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Books are everywhere at the moment. The Guardian have started their big autumn book swap, literature’s heavyweights are battling it out for the Man Booker Prize and the lauded, star-packed adaptation of John le Carre’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy has hit the nation’s cinemas. Theatre is in on the literary action too, with this week’s [...]

The Wednesday matinee performance of Les Miserables – currently entering its twenty-sixth year in the West End – has just finished and outside the stage door, the street is already filling up with audience members wanting to meet the cast. I’m there too, waiting for the man who is currently playing the role of Javert; [...]

Jonathan Williams is the current alternate Jean Valjean in Les Misérables at the Queen’s Theatre, a show that gave him his West End break while still at the Palace. He is set to play Jesus in the 40th anniversary concert of Stephen Schwartz’s Godspell in October. Lucy Thackray caught up with him about the show [...]

Original Cossette Rebecca Caine talks to Lucy Thackray about floated notes, leading men and the endangered soprano. Firstly, on Twitter you are a delightful dry wit in a sea of theatrical ego. Does it really bother you to still be thought of in terms of the Les Misérables original cast? Oh no, I’m very proud [...]

Samantha Barks, hailing from the Isle of Man, has shot to leading lady fame in a blaze of glory since coming third on the BBC’s search for Nancy, I’d Do Anything. At just 20 years of age, she has already played some of the most iconic roles in musical theatre and recently starred in Cameron [...]

It will come as no surprise to those who know me, that If I were to go on Mastermind my chosen subject would be Musical Theatre. I just love the breaking out into spontaneous song, the emotion that can be evoked from powerhouse numbers such as ‘One Day More’ from Les Miserables and I have [...]

After nearly three years as the brooding Javert in Les Misérables, Earl Carpenter chats excitedly to Lucy Thackray about what is next for him. So you’re going into We Will Rock You as General Khashoggi next month in Manchester. How did that come about? Well, you know how it is, when we got to the [...]

Musical Director: Anthony Gabriele Director: Earl Carpenter Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: Matthew Cammelle, Earl Carpenter and John Owen-Jones have all donned Eric’s mask and portrayed in their own unique style the man behind the Music of the Night, between them they have played more than 3000 of the 10,000 London performances whilst John Owen-Jones still [...]