26 July-18 August 2018
TSB Showplace
Set in early 19th-century France, it is the story of Jean Valjean, a French peasant, and his quest for redemption after serving nineteen years in jail for having stolen a loaf of bread for his sister’s starving child. Valjean decides to break his parole and start his life anew after a kindly bishop inspires him by a tremendous act of mercy, but he is relentlessly tracked down by a police inspector named Javert. Along the way, Valjean and a slew of characters are swept into a revolutionary period in France, where a group of young idealists make their last stand at a street barricade.
Warren Bates
Adam Jasinski
Philippa Drinkwater
Alannah Matthews
Leads
Jean Valjean: Fernando Tarango
Javert: Tem Hodson
Fantine: Maria Mosquera
Marius: Ben Paterson
Cosette: Kimberley Fenton
Eponine: Dannica Kelsen
Thenardier: Mark Leuthard
Madam Thenardier: Tracey Blake
Enjolras: Sam Mitchell
Gavroche: William Broadmore & Waylon Jones
Young Cosette: Hannah Armstrong & Mia Schoeman
Young Eponine: Aisara Irwan Nizam
Ensemble
Samuel Barrett, Quentin Bedwell, Jenny Bennett, Shaun Campbell, Justin Clinton-Gohdes, Korena Cunningham, Eleanor Grieve, Laura Griffiths, Mel Henshilwood, Elicia-May Hitchcock, Anthony Joines, Levi King, Kate Landrigan, Krystal Leuthard, Amy Lever, Daniel Lockett, Finlay Morris, Shaun Murphy, Christopher Murray, Jesse Pearson, Chrys Podjursky, Martin Quicke, Kent Robinson, Ann Stewart, Jennifer Tooley, Julie Trigger, Adrian Whelan
Backing Vocals
John Ainsworth, Sheree Anaru, John Bannister, Leanne Bartlett, Alie Bollond, Niall Corbett, Natasha Foster, Peter Gardner, Raylene Hunt, Angie Joines, Kevin Landrigan, Stacy Manktelow
New Plymouth Operatic Society presents
A new production of BOUBLIL and SCHÖNBERG’S
A musical by ALAIN BOUBLIL and CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHÖNBERG
Based on a novel by VICTOR HUGO
Music by CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHÖNBERG
Lyrics by HERBERT KRETZMER
Original French Text by ALAIN BOUBLIL and JEAN-MARC NATEL
Additional material by JAMES FENTON
Adapted and originally directed by TREVOR NUNN and JOHN CAIRD
Orchestrations by JOHN CAMERON
Original London Production by CAMERON MACKINTOSH and THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY
Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia) and CAMERON MACKINTOSH LTD. All performance materials supplied by Hal Leonard Australia.
