How long is Les Misérables and when does it finish?

Les Misérables has a run time of 2 hours and 50 minutes, including a 15 minute interval. For a 7:30PMperformance, the show will finish at roughly 10:20PM. For a 2:30PM performance, the show will finish at roughly 5:20PM.

Where is Les Misérables showing?

Since 2004, Les Misérables has played at the Sondheim Theatre, formerly the Queen’s Theatre. The theatre first opened its doors in 1907, and since then has hosted the talents of Fred Astaire, Kenneth Branagh, Noël Coward, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Stephen Fry, John Gielgud, Alec Guinness, Nick Jonas, Ramin Karimloo, Michael Redgrave, Margaret Rutherford, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith, and Gene Wilder, to name a few.

Who are the main characters in Les Misérables?

The show follows the story of Jean Valjean, a man who became a prisoner after stealing food to feed his starving family. He skips parole, and is pursued by police inspector Javert. Other characters include Fantine, a factory worker turned prostitute after she loses her job, and her daughter Cosette. She is being raised by The Thénardiers; an untrustworthy husband and wife who run a small, and not quite legitimate inn. Their daughter Eponine becomes involved in a student rebellion led by idealist Enjorlas, and his friend Marius, who falls in love with Cosette.

What are the best-known songs in Les Misérables?

Les Misérables is one of the longest-running musicals in the West-End for a reason; the score is full of some of the greatest songs in musical history. Some of the most well-known are: “I Dreamed a Dream”, “One Day More”, “On My Own”, “Bring Him Home”, “Do You Hear the People Sing?”, “Who Am I?”, “Empty Chairs at Empty Tables”, “Stars”, and “A Heart Full of Love”.

What is the age guidance for Les Misérables?

The age guidance for Les Misérables is 7+.

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What is Les Misérables about?

Imprisoned for stealing to feed his starving family, Jean Valjean is relentlessly pursued by the tenacious Inspector Javert after skipping parole. Years pass, and now-successful Valjean, now a successful and well-respected Parisian businessman, becomes entangled in an uprising after his daughter Cosette falls in love with Marius, a member of an idealist group with revolution on their mind.

Ticket Information

Tickets forthe London production of Les Misérables are on sale now for performances until 6th September 2025. Tickets start from £24 for performances running Tuesday – Saturday 7.30pm, Matinee performances Thursday & Saturday 2.30pm.

Running Time

The Les Miserables running time is 2hours 50 minutes (incl interval)

Cast & Creatives

Emily Olive Boyd (Madame), Amena El-Kindy (Eponine), Will Callan (Marius), Tom Hext (Grantaire), Luke Kempner (Thénardier), Christopher Jacobsen (Combeferre), Matt Dempsey (Babet / Bamatabois / Lesgles), Ben Oatley (Joly), Adam Pearce (Bishop of Dignes), Katie Hall (Fantine), Claire Machin (Madame Thénardier), Djavan Van De Fliert (Enjolras), Jessica Johns-Parsons (Wig Maker), Stewart Clarke (Javert), Lulu-Mae Pears (Cosette), Rosy Church (Old Woman), Ellie Ann Lowe (Factory Girl), Ben Culleton (Courfeyrac), Matt Hayden (Montparnasse), Harry Lake (Jean Prouvaire), Mark Pearce (Brujon), Killian Donnelly (Jean Valjean), Jordan Simon Pollard (Claquesous), Jonathan Stevensy (Feuilly),

Elliott Norrington (Gavroche), Dexter Pulling (Gavroche), Osian Salter (Gavroche), Ethan Sokontwe (Gavroche), Alex Shaw (Gavroche), Clark Young (Gavroche), Ivy-Rae Battams (Little Cosette), Dotty Coates (Little Cosette), Mila Isaacs (Little Cosette), Poppy Jason (Young Eponine), Saskia Sibley (Young Eponine), Elodie Wyle (Young Eponine)

Annabelle Aquino (ensemble), Yazmin King (ensemble), Anouk Van Laake (ensemble), Phoebe Williams (ensemble)

