particular submitted questions: Joe Vetch (Feuilly) is 6′3″ and Raymond Walsh (Grantaire) is 5′7″.

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bradleyjaden Nawwwwtyy!!  👮🏻‍♂️🇫🇷

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a song for the leavers, departing the West End cast of Les Miserables today, even though it didn't end how he wanted, due to injury :: david thaxton :: javert; 2014—2015, 2018; courfeyrac, bamatabois, bishop; 2005—2007; enjolras; 2008—2010.)

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David Thaxton, Toby Miles, Amara Okereke, and the cast at West End Live 2018. [ x ]

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Amara is an amazing Cosette, I love her already. Was kinda sad that they changed the green garden dress from Rue Plumet but it's been made better because she's in a purple dress instead of the black one, which i wasnt a fan of

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David Thaxton as Javert during the Les Miserables performance at West End Live 2018. [ x ]

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Re: Revolve 33 at West End Live.

Thaxton is delightful and sleek—and so very, very ready to go. Talking through half of Stars is not what I would call acceptable from anyone else, but at this point, I’ll grant him pretty much anything. Especially when he still maintains that gorgeous safe behind bars / I will never rest till then. Really this version of his Javert—so tremendously different from his 2014–2015 Javert—would have slipped perfectly into the film, I think, for reasons I’m still mulling. (Points also for trying to slow the song down at the end, even against the music. If this is all the rebellion possible against the show’s acceleration, I’ll take it, and expect nothing less from Thaxton, from all people.)

Amara Okereke is a beautiful Cosette, with a voice as rich as it is shimmering, and what a delight to be able to HEAR a Cosette properly at West End Live.

Toby Miles is very pretty, and clearly wants to act the role of Marius as much as sing it.

And after writing a whole lot more, I think it’s maybe best to not, actually, and leave it at that. (Until all the pretty performance pics, anyway.) Wait, no; actually, let’s leave it with this:

Same, Puss. Same.