Les Misérables confirms stars for next leg of world arena tour

The international Les Misérables arena tour has confirmed casting for its next leg.

After recently wrapping up in Australia, the major arena tour is now heading to Taipei (from 12 June to 6 July), Kaohsiung (from 10 to 27 July), Tokyo (7 to 30 August), Osaka (3 to 14 September), Fukuoka (18 to 20 September), Aichi (24 to 28 September) and Shanghai (4 November to 28 December).

Casting for the summer seasons has now been confirmed. Luke McCall (The Phantom of the Opera) will play Jean Valjean in Taipei and Kaohsiung, with Bradley Jaden playing Javert in Taipei and Hayden Tee taking on the role in Kaohsiung. Channah Hewitt and Lucie Jones will share the role of Fantine in Taipei and Kaohsiung (Jones will be heading back to the UK to perform live at Glastonbury in late June).

Emily Bautista will share the role of Eponine in Taipei with Nathania Ong, with Ong then playing the role in Kaohsiung. Cosette will be played by Beatrice Penny-Touré in Taipei and Lulu-Mae Pears in Kaohsiung, while Marius is played by Jac Yarrow in Taipei and Will Callan in Kaohsiung.

Helen Walsh will be playing Madame Thénardier across tour dates, with Ian Hughes as Thénardier. Hans Peter Janssens joins as the Bishop of Digne with James Sillman now as Joly and Jenna Boyd as Madame.

According to the show’s recent announcements, after dates in Japan, Taiwan, China, and several other Asian countries, the show will return to Europe and extend across America. Casting for the show’s 40th anniversary year in the West End will also be confirmed in due course.

Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s musical, adapted from the novel by Victor Hugo, tells the tale of a man who has a rocky time after a botched attempt to nab some bread, as well as the failed revolution that he finds himself caught up in.