Les Misérables

6th-21st June 2025
By Victor Hugo
Presented by OVO
Adapted and Directed by
Jonathan Holloway
Location The Roman Theatre
Tickets £15.00 – £47.00

A new adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel, Les Misérables, by Jonathan Holloway. 

Prisoner 24601, Jean Valjean, is released from prison and begins his bitter struggle for redemption. At his heels is his nemesis, the ruthless, puritanical policeman Javert, whose life’s work is to recapture Valjean.

Be prepared for a punchy and deeply moving ensemble drama.  Set in a time when riot and revolution were in the air, this epic story of love, injustice and atonement is as relevant now as it ever was. 

Jonathan Holloway makes his directorial debut for OVO with this revival of Hugo’s magnificent novel first produced in 1997 at the Edinburgh Festival and since performed across the globe. Jonathan founded multi-award-winning touring company Red Shift and has reinvented classics, made crowd-embedded performance, pocket musicals, circuses and new work for UK and international touring, as well as writing copiously for the BBC.

“A triumph of the imagination” ~ The Evening Standard 

Content Guidance
Jonathan Holloway’s version of Les Misérables returns to the original gritty reality presented in the book by Victor Hugo. It has stories of young women who sell their teeth, their hair, and their bodies to survive; a ruthless policeman commits suicide; and few characters get to see a happy ending. For those that do, it is bittersweet.

Les Misérables Production Photos

 

 

Photos by Elliott Franks.

Cast

  • Cameron Robertson

    Jean Valjean

  • Laura Anna-Mead

    Fantine / Cosette

  • Graeme Rose

    Inspector Javert

  • Jacob Powell

    Marius / Paul

  • Madeleine Joseph

    Madame Thénardier / Eponine

  • Ralph Bolland

    Monsieur Thénardier & Others

Creative team

  • Jonathan Holloway

    Director & Adaptor

  • Simon Nicholas

    Set Designer

  • Julia Davies

    Costume Designer

  • Sophie Barnes

    Wardrobe Supervisor

  • Ryan Rusconi

    Sound Designer

  • Mig Dulevicius

    Lighting Designer & Operator

  • Indi Kilbride

    Stage Manager

  • Photo of OVO Production Director, Mark O'Sullivan
    Mark O'Sullivan

    Producer

  • Honey Kirby

    Production Assistant

  • “A triumph of the imagination”
    The Evening Standard

The venue

Address

The Roman Theatre of Verulamium
Bluehouse Hill, St Albans AL3 6AE

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