BWW TV: LES MISERABLES 25th Anniversary Trailer!

In October this year, the legendary musical "LES MISÉRABLES" will celebrate its 25th birthday by making theatrical history with an international first - three different productions in London at the same time. The Original Production at the Queen's Theatre, the New 25th Anniversary Production at the Barbican, London and now, stars in their multitudes will gather for a celebratory concert at The O2 on Sunday 3rd October at 7.00pm, when all three productions and many of the shows original cast will come together to celebrate this momentous occasion.

The 25th Anniversary concert at The O2 will host a company of over 300 actors and musicians, including Alfie Boe as Jean Valjean, Nick Jonas as Marius, Norm Lewis as Javert, Matt Lucas as Thénardier, Lea Salonga as Fantine, Jenny Galloway as Madame Thénardier, Camilla Kerslake as Cosette and the casts of the Original Production at the Queen's Theatre, the New 25th Anniversary Production at the Barbican, London and members of the Original 1985 London cast.

Heading The O2 Concert cast is Alfie Boe, one of the country's leading tenors and best selling recording artists. Alfie shot to fame while starring in Baz Luhrmann's "La Boheme" on Broadway, winning a Tony Award for his performance. His other credits include a nomination for a Classical Brit Award for his album "Onward" and a sell-out production of "The Merry Widow" at the London Coliseum. His future opera engagements will see Alfie return to the English National Opera to sing Nadir in a new production of "The Pearl Fishers" and also his return to the Royal Opera House in Gounod's "Roméo et Juliette".

Matt Lucas is one of Britain's most successful comic actors and writers. His TV credits include the multi award-winning "Little Britain", "Shooting Stars", BBC's "Wind in the Willows" and most recently Tim Burton's film of "Alice in Wonderland". Jenny Galloway is regarded as a legendary Madame Thénardier, and has played the part many times, including the 10th Anniversary concert at the Royal Albert Hall. She has also created the roles of Rosie in "Mamma Mia!" for which she won an Olivier Award, and Mrs Brill in "Mary Poppins" both in the West End and on Broadway.

Lea Salonga will fly in from Manilla to play Fantine. She has played Eponine in London and Fantine on Broadway. She became an international star by creating the role of Kim in the original production of "Miss Saigon" at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane and subsequently on Broadway. Lea won a multitude of awards for this role, including the Olivier, Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics and Theatre World Awards. Lea will join her former "Les Miz" co-star Norm Lewis, who has just received rave reviews for "Sondheim on Sondheim" at Studio 54 in New York. Norm played Javert in the Broadway production of "Les Misérables" and his other Broadway credits include John in "Miss Saigon" and King Triton in Disney's "The Little Mermaid".

Nick Jonas is one third of the phenomenally successful pop music artists, the Jonas Brothers. Worldwide they have sold over 8 million albums, played to millions of fans on three continents, earned dozens of international awards and have garnered 36 gold and platinum album certificates. No stranger to "Les Miz", Nick played the part of Gavroche for the final nine months of the show's original Broadway run.

Camilla Kerslake is an English classical crossover singer who became the first signing to Gary Barlow's new record label. Her debut album shot to number 4 in the Classical Album Charts and has been nominated for a Classical Brit Award. Camilla also sings the Christian hymn, "How Can I Keep from Singing?" in the 2009 Waitrose supermarket Christmas advert.

The O2 Concert will also feature the casts of the original London production (still playing to packed houses at the Queen's Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue), the cast of the acclaimed New 25th Anniversary Production and members of the original 1985 cast. The new production, which is breaking box office records all over the UK and opening in countries all over the world will play for 20 performances only (14 September - 2 October) at the Barbican, London where the show originally premiered.

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