TV: Les Miserables 25th Anniversary Tour

Cameron Mackintosh's current touring production of Les Miserables will run at London's Barbican Theatre, it's English-language birthplace in 1985, for 22 performances through October 2, 2010. A Queens Theatre staple for nearly 22 years in the West End, this new run will mark the first time in London that the same musical has run simultaneously. 

The touring production premiered in Cardiff in December 2009 and has since successfully played in Manchester, Norwich and Birmingham. It will continue to run in 2010 in Edinburgh, Paris, Bristol, Salford and Southampton.

This new production features direction by Laurence Connor andJames Powell and a new set deign by Matt Kinley. Costumes are by Andreane Neofitou, with contributions from Christine Rowland, lighting is by Paule Constableand sound is by Mick Potter.

The production stars John Owen-Jones as Jean Valjean, Earl Carpenter as Javert and Gareth Gates as Marius. As BroadwayWorld previously reported, a new live cast recording of this production will be released this spring.

Les Miserables has played the Queen's Theatre in the West End now for twenty-four years - the longest running musical in West End history - having generated a profit of a cumulative £30 million. The show enjoyed a 16-year run on Broadway from 1987 - 2003, and was revived again in 2006. This is in addition to the countless number of tours and licensed productions throughout the world, cast albums, t-shirts etc. that have made the musical its own industry.