Cameron Mackintosh is delighted to announce new cast members joining the West End production of Boublil and Schönberg’s musical sensation Les Misérables at the Sondheim Theatre, now in its record-breaking 41st year.
From 6th July the cast will include Ian McIntosh as ‘Jean Valjean’, Oliver Savile as ‘Javert’, Martha Kirby as ‘Fantine’, Harry Hepple as ‘Thénardier’, Mina Anwar as ‘Madame Thénardier’, Jess Folley as ‘Éponine’, Thiago Phillip Felizardo as ‘Marius’, Joe Griffiths-Brown as Enjolras ‘ and Lucia McLaughlin as ‘Cosette’. Will Callan plays ‘Marius’ from 17th July to 11th August.
From 7th September Australian leading lady Stefanie Jones joins the production, making her West End debut as ‘Fantine’. Stefanie received critical acclaim as the title role in the recent UK and Ireland tour of Cameron Mackintosh and Disney’s production of Mary Poppins, a role that previously earned her a Sydney Theatre Award for Best Leading Performance in a Musical.
The company is completed by Joanna Adaran, Madeline Banbury, Nicholas Carter, Tom Carter-Miles, Fergus Dale, Matthew Dale, Zak Devlin, Lily De-La-Haye, Sophie-May Feek, Lyndsey Gardiner, Pablo Gómez Jones, Simi Jolaoso, Seán Keany, Chris Kiely, Sarah Lark, Sarah-Marie Maxwell, Ben Nicholas, William Pennington, Jak Skelly, Lukin Simmonds, Rosie Strobel, Georgia Tapp, Genevieve Taylor, Lee V G, Isobel Vaughan-Palmer, Danny Whelan,and Joey Zerpa-Falcon.
Les Misérables, which celebrated its 40th Birthday in the West End last October, has been seen by over 150 million people worldwide in 55 countries, 452 cities, and has been translated into 22 languages. It has won over 275 major awards around the world, among which 5 Olivier Awards (including a special recognition award in April 2025), 8 Tony Awards, 5 Helpmann Awards, and more recently Best West End Show at the 2026 WhatsOnStage Awards, with the movie winning 3 Oscars.
On 29 May 2026, First Night Records released Les Misérables: The 40th Anniversary All-Star Cast – the ultimate and complete recording of Cameron Mackintosh’s production of Boublil & Schönberg’s legendary musical – available now through streaming and digital platforms and as a double CD.
Les Misérables continues to thrill audiences globally. After nearly 2 years and over 1 million tickets sold across 30 cities, Les Misérables: The Arena Concert Spectacular visits the final cities in its world tour this summer with performances at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham from Thursday 11thJune followed by London’s Royal Albert Hall and Radio City Music Hall in New York. The Spanish-language production Los Miserables also continues to play to audience and critical acclaim at the Teatro Apolo in Madrid, having recently won four awards: Best Musical, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Musical Direction at the national Talia Awards.
Les Misérables is the longest running and indisputably one of the most popular musicals in the world.
Cameron Mackintosh’s production of Les Misérables is written by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg and is based on the novel by Victor Hugo. It has music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and original French text by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, additional material by James Fenton and adaptation by Trevor Nunn and John Caird. Orchestrations are by Stephen Metcalfe, Christopher Jahnke and Stephen Brooker with original orchestrations by John Cameron. The production is directed by Laurence Connor and James Powell, designed by Matt Kinley inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo with original costume design by Andreane Neofitou, additional costume design by Christine Rowland and Paul Wills, lighting by Paule Constable, sound by Mick Potter, projections realised by Finn Ross & 59 Studio, musical staging by Geoffrey Garratt, and music supervision by Stephen Brooker and Alfonso Casado Trigo.
