14.05.2018
ArtsEd is proud to announce that ten graduating students and alumni have joined the cast of Les Misérables in London's Queen's Theatre and will be on stage from Monday 11 June. Rehearsals began last week and the show is booking until Saturday 2 March 2019.
ArtsEd alumnus Dean Chisnall will star in the lead role, becoming the new Jean Valjean. Dean has appeared in other high profile West End musicals, including playing Shrek in Shrek The Musical at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, La Cage Aux Folles at the Playhouse Theatre, Love Never Dies at the Adelphi Theatre and Never Forget at the Savoy Theatre. Beyond the West End, he has appeared in Mamma Mia in Cyprus, Shrek The Musical on a UK tour and Blood Brothers on UK tours. {image1}
Other new ArtsEd cast members, graduating this year, are Toby Miles, Amara Okereke, Adam Filipe, Hannah Grace Lawson, Jessica Lee and Ben Tyler, joined by alumni Rebecca Lafferty, Sam Edwards, Viv Parry and Oliver Brenin, as well as Elena Sky from the Sixth Form. Congratulations to all our students and wishing you every success!
Les Misérables is an epic production which takes audiences on an odyssey spanning the decades around the turn of the 19th century in France. Jean Valjean is a former convict who struggles to return to society and is then caught stealing, leading to a cat-and-mouse fight to survive as he is tracked by the ruthless Inspector Javert. This is a show not to be missed, especially with its amazing new cast!