A musical giant comes to Sheffield with Easy Street Theatre Company
Do you hear the people sing? That’s the sound of one of South Yorkshire’s most popular theatre companies preparing for their production of the world’s best loved musical!
Easy Street Theatre Company, which is based at Sheffield’s Merlin Theatre in Nether Edge, offers its young members a combination of educational learning and practical performance experience in a diverse and supportive environment.
Previous productions have included Cats, Jesus Christ Superstar, Footloose, West Side Story Sister Act, Chicago, Grease Back to the 80s, Disney’s Frozen, We Will Rock You, Phantom of the Opera, Sweeney Todd and Legally Blonde.
And from April 29 to May 2, they will be at an exciting new venue, Sheffield’s Steam Works, with a new production of global smash hit Les Miserables.
The multi-award winning classic story of love, revolution, redemption and injustice in 19th century France has been hailed as the most popular musical of all time and it’s characters - noble Jean Valjean, the obsessive policeman Javert and tragic heroines Fantine and Cosette - have become an essential part of popular culture.
Songs like I Dreamed a Dream, Castle on a Cloud, Master of the House, Do You Hear the People Sing and Bring Him Home have become timeless international anthems.
“It’s over a decade since we last performed this monumental Boublil and Schönberg musical and we are delighted to be revisiting it after so long, bringing it to a new audience in an exciting new venue,” said Easy Street director Sallianne Foster-Major.
“This is the authorised School Edition of the show but it maintains all the power, drama and spectacle of the original and will find the perfect setting in The Steam Works.
“We pride ourselves on training young people in all aspects of musical theatre and many of our past students have continued to study theatre at some of the UK's most prestigious drama institutions including Guildford School of Acting, Performance Preparation Academy, The London School of Musical Theatre and Trinity Laban.
“We can confident that Les Miserables will feature some of the stars of the future, all delivering memorable performances.”
Tickets for Les Miserables are available now, with prices ranging from £9 to £20 - visit https://stagestubs.com/easy-street-theatre-company-cio/les-misrables