New company set for Les Misérables – with stars performing into 2026

Cameron Mackintosh has confirmed a new cast for Les Misérables at the Sondheim Theatre from 7 July 2025, marking the beginning of the show’s fifth decade in the West End.

The cast will take an eight-week break from 8 September to 1 November when a “birthday cast” will perform during the show’s 40th anniversary celebrations. We have covered that cast here.

The company will be led by Ian McIntosh as Jean Valjean, with Sam Oladeinde as Javert, Katie Hall as Fantine, Adam Gillen as Thénardier, Claire Machin as Madame Thénardier, Thiago Phillip Felizardo as Marius, Amena El-Kindy as Éponine, Joe Griffiths-Brown as Enjolras and Izzi Levine as Cosette. Most of the cast will remain with the production following the special 40th anniversary run, continuing from 3 November 2025.

The ensemble is completed by Hollie Aires, Aidan Banyard, Nicholas Carter, Ella May Carter, Matthew Dale, Irfan Damani, 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.

Meet the birthday company here

Mackintosh said today: “It’s hard to believe that Les Misérables is already 40 years old and still in the prime of life on Shaftesbury Avenue in London’s West End, packing out the Sondheim Theatre.

“What a year it has already been for Les Mis with the spectacular arena tour selling out around the world featuring many of the stars of the stage production, and 11 of Britain’s greatest amateur companies presenting their own acclaimed productions in major theatres around the country. Now in London, where it all began in 1985, with the British premiere of the reconstructed version of the show in English in association with the RSC, originally brilliantly staged by Trevor Nunn and John Caird, and then after 25 years, evolving into a new equally acclaimed production directed by James Powell and Laurence Connor with new designs and staging,  keeping the spirit of Les Misérables revolutionary for the 21st century.

“Remarkably, even though the first staging of the concept album of Les Misérables happened in Paris in 1980, directed by Robert Hossein, the French never truly embraced Les Mis until Christmas 2024, when the Châtelet, the National Theatre of France, presented a completely new all-French production of our version – it proved a triumph, deservedly garnering the show’s original creators, Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, the Légion d’Honneur.”

He added: “My grateful thanks must first be to the show’s brilliant creators Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, without whom none of us would have a job, and the timeless words of Herbert Kretzmer inspired, as we all have been, by the great Victor Hugo. My eternal gratitude to everyone who has been involved with Les Misérables over the last 40 years both on and off the stage, and lastly thanks to you our audience for continually wanting to ‘hear the people sing’ and ensure that tomorrow always comes for Les Misérables.”