Les Mis 25th Anniversary

The 25th anniversary of Les Miserables is bearing down on the West End quite quickly now and plans for how this great milestone will be marked have still not been made public. For the 10th anniversary who can forget the concert performance at the Royal Albert Hall that became the definitive soundtrack of the show. This years plans seem sure to blow that concert out of the water, initial plans way back in 1995 included a Wembley Stadium show although I do not think something like that would be possible. The current national tour is ending in late October back at the Barbican where the show originated 25 years ago. The tickets though for the last two shows have been suspended as have those dates at the West Ends performances. This has of course led to wide speculation that a big gala event is being planned. Add in the rumours from last week regarding Susan Boyle playing Fantine, although her camp says nothing has been proposed, and it seems there will be some sort of star studded celebration. Whether that means we will see Colm Wilkinson and Philip Quast again is yet to be seen, I can imagine them grabbing Michael Ball to play Jean Valjean though. Still I will keep on watching this space, there isn't a musical I love more than Les Mis so I hope we get a televised event.