Get set for a
remarkable evening with your dear ones with award winning London show, Les
Miserables! Queen’s theatre is running the houseful shows of Les Miserables. Cameron
Mackintosh’s legendary production of Boublil and Schonberg’s Les Misérables has
become the world’s longest running musical. The magnificent global stage
sensation is a musical adaptation of Victor Hugo’s immensely popular
humanitarian novel.
The
story of Les Miserables is set against the
backdrop social and political struggles of 19th century France. It revolves
around former prisoner Jean Valjean and is all about of broken dreams,
unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption. The show is a timeless
testament to the survival of the human spirit.
The
international award-winning musical is an epic saga of passion and destruction.
The show made its debut at the Barbican Centre in October 1985. Les Miserables
features some chartbusting numbers such as On My Own, One Day More and Do You
Hear The People Sing? The show has been enjoyed by more than 70 million people
worldwide in 45 countries and in 22 languages. The spectacular London musical is
enthralling audiences since 1986.
The
Queen’s Theatre is one of the most popular
London West End theatres on Shaftesbury Avenue. In the year 1907, the theatre
made its debut as a twin to the neighbouring Hicks Theatre (now renamed as the
Gielgud Theatre). W G R Sprague designed the Queen’s and the Gielgud. The
theatre was originally going to be stated as the Central Theatre. The theatre
was eventually stated as the Queens Theatre.
Due to direct
hit by a bomb in September 1940, the façade and lobby of the theatre were
destroyed. For almost two decades, the theatre remained closed and underwent
refurbishment with modernised exterior. The auditorium remained as Edwardian
décor. In the year 1959, theatre was reconstructed in July 1959 with John
Gielgud’s solo performance in Shakespeare speeches and sonnets, Ages of Man.
Palace theatre
hosted the show for almost 18 years and transferred to the Queen’s Theatre in
the year 2004. On 8th October, the musical celebrated its 20th
anniversary at the venue and went on becoming the longest
running musical of all time.
