Les Miserables - BMOS

BMOS have staged a truly stunning show.  From the opening bars to the closing scenes every moment is so well thought through with some of the most wonderful voices I’ve had the pleasure of hearing. Our Jean Valjean for the evening was Wil Neale whose stage presence and interpretation of this well-known character was perfect.  With a strong, powerful voice, Neale was also able to deliver probably one of the most famous musical theatre songs of all time, Bring Him Home, with such tenderness and it really did provide me with that goosebump moment.  Playing alongside Neale as arch enemy Javert was Robbie Love, who again excelled in this role.  As I mentioned above, Stars happens to be a very special song to me personally and Love absolutely nailed it, much to my delight.

There are many characters to speak of in this show and I can’t mention them all, but there were a few performers who, for me, excelled on the evening. Ismay Dudzinski-Grubb as Cosette provided beautiful angelic vocals, Tim Jones and Sophie Grogan as Monsieur and Madame Thénardier offered up the well needed comic relief throughout their moments on stage, Luke Griffiths as Marius also impressed with his vocals, a powerful and poignant rendition of Empty Chairs at Empty Tables would not be lost in the West End production, and finally the cheeky Gavroche, played for this performance by Jaron Lewis-Haynes, is definitely a star of the future.