Hazel Baldwin (swing), Michael Baxter (swing), Matthew Dale (swing), Sophie-May Feek (swing), Sam Kipling (swing), Sarah Lark (swing), Ollie Wray (swing)

Alain Boublil (Concept, Book & Original French Lyrics), Claude-Michel Schönberg (Book & Music), Cameron Mackintosh (Producer), Herbert Kretzmer (Lyricist), Laurence Connor (Director), James Powell (Director), Matt Kinley (Set and Image Design), Paule Constable (Lighting Designer), Mick Potter (Sound Designer), Andreane Neofitou (Costume Designer), Christine Rowland (Costume Designer), Geoffrey Garratt (Musical Staging), Michael Ashcroft (Additional Musical Staging), Finn Ross (Projection Realisation), 59 Productions (Projection Realisation), Stephen Metcalfe (Orchestrations), Christopher Jahnke (Orchestrations), Stephen Brooker (Musical Supervisor and Orchestrations), John Cameron (Original Orchestrations), Alfonso Casado Trigo (Musical Supervisor), Trevor Nunn (Adaptation), John Caird (Adaptation), Jean-Marc Natel (1942 – 2019)(Original French Text), James Fenton (Additional Material), Sam Hiller (Resident Director), Steve Moss (Musical Director), Mark Bousie (Assistant Musical Director), David Harris (Associate Set Design), Simon Sherriff (Associate Lighting Designer), Adam Fisher (Associate Sound Designer), Stefan Musch (Wig Supervisor), Laura Hunt (Costume Design Associate), Sylvia Addison, (Orchestral Management), George Reeve (Projection Associate)

Soundtrack

Prologue/Look Down
Valjean’s Soliloquy
At the End of the Day
I Dreamed a Dream
Lovely Ladies
Fantine’s Arrest
The Runaway Cart
Who Am I?
Fantine’s Death
The Confrontation
Castle on a Cloud
Master of the House
The Bargain / The Waltz of Treachery
Paris/Look Down
The Robbery
Stars
ABC Café / Red and Black
Do You Hear the People Sing?
In My Life
A Heart Full of Love
The Attack on Rue Plumet
One Day More
Building the Barricade
On My Own
At the Barricade
A Little Fall of Rain
The First Attack
Drink With Me
Bring Him Home
The Second Attack
The Final Battle
Dog Eats Dog / The Sewers
Javert’s Soliloquy
Turning
Empty Chairs At Empty Tables
A Heart Full of Love (Reprise)
Valjean’s Confession
The Wedding
Beggars at the Feast
Epilogue

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Age Guidance: 7+

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Monday
06th January

7.30 PM

Tuesday
07th January

7.30 PM

Wednesday
08th January

7.30 PM

Thursday
09th January

2.30 PM

7.30 PM

Friday
10th January

7.30 PM

Saturday
11th January

2.30 PM

The Venue

Sondheim Theatre

51 Shaftesbury Ave, Soho, London W1D 6BA

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FAQs

When is Les Misérables set?

Les Misérables is set over the course of 17 years of French history. It opens in Toulon in 1815, with Jean Valjean a prisoner under the watchful eye of Inspector Javert. The show then cuts to Montreil-sur-Mer in 1823. The final part takes place in Paris in 1832, with some of the latter moments occurring in an undetermined future.

What is Les Misérables about?

Set in early 19th-century France, Les Misérablesis the story of Jean Valjean, a French peasant, and his desire for redemption after serving nineteen years in jail for having stolen a loaf of bread for his sister's starving child. Valjean decides to break his parole and start his life anew after a bishop inspires him by a tremendous act of mercy, but he is relentlessly tracked down by a police inspector named Javert. Along the way, Valjean and a slew of characters are swept into a revolutionary period in France, where a group of young idealists attempt to overthrow the government at a street barricade in Paris.

Who wrote Les Misérables?

French poet and novelist Victor Hugo wrote the novel of the same name in 1862. The original French concept album was created with book and music by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, with additional lyrics by Jean-Marc Natel. Herbert Kretzmer translated the lyrics into English for Cameron Mackintosh’s 1985 London premiere.

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