Packemin Les Misérables Returns to Riverside Parramatta

Be transported to nineteenth-century France as the team behind Packemin Productions’ Kinky Boots, Mamma Mia!, Jesus Christ Superstar, Shrek, Wicked and The Phantom of the Opera bring one of the world's most iconic musicals – the multi-award-winning classic, Les Misérables back to the Riverside Theatres stage this July/August after a sell-out season in 2020.

Based on Victor Hugo’s novel and set amidst the political upheaval of a developing France Les Misérables is a poignant, emotional story that follows ex-convict Jean Valjean’s lifelong struggle for redemption after being imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread. Once released he remains an outcast of society and in a stroke of desperation breaks his parole to gain his freedom. Police inspector Javert vows to hunt him down and bring Valjean to justice.

The cast is led by returning cast members Daniel Belle as Jean Valjean and Robert McDougall as Javert.

Packemin Productions prides itself on bringing some of musical theatre’s blockbuster shows to Parramatta and doing them in grand style. Their seasons of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Oliver!, The Wizard of Oz, Hairspray, Annie, Beauty and the Beast, The Phantom of the Opera, West Side Story, Mary Poppins, Wicked, Miss Saigon, Shrek the Musical, Legally Blonde, Jesus Christ Superstar, Mamma Mia!, We Will Rock You and most recently Kinky Boots, have wowed Riverside Theatre audiences with large scale productions, featuring highly skilled casts, creative and technical teams.

Images (from the 2020 production) by Grant Leslie.

Les Misérables

A musical by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg

Based on a novel by Victor Hugo

28 July - 12 August 2023

Tickets from $44

https://riversideparramatta.com.au/whats-on/les-miserables/

Production Team

Producer: Neil Gooding

Associate Producers: Jordan Vassallo & Courtney Cassar

Director: Luke Joslin

Musical Director: Peter Hayward

Associate Director: Courtney Cassar

Choreographer: Gelina Enriquez

Assistant Director: Daniel Belle

Assistant MD: Rob McDougall

Stage Manager: Linus Karasi

Costume Coordinator: Audrey Currie

Head of Make- Up & Wigs: Karen Lamont-Barnett

Lighting Designer: Tom Wightwick

Cast

Jean Valjean: Daniel Belle                    

Javert: Rob McDougall             

Fantine: Courtney Emmas        

Eponine:  Daniella Delfin                      

Cosette: Georgia Burley

Marius: Brenton Bell                

Thenardier: Garth Saville

Madame Thenardier: Emily Kimpton    

Gavroche: William Steiner / Joe Thomas

Little Cosette / Little Eponine:  Isabella Edye, Haylee Gooding, Chloe Ngadimin, Sierra Watson

Students

Enjolras: Tom Kelly                                          

Grantaire: Tana Laga’aia

Combeferre: Alex Bozanic

Feuilly: Luc-Pierre Tannous

Courfeyrac: Tom Jenkins

Joly: Jono Simpson

Lesgles: Nathan Lomas

Jean Prouvaire: Chris Rutter

Inkeeper: Thomas Weaver        

Inkeeper's Wife: Felicity Beale              

Bishop: Jeremy Curtin              

Factory Foreman: Haji Myrteza                        

Factory Girl: Rachel Amanda Thomas                                                                

Brujon: Thomas Weaver

Babet: Caleb Morrison             

Claquesous: Elliot Aitken                      

Montparnasse: Ryan Glasson 

Understudies                       

Valjean Understudy: Nathan Lomas      

Javert Understudy: Jeremy Curtin         

Fantine Understudy: Laura Sheldon                  

Eponine Understudy: Amélie Matthews            

Cosette Understudy: Felicity Beale

Thenadier Understudy: Haji Myrteza    

Madame Thenardier U/S:  Felicity Amos

Enjolras Understudy: Alex Bozanic        

Marius Understudy: Luc-Pierre Tannous

Ensemble

Elliot Aitken, Felicity Amos, Felicity Beale, Kate Betcher, Makenzie Bonney, Hannah Burton, Sarah Currie, Paul Duncan, Ethan Dzang, Piper Escott, Abbey Fyffe, Ryan Glasson, Stephanie Gray, Sean Gunn, Maggie Hartsuyker, Molly Keegan, Max Kendrick, Amélie Matthews, Rose McClelland, Melanie Mcleod, Holly McDonald, Krystal Meyer, Caleb Morrison, Haji Myrteza, Ally Palmer, Rebecca Robinson, Isabella Schroder, Laura Sheldon, Jonathan Simpson, Felix Staas, Hamish Stewart, Hannah Stewart, Rachel Amanda Thomas, Thomas Weaver