Queen's Theatre
Date: 6th March (Monday), 7:30pm
Seats: Dress Circle, L17/18/19
(with Katie from Australia!)
Cast Changes: Javert (Adam Pearce), Cosette (Samantha Thomas), Bamatabois (Will Jennings)
Notes: Understudy Javert was really great! Got more intense as it went on, was really cool to watch him unravel. Very emotional death, well staged. Cosette was lovely, as was Marius, however not super strong vocally. Eponine great acting and vocally good, but On My Own was emotionally lacking, especially compared to the movie version (Samantha Barks).
Death at the barricades - Eponine was underwhelming, Gavroche was really emotional and well acted. Explosion was almost comical, watching them all die in slow motion, but the set turning to show Enroljas hanging was very cool (we couldn't even see a harness or anything!).
Jean Valjean. Totally amazing. Simon Gleeson from the Aussie tour, and he was incredible!!! Perfect vocally, very emotional, really amazing. Regular Javert is an Aussie too, so want to go back to see how they play together on stage.
Set design and usage was really really interesting, especially for when showing people moving/travelling around. Very small stage, but extremely well utilised.
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