Les Misérables – Let the People Sing
Tuesday 10th – Saturday 14th June 2025 at the Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham
Casting update
We are pleased to announce the cast for Les Misérables. There is a huge amount of talent across the West Midlands and this was evident at the auditions. This resulted in some stiff competition and some hard decisions for the audition panel.
Jean Valjean
We’re delighted to announce that Wil Neale and Aaron Gibson will share the role of Jean Valjean. Our appeal for actors to play Jean Valjean resulted in a strong field of candidates and we would like to thank everyone who applied.
Children’s roles
The application deadline for the children’s roles has now passed. We will be in contact with applicants in due course.
Principal Cast
- Jean Valjean – Wil Neale (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday matinée, Saturday evening)
- Jean Valjean – Aaron Gibson (Friday evening, Saturday matinée)
- Javert – Robbie Love (U/S Dan Smith)
- Fantine – Annabel Pilcher (U/S Rachel Richards)
- Thenardier – Tim Jones (U/S Mike James)
- Mme Thenardier – Sophie Grogan (U/S Jo Smith)
- Eponine – Beth Dickson (U/S Jessica Williams)
- Marius – Luke Griffiths (U/S Chris Fowler)
- Cosette – Ismay Dudzinski-Grubb (U/S Bethan Handford)
- Enjolras – Benjamin Evans (U/S Stuart McDiarmid)
Production Team
- Director – Stephen Duckham
- Assistant Director / Movement Coordinator – Aaron Gibson
- Musical Director – David Easto
- Assistant Musical Director – Callum Thompson
- Production Manager – Andrew Bird
- Assistant Production Manager – Tami Mathieu
