More tour dates added for Beyond the Barricade

The tour of Beyond the Barricade is a concert featuring West End musical hits performed by a cast of past principal performers from Les Miserables and other popular London musical theatre shows.

It has now extended its tour dates and is now booking up until 16th December.

News on Les Miserables 25th Anniversary Celebrations

There were rumours of a special concert at the O2 Arena, but now it looks as though Les Miserables’ 25th anniversary will be marked with a special concert on the last two nights of the touring production of Les Mis when it’s at the Barbican.

Tickets for the last two nights (October 1st and 2nd) of the production at the Barbican and the West End show at the Queen’s Theatre are not currently on sale.

A Cameron Mackintosh spokesman said: “Watch this space for forthcoming news on the official 25th anniversary celebrations for Les Miserables in London. Details to be announced shortly regarding potential performances for October 1st and 2nd.”

Plans will not be announced until the end of this month, but rumours are that Susan Boyle was involved in talks to sing at a gala performance and Matt Lucas from Little Brittain had been approached to play Thenadier in a concert performance.

Gareth Gates Les Miserables Concert at Mermaid Theatre

Gareth Gates is currently playing Marius in the tour of Les Miserables.  He and co-star John Owen Jones (who plays the lead John Valjean) will be singing numbers from the show on “Friday Night Is Music Night” with the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Mike Dixon at the Mermaid Theatre. They will also be joined by Shona Lindsay and Jacinta Whyte, 

The show is also expected to feature an interview with the show’s lyricist, Alan Boublil.

The  first half of the live show will feature music from an array of musicals, including Cabaret, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Jesus Christ Superstar and Funny Girl  and Gates will sing numbers from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, in which he played the title role in the West End production in 2009.

The second half will largely be devoted to Les Miserables, with around seven numbers performed from the musical.

The concert will be broadcast on Radio 2 at 8:00 pm on Friday 21st May 2010.

Les Miserables is also running in London's West End at the Queens Theatre.

Beyond the Barricade Concert Tour Dates

Beyond the Barricade is currently on a countrywide UK concert tour until the end of this year.

The show presents original West End hit songs performed by a cast of past principal performers from Les Miserables and other musicals.

Beyond the Barricade’s new 2010 production features songs from Miss Saigon, The Lion King, Phantom Of the Opera and many more major hits ending with a spectacular finale from Les Miserables.

Find out more about Beyond the Barricade Concert Tour dates here.