TM © 1986 CMOL Melbourne CASTING BRIEF , Australia 2014 TM © 1986 CMOL Original French textbyandJean-Marc AlainBoublil Natel THE NEW 25thANNIVERSARY PRODUCTION OF A musicalbasedonthenovel by VICTOR HUGO Executive Producer Casting Director MusicAssociate Supervisor DirectorAssociate Costume Design Sound Design Lighting Design Set Design Musical Supervisor Director Producer BOUBLIL ANDSCHÖNBERG’S LES MISÉRABLES CAMERON MACKINTOSH Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg PRODUCTION TEAM Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer Presents Cameron Mackintosh Adreane Neofitou Laurence Connor and James Powell Stephen Brooker Paule Constable James Dodgson Michael Cassel Matt Kinley Mick Potter Serena Hill Chris Key TM © 1986 CMOL Rehearsals willcommenceinApril 2014. The Australian production ofLesMisérables willopeninMelbourne inJune 2014atHer Majesty’s Theatre. paintings of Victor Hugo. productionThe new isdirected by Laurence Connorand James Powell, designed by Matt Kinleyinspired by the which hasgoneontowin3Golden Globes®, 4BAFTA’s andreceive 8Academy Award® nominations. breaking box office records internationallyandinspiringfilmmakerstomaketheoutstandingly successful movie productionThe new ofLesMisérables hasbeenacclaimedbyaudiencesforthelastthree critics,fansandnew years, The House andmanymore. Stars, Bring Him Home, Do You Hear thePeople Sing?, One Day More, Empty Chairs atEmpty Tables, Master Of human spirit.Themagnificentscore ofLesMisérables includesthesongsIDreamed aDream, On My Own, Based on Victor Hugo’s classicnovel, LesMisérables ofthe aboutthe survival isan epic and uplifting story sound by Mick Potter. inspired by thepaintingsof Victor Hugo. Original costumesby Andreane Neofitou, lighting by Paule Constableand The 25thAnniversary Production isdirected by Laurence Connorand James Powell anddesigned by Matt Kinley France. in19thcentury tale ofpassionanddestruction Cameron Mackintosh’s production ofBoublilandSchönberg’s legendary classicsweeps itsaudiencethrough anepic THE A PR ODUCTIN BACKGR (no submissions,allenquiries viaemailonlyplease) USTRALIAN PR All castingenquiriesare tobedirected to: [email protected] [email protected] All submissions to Casting Director SERENA HILL

ODUCTIN OUND TM © 1986 CMOL Michael Cassel(Executive Producer) willbeheldinSydney andMelbourne only. Stephen Brooker (Music Supervisor), Serena Hill (CastingDirector), Geoffrey Castles(auditionmusicdirector) and Final CallbackswithCameron Mackintosh (Producer), Laurence Connor(Director), James Powell (Director), FINAL CALLBACKS in Sydney andMelbourne only. (Casting Director), Geoffrey Castles(auditionmusicdirector) and Michael Cassel(Executive Producer) willbeheld Initial CallbackswithChrisKey (AssociateDirector), James Dodgson (AssociateMusic Supervisor), Serena Hill INITIAL CALLBACKS Cassel (Executive Producer) willbeheldinSydney, Melbourne, Brisbane andPerth. Preliminary Auditions withSerena Hill (CastingDirector), Geoffrey Castles(auditionmusicdirector) and Michael PRELIMINARY AUDITIONS

• • • which willbeprovided. mustbringacurrentArtist CVandHeadshot Photograph, which mustbeattachedtotheAudition Form, Registration isrequired aminimumoffifteenminutespriortoindividual auditiontime. song tothePreliminary Audition. Preliminary Audition. whoare Artists auditioningasEnsemble shouldbringone(1)suitablemusicaltheatre who areArtists auditioning for principal roles will be sent audition material foreachrole priortothe Final Callbacks Initial Callbacks Preliminary Auditions A UDITION REQ A The auditionprocess willinvolve three rounds: UDITION SCHEDULE

