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Les Miserables announces full-fledged West End return plans plus on-sale date
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(Updated on 20 Dec 2020)
Plans have been announced for [***Les Miserables***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/les-miserables-tickets) to recommence performances this summer in all the show's former revolutionary glory without social distancing measures. The announcement comes after the vaccine is now being administered to the UK's higher-risk population, including **Sir Ian McKellen**, who [**received his first of two doses of the Pfizer vaccine**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/news/sir-ian-mckellen-gets-his-first-dose-of-the-pfizer-vaccine) on 16 March 2020.
## *Les Miserables* hopes to return in London's West End this summer without social distancing
The production team for [***Les Mis***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/les-miserables-tickets) have announced that they expect the show to return to the [**Sondheim Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/sondheim-theatre-london) stage without social distancing as early as 29 May, which is just a week before [***The Phantom of the Opera***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/phantom-of-the-opera-tickets) starring the [**recently announced**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/news/killian-donnelly-to-star-in-the-2021-re-opening-of-the-phantom-of-the-opera) **Killian Donnelly** is expected re-open on 5 June.
The show's eagerly-anticipated comeback will be its full-scale production and will come after the current concert production was forcibly paused due to London's recently announced [**new tier restrictions**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/news/west-end-and-london-theatres-to-close-on-wednesday-until-further-notice). Tickets for the grand re-opening of *Les Mis* are expected to go on public sale on 22 December.
### Who is starring in *Les Miserables* in 2021?
The 2021 cast of *Les Miserables* has yet to be confirmed, but it is speculated that **Jon Robyns** will take once again portray the role of Jean Valjean after displaying a rather enthusiastic response to the news on social media.
### *Les Miserables* Sondheim Theatre creative team
The "new" Sondheim Theatre show features an adaptation by **Trevor Nunn** and **John Caird**; an original French text by **Alain Boublil** and **Jean-Marc Natel**; lyrics by **Herbert Kretzmer**; music by **Claude-Michel Schönberg**; orchestrations by **Stephen Metcalfe**, **Christopher Jahnke**, and **Stephen Brooker**; original orchestrations by **John Cameron**; and additional material by **James Fenton**.
The show is directed by **Laurence Connor** and **James Powell** and features designs by **Matt Kinley** inspired by the original **Victor Hugo** paintings, costume design by **Andreane Neofitou** and **Christine Rowland**, sound design by **Mick Potter** lighting design by **Paule Constable**, musical staging by **Michael Ashcroft** and **Geoffrey Garratt**, and musical supervision by **Stephen Brooker** and **Alfonso Casado Trigo**.