LES MISERABLES

FERNEHAM HALL, FAREHAM

31ST MAY, 1ST, 2ND, 3RD JUNE 2006

CAST OF CHARACTERS
(IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE)

Jean Valjean.......................Paul Clements
Javert...............................James Charlton
Bishop Of Digne...................Andrew Galvin
Foreman..............................Cal McDonagh
Fantine.............................Susanna Barratt
Old Woman.........................Nicole Roberts
Pimp..............................Rowan Fox-Noble
Bamatabois.......................David Robinson
Fauchelevent...........................Chris West
Little Cosette.......................Eleanor Jones
Madam Thenardier.............Lauren Golledge
Young Eponine.......................Megan Healy
Thenardier...............................Sean Ridley
Gavroche.............................Declan Murphy
Enjolras.................................Michael Pratt
Marius...................................Ryan Burrans
Eponine..............................Lauren Wallace
Cosette...................................Amy Devine
Combeferre......................Nicholas Williams
Feuilly..................................Cal McDonagh
Courfeyrac..........................David Robinson
Joly......................................David Hartley
Grantaire.................................Ben Haselip
Montparnasse........................Edward House
Babet.......................................Jamie Riley
Brujon.......................Emily Collins-Wingate
Claquesous.................................Liam Dack
Prouvaire...........................Christopher Pratt
Lesgles..................................Andrew Galvin
Army Officer.......................Rowan Fox-Noble

CONVICTS, CONSTABLES, LABOURERS,
WORKERS, SAILORS, DRINKERS, BEGGARS, REVOLUTIONARIES

Liam Dack, Matthew Fisher, Rowan Fox-Noble,
Andrew Galvin, Michael Geary, David Hartley,
Ben Haselip, Stefan Hatcher, Edward House,
Cal McDonagh, Christopher Pratt, Jamie Riley,
David Robinson, Tristan Sheppard, Chris West,
Nicholas Williams.

NUNS, SERVANTS, FACTORY GIRLS, PROSTITUTES, DRINKERS, BEGGARS, REVOLUTIONARIES, WOMEN

Abigail Boyes, Caitlin Burchett, Maddi Cole,
Emily Collins-Wingate, Helena Daly,
Carolanne Doswell, Danielle Grindley, Sarah Hartley, Amy Haslip, Megan Healy, Emily Huson,
Charlotte Jones, Eleanor Jones, Verity McGrath, Katherine Message, Hannah Mills, Megan Rhodes, Rebecca Riley, Nicole Roberts, Joanne Southern, Ashliegh Shaw, Gillian Williams.

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This is Victor Hugo’s classic with some of the rough edges of 19th Century France smoothed to make it more palatable for the younger players – but there’s still something disconcerting about seeing school age kids acting as whores and revolutionaries.

However, the principal’s performances couldn’t be faulted. Paul Clements as the tragic hero at the heart of the story, Jean Valjean, has a tremendous presence.

In a show with such weighty themes, the comic criminals, the Thenardiers, provide welcome relief. SeanRidley and Lauren Golledge mug for all their worth.

Thankfully the cast of the Stage One Youth Theatre Company don’t overact in the way that some child actors do. There were some flat notes among the chorus, but the sets and the costume design more than made up for this.