Commencing onorabout15April 2013 Commencing onorabout6May 2013 Commencing 6March 2013 UIREMENTS TM © 1986 CMOL Male toform anensemble.Allmensing toGandladiesbeltup C. and femaleartists 30s-early 40s. Tough, sharp, coarse,boorish,vulgar. Strong character comediennerole. Belter. onhersleeve.wears herheart like them.Fired by anunrequited love forMarius. Small, gamine, waif-like.Hasn’t learned todisguiseheremotions; An enormousandbeautifulbeltvoice, toCinbelt(singsEflat). Daughter oftheThenardiers butinnowaybehaves heavy vibrato. beautiful. Falls inlove withandlatermarriesMarius. Soprano (tohighC)butalight,young “floating” sound,without 18-25 (theyounger thebetter).Fantine’s daughter(firstseenas andplayed by achild) delicate,elegant,vulnerableand she shouldappeartobestrong andasurvivor. She putsupavaliant fightagainstthehorrors ofherlife. a pauper, aprostitute, andpoignant.Althoughisfinallydefeated aconsumptiveby circumstances andaghost.Earthy Late 20s,early30s.Belt uptoC,singsEflat. herfatherlessdaughter. tosupport girl,struggling Poor factory Lateris movement.revolutionary 20s-early 30s.High strong singer. baritone (toGsharp/Bflat) very Charismaticpoliticalfigure. Leaderofthe Attractive “byronic” andromantic butin asensitive, 19thcentury way. 20s. High baritone(singsto A)withastrong studentmovement. bottom(toA).Amemberoftherevolutionary boorish, vulgar. Baritone, singstoFsharp. Late 30s-40s.Strong comiccharacterrole. Acrooked innkeeper, laterapetty, amoralthief. Greedy, irreverent, selfish, size andpassion. Bothbeltvoice andclassicalcansuitthisrole butmusthave adarker qualitythanJean Valjean. figure. Obsessed, tothepointofirrationality, witharigidandmerciless moralcode. He tooisacharacterofoperatic Baritone, singstoG. Policeman whorelentlessly hunts Valjean. Ideally animposingman.Theultimate“lawandorder” The voice needstohave apop/rock textualclarity. soundoraclassicalofextraordinary great naturalnobilityanddignity. Apowerful figure, ideallyalargemanwithcharacterofoperaticsize andpassion. 35-40s. Sings toB (high lyricbaritoneortenorwithstrong low notes).Apoorpeasantwhorisestoaffluence,hehas CAST BREAKDO MADAME THENARDIER JEAN VALJEAN THENARDIER ENSEMBLE ENJOLRAS COSETTE EPONINE FANTINE MARIUS JAVERT WN TM © 1986 CMOL his house,tellsCosettethey mustprepare tofleethecountry. then prevents an attempt by her father’s gang to rob Valjean’s house. Valjean, convinceditwas Javert lurking outside Cosette isconsumedby thoughtsofMarius, withwhomshe hasfalleninlove. Eponine bringsMarius toCosetteand the streets forarevolution. towhipupsupport News ofGeneral Lamarque’s death circulates inthecityandagroup ofpolitically-mindedstudentsstream outinto find Cosette,withwhomhehasfalleninlove. The Thénardiers’ daughter Eponine, who is secretly in love with the student Marius, reluctantly agrees to help him sets uponJean Valjean andCosette. Theyare rescued by whodoesnot Javert, recognise Valjean until hehasgone. only manleftinthegovernment whoshows anyfeelingforthepoor. Astreet-gang ledby Thénardier andhiswife Nine years later, there isunrest inthecitybecauseoflikelydemisepopular leaderGeneral Lamarque, the Valjean paystheThénardiers tolethimtakeheraway Paris. Cosette has been lodged with the Thénardiers, whohorribly abuseher while indulging their own daughter, Eponine. him, but Valjean escapes. At thehospital, Valjean promises thedyingFantine tofindandlookafterherdaughterCosette. arrivesJavert toarrest that heisprisoner24601. Jean Valjean, who,hesays,hasjustbeenrecaptured. Valjean, unabletoseeaninnocentmangoprison,confesses The Mayor then rescues amanpinnedbeneathcart. is Javert reminded oftheabnormalstrength ofconvict24601 to prisonby Javert when‘The Mayor’ arrives anddemandsshebetakentohospitalinstead. whores insellingherself. Utterly degraded,shegetsinto afightwithprospective customerandisabouttobetaken Desperate formoney to pay for medicinesherdaughter, Fantine sellsherlocket,hair, andthenjoinsthe women discover this,theydemandherdismissal. owner andMayor.become afactory One ofhisworkers, Fantine, hasasecret illegitimatechild. When theother Eight years have passedand Valjean, havingbroken hisparole andchangedhisnametoMonsieur Madeleine, has police tosave him. Valjean hislifeanew. decidestostart stealing somesilver. Valjean iscaughtandbrought backby thepoliceandisastonishedwhenBishop liestothe outcast. Only theBishop ofDigne treats himkindlyand Valjean, embittered by years ofhardship, repays himby After 19years onthechaingang,Jean Valjean findsthattheticket-of-leave hemustdisplaycondemnshimtobean 1823, Montreuil-Sur-Mer PROLOGUE: 1815,DIGNE 1823, MONTFERMEIL THE ST ACT ONE 1832, PARIS ORY TM © 1986 CMOL the first time of her own history beforethe firsttimeofher the oldmandies. own history ring andherealises itwas Valjean whorescued himthatnight.He andCosettegoto Valjean where Cosettelearnsfor murderer and as proof produces a ring which he stole from the corpse the night thebarricadefell. It isMarius’s own At Marius andCosette’s wedding, toblackmail theThénardiersMarius. Thénardier try saysCosette’s ‘father’ isa Marius andinsistshemustgoaway. Unaware oftheidentityhisrescuer, Marius recovers inCosette’s care. Valjean ofhispastto confessesthetruth Valjean goand,hisunbendingprinciplesofjusticehavingbeenshattered by Valjean’s own mercy, hekillshimself. of therebels, hecomesacross Javert oncemore. He pleadsfortimetodeliver theyoung mantohospital.Javert lets Valjean escapesintothesewerswithunconsciousMarius. AftermeetingThénardier, whois robbing thecorpses The nextdaythe rebels are allkilled. students settledown foranightonthebarricadeand,inquietofnight, Valjean praystoGod tosave Marius. Valjean arrives atthebarricadeinsearch ofMarius. He isgiven thechancetokillJavert butinsteadletshimgo. The toreturnIn tothebarricade,Eponine trying iskilled. The barricade is built and the revolutionaries defy an army warning to give up or die. isJavert exposed as a police spy. away withalettertoCosette,whichisintercepted by Valjean. Eponine decidestorejoin herlove atthebarricade. The studentsprepare tobuildthebarricade. Marius, noticingthat Eponine hasjoinedtheinsurrection, sendsher All submissions,includingabiographyandheadshot photograph,are tobesentviaemailonlyto: Please notethatwe will notbeacceptingsubmissionsforchildren roles atthistime. Children auditionswillbeannounced early 2014. no laterthanFriday 8March 2013 [email protected] SUBMISSIONS THE ST ACT TWO ACT ORY