Cameron Mackintosh will be holding auditions at Wales Millennium Centre Cardiff for male and female actor singers for the International Tour of the new 2009 production of Les Miserables on Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 July.
Professional artists over 18 years of age with excellent vocal and musical ability are needed. Registration will take place on Monday 27 July at 9.30am. There will be a limited number of audition places and attendance does not guarantee a place. Early registration is recommended. Auditionees should bring prepared sheet music, a CV and photograph. No tapes or acapella please.
The International Tour of Les Miserables opens at the Wales Millennium Centre Cardiff on 12 December 2009 where it plays until 16 January 2010. The show will then visit Manchester Palace Theatre (19 January ‘ 13 February 2010), Norwich Theatre Royal (16 February - 20 March 2010), Birmingham Hippodrome (23 March - 17 April 2010), Edinburgh Playhouse (20 April ‘ 15 May 2010) and The Chatelet, Paris (26 May ‘ 4 July 2010).
The International Tour of Les Miserables will star John Owen-Jones as ‘Jean Valjean’, Earl Carpenter as ‘Javert’ and Gareth Gates as ‘Marius’.
The magnificent score of Les Miserables includes the songs, ‘I Dreamed a Dream’, ‘On My Own’, ‘Stars’, ‘Bring Him Home’, ‘Do You Hear the People Sing, ‘One Day More’, ‘Empty Chairs at Empty Tables’, ‘Master Of The House’ and many more.
Les Miserables originally opened in London at the Barbican Theatre on 8 October 1985, transferred to the Palace Theatre on 4 December 1985 and moved to its current home at the Queen’s Theatre on 3 April 2004 where it continues to play to packed houses. When Les Miserables celebrated its 21st London birthday on 8 October 2006, it became the World’s Longest Running Musical, surpassing the record previously held by ‘Cats’ in London’s West End.
Seen by over 56 million people worldwide in 42 countries and in 21 languages, Les Miserables is undisputedly one of the world’s most popular musicals ever written, with new productions continually opening around the globe. There have been 34 cast recordings of Les Miserables , including the multi-platinum London cast recording and the Grammy Award-winning Broadway cast and complete symphonic albums. The video of the 10th Anniversary Royal Albert Hall Gala Concert has sold nearly two million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling musical videos ever in the UK. There are over 2,000 productions of the Les Miserables School’s Edition scheduled or being performed by over 100,000 school children in the UK, US and Australia, making it the most successful musical ever produced in schools.
Cameron Mackintosh’s production of Les Miserables is written by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schnberg and is based on the novel by Victor Hugo. It has music by Claude-Michel Schnberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and original French text by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel and additional material by James Fenton. The original London production of Les Miserables was adapted and directed by Trevor Nunn and John Caird.
This new production will be directed by Laurence Connor and James Powell and designed by Matt Kinley inspired by the works of Victor Hugo and John Napier. Original costumes by Andreane Neofitou, lighting by Paule Constable and sound by Mick Potter.
|
