Les Misérables extends West End run into 2027

Cameron Mackintosh has confirmed Les Misérables at the Sondheim Theatre will extend its run.

A raft of new faces joined the show this month: Harry Hepple takes on the role of Thénardier, with Lizzie Bea as Madame Thénardier and WhatsOnStage Award nominee Jess Folley as Éponine.

Until Saturday 11 April 2026, Lucie Jones will play the role of Fantine. The new faces join Ian McIntosh as Jean Valjean, Sam Oladeinde as Javert, Thiago Phillip Felizardo as Marius Joe Griffiths-Brown as Enjolras and Izzi Levine as Cosette.

The company is completed by Hollie Aires, Aidan Banyard, Ella May Carter, Nicholas Carter, Matthew Dale, Irfan Damani, Lily De-La-Haye, Lila Falce-Bass, Sophie-May Feek, Jessica Johns-Parsons, Seán Keany, Chris Kiely, Sam Kipling, Mia Lamb, Sarah Lark, Ollie Llewelyn-Williams, Matthew McConnell, Aaron-Jade Morgan, Adam Pearce, William Pennington, Jordan Simon Pollard, Lewis Renninson, Danielle Rose, Georgia Tapp, Noah Thallon, Imaan Victoria, and Danny Whelan.

Written by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, the show is based on the novel by Victor Hugo. Mackintosh’s production has orchestrations by Stephen Metcalfe, Christopher Jahnke and Stephen Brooker with original orchestrations by John Cameron. The production is directed by James Powell and Laurence Connor, designed by Matt Kinley inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo with costumes by Andreane Neofitou, Christine Rowland and Paul Wills, lighting by Paule Constable, sound by Mick Potter, projections realised by Finn Ross and Fifty Nine Productions, musical staging by Geoffrey Garratt, and music supervision by Stephen Brooker and Alfonso Casado Trigo.

It has music by Schönberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and original French text by Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, additional material by James Fenton and adaptation by Trevor Nunn and John Caird.

The production has now extended its run by a further seven months to 13 March, with tickets on sale on 5 March.