What shape is the London Les Miz in?

I'm coming to London in June for a week and am thinking of including Les Miz in the 7 shows/plays that I'll be seeing. Has anybody gone lately? Is it in good shape or is everybody phoning in their performances?

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Hey, javert is my mate Jeff. He's amazing if you ask me,just graduated from mountview, he's only like 25, i was blown away and i'm not just being biased!!!! oops, sorry if this seems rude just wanted to get my two pence in. Leanne

oops double post

The current Valjean is John Owen Jones and is terrific.

Also Hayden Tee as Marius gives a fresh performance. For once there is a Marius who has some depth to his vocals. There are a lot of solid performers in the other roles. However there is a problem with the current Javert not having the voice to match his acting skills.

John Owen-Jones will not be in Les Mis in June. He's doing Showboat at Royal Albert Hall.

I went last week to see Les Mis in London and after seeing the production a few years ago in the Palace Theatre, this was truly disappointing,Anyone I've spoken to, absoloutely loathed the production recently & they've been fans of the show for years. I heard The understudy for Javert is unbelievable though and he was able to salvage something from the show

New cast for Les Mis now includes from end May:

Valjean - Phil Cavill (still Jeff Nicholson as 1st cover)
Javert - Cornell John
Marius - Hayden Tee

I rather feel I have made the posting equivalent of slipping on a banana skin!

"Old Biddy" is on the money!! I stand corrected!!

Tim godwin is 1st cover Valjean and Jeff Nicholson is 1st cover Javert.

and Sophia Ragavelas is coming back, but to play Fantine!!!

I saw it twice last week and i LOVED it...and ive seen the tour twice in the US and still perferred the London version. The actors changed a lot through between the two performances...
the first night i had the under study for Javert (sorry, don't remember his name) and like someone else said, he was WONDERFUL. The next time Cornell John played his usual role and I didn't care for his portrayl....Kerry Ellis was great as Fantine and John Owen Jones was Jean Valjean and he was AMAZING.Best i've ever seen.
The first show an understudy played Marius..and i'm not sure his name(if anyone knows please let me know) and he was good but not amazing. His acting was really really good, his singing just wasn't as strong as some. Hayden played the role the next night and was very strong. I also had an understudy for Eponine one of the nights...and if I am correct (i got a bit confused on which night the regular actress was playing the role) the understudy was much better than the normal actress playing the role.

Overall I'd recommend it, it reminded me why I originally loved the play.

With Kerry Ellis as Fantine, I can't see how it could be in bad shape!