Tag Archives: Les Miserables

Les Misérables, Theatre Review. Empire Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Killian Donnelly, Nic Greenshields, Martin Ball, Katie Hall, Tegan Bannister, Bronwen Hanson, Harry Apps, Brian James Leys, Jordan Simon Pollard, Mary-Jane Caldwell Lee Ormsby, Jamie Birkett, Emma Warren, Jessie Hart, Megan Gardiner, Ruby Lyon, Helen Aylott Teleri Hughes, Eva Mairead Connor, Francesca Lidguard, Sadie Horwich, Sophie-Louise Dann, Ava Hope Smith, Lydia Jane Prosser, Eilish Mair Williams, Joseph Sheppard, Noah Walton, Dexter Barry, Leo Miles, Michael Burgen, Will Richardson, Aaron Pryce-Lewis, Shane O’ Riordan, Zac Hamilton, Danny Colligan, Ruben Van Keer, Keoni Blockx, Corrine Priest, Janne Snellen, Joseph Anthony, Nicholas Carter, Nicholas Corrie.

MASC, The Actor’s Studio. Theatre Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Beckie Van Netten, Gary Power, Lisa Kenyon, Betty O’Brien, James Parr, Nancy Clarke, Emma Beldon, Joanne Vickers, Phil Birrs, Emma Devaney, Julie Connolly, Natasia Hodge, Faye Parkinson, Kiefer Lewis, Tom Oulton, Francesca Wright.

With Liverpool having an abundance of culture, music, both live and recorded, theatre and every other sort that most cities in the U.K. would gleefully grab hold with both hands the chance to attend even a tenth of what goes on by the River Mersey, the possibility of another troupe of talented artists forming another group that people want to go along to see could be a stretch, even for Liverpool.  However art is very much embraced in the city and when the company is MASC, even five minutes watching and listening is enough to convince the attendee that it is and that they sound great.

Les Miserables, Film Review.

Cast: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfreid, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit, Samantha Barks, Daniel Huttlestone, Cavin Cornwall, Josef Altin, Dave Hawley, John Barr, Adrian Scarborough, Isabelle Allen.

Surely there is no way that one of the most intriguing theatrical productions of its time can transfer all its intensity, all of its enthusiasm and guile to the cinematic screen without losing any of its radical thought or scope. Many producers have tried and not many have ever matched the experience that you get when you are as deeply involved with the tale as you are when you embroiled deep within the production as a passionate observer, however with Cameron Mackintosh at the helm and Tom Hooper as director, there is no way Les Miserables can fail.