Cameron Mackintosh has announced a special gala evening at the Sondheim Theatre in London to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Les Misérables, the world’s longest-running musical.
The charity gala will take place on Wednesday 8 October 2025, the date of the 40th anniversary, and feature a company of nearly 100 performers, including a star-studded line-up of guest artists associated with the show.
Guest artists will include Patti LuPone, Michael Ball, Alfie Boe, Samantha Barks, Matt Lucas, Frances Ruffelle, Carrie Hope Fletcher, Gerónimo Rauch, Jeremy Secomb, Bonnie Langford and many more.
All proceeds from the gala will go to two UK charities, The Felix Project and UKHarvest, who both work tirelessly to rescue fresh and healthy food and redistribute to those in need in London and around the country.
The current cast of Les Mis is a special company of artists performing for 8 weeks only until 1 November 2025, including the special anniversary performance on 8 October.
The show stars Killian Donnelly as Jean Valjean, Bradley Jaden as Javert, Katie Hall as Fantine, Jac Yarrow as Marius, Shan Ako as Éponine, Jordan Shaw as Enjolras, Beatrice Penny-Touré as Cosette, Adam Gillen as Thénardier and Marina Prior as Madame Thénardier. Ian McIntosh plays Jean Valjean at some performances.
The company is completed by Hollie Aires, Aidan Banyard, Ella May Carter, Nicholas Carter, Matthew Dale, Irfan Damani, Lila Falce-Bass, Sophie-May Feek, Jessica Johns-Parsons, Seán Keany, Chris Kiely, Sam Kipling, Mia Lamb, Sarah Lark, Ollie Llewelyn-Williams, Matthew McConnell, Aaron-Jade Morgan, Adam Pearce, William Pennington, Jordan Simon Pollard, Lewis Renninson, Danielle Rose, Georgia Tapp, Noah Thallon, Imaan Victoria, and Danny Whelan.
Les Misérables has been seen by over 150 million people worldwide in 55 countries, 452 cities, and has been translated into 22 languages. It has won over 270 major awards around the world, among which 5 Olivier Awards (including a special recognition award in April 2025), 8 Tony Awards and 5 Helpmann Awards, and the movie won 3 Oscars.
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Cameron Mackintosh’s statement
Cameron Mackintosh said in a statement: “It is an extraordinary feeling to be celebrating our 40th Anniversary of Les Misérables on London’s Shaftesbury Avenue. Having staged several of our other milestone performances in iconic venues like the Royal Albert Hall for our 10th or the O2 Arena for our 25th, I wanted to bring this special celebration home back to its roots, in the theatre, where the British version first started at the Barbican in October 1985.
Unlike any other musical in history, Les Misérables has continuously triumphed in, not one, but two different and equally successful stagings of the musical, a hugely successful Oscar-winning movie, and spectacular staged concerts in both vast arenas and theatres around the world. Victor Hugo’s creation has proved to have no bounds, continuing to reach new corners of the Earth, playing to different races in their own languages, swept along by Boublil and Schönberg’s inspirational musical score. The reaction of the audience, wherever they are on the planet, is always uplifting; just as Victor Hugo hoped it would be when he first published the novel in 1845. Wouldn’t I love to be around for that bi-centennial!
So, for our actual anniversary on October 8th, I am thrilled that our wonderful company will be joined for one night only by some of our most celebrated, ever-growing family of alumni from the last 40 years in a special finale. We are limited by the 1,100-seat capacity of the Sondheim Theatre and the number of guests who have been involved in Les Mis over the past four decades, but we wanted to make at least 500 tickets available to fans.
This country, like many other parts of the world, continue to face the critical issues at the core of Victor Hugo’s story: hunger and poverty. So, everybody involved in Les Misérables wished to donate all the proceeds of what promises to be an extraordinary evening to two charities that continually fight to end hunger in England by redistributing fresh and healthy food to those in need: The Felix Project and UKHarvest.”
More about Les Misérables
Les Misérables is written by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg and is based on the novel by Victor Hugo, with music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and original French text by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, additional material by James Fenton and adaptation by Trevor Nunn and John Caird. Orchestrations are by Stephen Metcalfe, Christopher Jahnke and Stephen Brooker, with original orchestrations by John Cameron.
Les Misérables at the Sondheim Theatre in London is directed by James Powell and Laurence Connor; set and image design by Matt Kinley; lighting design by Paule Constable; sound design by Mick Potter; costume design by Andreane Neofitou and Christine Rowland; musical staging by Geoffrey Garratt; additional musical staging by Michael Ashcroft; projection directing by Finn Ross and projection production by 59 Productions; wigs, hair and make-up design by Stefan Musch; costume design associate Laura Hunt; costume design by Paul Wills; orchestral management by Sylvia Addison; resident director Sam Hiller; musical supervisor Alfonso Casado Trigo; musical director Matthew J Loughran; and assistant musical director Mark Bousie.
Booking tickets to Les Misérables
For tickets to the gala on 8 October, register on the Delfont Mackintosh website before 4pm on Thursday 18 September.
For all other dates: Book Les Misérables tickets at the Sondheim Theatre in London
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