Southport Visiter

Les Mis artists in a blockbuste­r!

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RECREATING original West End/Broadway musical hit songs with amazing authentici­ty, Beyond the Barricade is made up of past principal performers from Les Misérables in the West End.

This blockbusti­ng twohour show has delighted audiences throughout the UK, mainland Europe, Asia and New Zealand for nearly two decades and has establishe­d itself as the one of the nation’s favourite musical theatre concerts.

Beyond the Barricade presents exciting concert portrayals of the greatest songs in musical theatre, all performed entirely live by some of the best musical performers working today, featuring songs from: The Phantom Of The Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Jersey Boys, The Lion King, Blood Brothers, Miss Saigon, Hamilton and many others. Climaxing with a spectacula­r finale from, of course, Les Misérables.

Andy Reiss and David Fawcett, devised Beyond the Barricade after appearing in the Manchester and London casts of Les Misérables.

David played the lead role of Jean Valjean in both the Manchester and London production­s, and Andy played most of the male characters, including Enjolras and Valjean, and still remains the only person to take on the job of being the show’s resident director, while perform at the same time.

Joining Andy and David on stage is Katie Leeming and Poppy Tierney.

Katie also appeared with the Les Misérables cast on the Classical Brits awards and the Royal Variety Show, as well as an ensemble vocalist in the Les Misérables movie.

She was Cosette in Les Misérables on the UK tour and in the West End, as well as leading roles in Evita, The Witches of Eastwick, and Miss Saigon.

Beyond the Barricade comes to Southport Theatre on Saturday, November 24.

For more go to www. atgtickets.com/shows/ beyond-the-barricade/ southport-theatre-andconvent­ion-centre/ or call the Box Office on 01704 500036.

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Beyond the Barricade – Southport Theatre on Saturday, November 24

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