#chanice alexander-burnett

[lesmiserabelles]

from the final show of the 21/22 west end cast

Jon Robyns (Jean Valjean), Bradley Jaden (Javert), Chanice Alexander-Burnett (Fantine), Charlie Burn (Cosette), Harry Apps (Marius), Sha Dessi (Éponine), Jordan Shaw (Enjolras), Gerard Carey (Thénardier), Josefina Gabrielle (Madame Thénardier), Harry Newby (Gavroche), Bonnie Harper (Little Cosette), Sicily de Bernardini (Young Éponine), Rodney Earl Clarke (The Bishop/Claquesous), Connor Jones (Grantaire), Richard Carson (Factory Foreman/Combferre), Joseph Anthony (Feuilly), Luke McCall (Courfeyrac), Michael Kholwadia (Jean Prouvaire), Danny Colligan (Joly), Mark Pearce (Brujon), Matt Dempsey (Bamatabois/Lesgles), Christopher Jacobsen (Babet), Leo Miles (Montparnasse/Pimp), Natalie Green (mat. cover Factory Girl), Georgie Lovatt (Old Woman), Kelly Agbowu (Madame), Jessie Hart (Wig Maker), Jessica Joslin, Claire O'Leary, Mared Williams, Phoebe Williams, Kathy Peacock (s/w ensemble), Corinne Priest (s/w ensemble), Sam Peggs (s/w ensemble), Sake Wijers (s/w ensemble)

#les mis #les mis london #les mis for stage #musicals #audio #jon robyns #bradley jaden #chanice alexander-burnett #charlie burn #harry apps #sha dessi #jordan shaw #gerard carey #josefina gabrielle

[javerts-truncheon]

#long time no mis chart #*bastard affectionate* #les miserables #inspector javert #jean valjean #fantine #eponine #gavroche #grantaire #enjolras #madam thenardier #monsieur thenardier #staged concert 2019 #jon robyns #bradley jaden #chanice alexander burnett #jordan shaw #le cringê

[valjeans]

Ranking of all the actors who played each role in the last les mis cast then please

ok since literally one of you asked here goes:

Valjean

Chris Jacobsen Honestly, this man's Valjean is just something else entirely. His portrayal just has so much thought behind every action and I truly appreciate a Valjean that is just a little bit fucked up because he did fully spend 19 years in prison. You need to listen to his Bring Him Home to appreciate just how perfect his voice is. Not just my favourite Valjean of this cast but one of my favourite Valjean's ever.

Joseph Anthony Ok he fully got like 2 shows this entire contract but I saw one of them and was utterly amazed! He's only like 26ish but genuinely his acting was so great you'd never notice. Also it was very obvious that he started on the tour watching Dean Chisnall because his performance was very soft and nuanced like Dean's! Here's his Bring Him Home too if you're interested.

Luke McCall Always had a lovely voice but didn't exactly do much acting in his pre-pandemic era, very wooden. However, he came from the Staged Concert a changed man. His finale is genuinely heartbreaking from start to finish, I have quite often found myself in tears. He could have ended up at no. 2 but his vocals have REALLY let him down these past few months. Here's one of my fave clips of him in his vocal prime doing The Confrontation opposite Richard Carson.

Jon Robyns Look I love Jon, I really do...but his voice has just been in constant decline this year and I spend shows where he's on genuinely preparing myself for the inevitable cracks on all the big notes. His acting is really quite fantastic but god, until he takes some time to fix his vocals I honestly can't rank him any higher.

Javert

Richard Carson I wasn't sure about him to begin with but the way he grew into the role as he got more chances to go on was truly my favourite thing this cast. A fantastic, old school, PROPER BARITONE, javert. He's so perfectly cold and callous and his suicide is this perfect, unhinged breakdown at FULL SPEED (also truly incredible technique that he can do those big hyperventilating breaths and sing at the same time)

Bradley Jaden A truly extraordinary Javert on a good show, an incredibly below average one on a bad day. I think there was a point around June/July where he'd really found a perfect balance to his batshit suicide and coldness throughout the rest of the show. I also truly loved the way he embraced the valvert vibes.

Fantine

Kathy Peacock INCREDIBLE. The vintage Fantine we deserved. God I loved her. Here's her I dreamed a dream from her debut.

Jessica Joslin Another Fantine with a very classical musical theatre voice. I never really found her IDAD emotional enough though, like her acting was just never quite enough for me.

Ellie Anne Lowe ANOTHER Fantine with a very classical musical theatre voice. Only saw her once pre-shutdown but loved every single second.

Chanice Alexander-Burnett Look she was fine, a perfectly acceptable Fantine. I really never thought we got much from her acting wise though and I truly despised the riffs she sometimes did in IDAD.

Never sat Natalie Green but tbf she had literally one show and I'm sure I'll undoubtedly get a chance in the coming year!

Enjolras

Leo Miles If you've followed me long enough you'll know I was for a long time a Leo hater. However, I do not regret this. He has genuinely really improved in this past year and I love that for him! He's always had a lovely voice but he was so wooden. Now his Enjolras is absolutely heartbreaking, him and Connor's Grantaire are literally so in love with each other. Also pls listen to this note.

Joseph Anthony Just a really good Enjolras tbh.

Jordan Shaw Honestly...just all over the fucking place. Everytime I think he's maybe improved he'll just make the most bizarre choices ever. Like I've honestly gotten used to his more contemporary voice but I just can't get used to his absolutely batshit portrayal. Sometimes it can be fun to watch Chris' jaw literally clenching when he's being particularly bad. Also shoutout to Bradley who gave one of the best Enjolras' performance I've seen despite literally not knowing a single bit of the blocking. Him winging that new One Day More marching was iconic tbh. Also shoutout to Will Richardson who was fairly good but also nothing particularly special.

Eponine

Mared Williams One of the best Eponine's I've seen. A really interesting voice and such fantastic acting. The first time I've ever cried at A Little Fall of Rain. Here's her On My Own

Sha Dessi For the first half of this year she was absolutely nailing it, her On My Own felt so intimate. Unfortunately seems to have had some serious vocal issues for the past few months that have really let her down which is such a shame!

Jessie Hart To be honest she's still a fantastic Eponine. I'd definitely say the Eponine's have been the strongest all round, there's no a bad one! Her Eponine has an edge to her which I really enjoyed and her On My Own almost made me cry once. Also shoutout to Jenna Innes who I won't rank here but was an absolutely beautiful Eponine that I would have probably ranked 1st if she'd been a permanent cast member!

Marius

Harry Apps MY ABSOLUTE BELOVED FREAK OF A MARIUS. He's so weird and awkward and just a young guy in love, it's absolutely adorable. It makes his Empty Chairs such a heartbreaking contrast. His final one had me in actual proper tears.

Danny Colligan Honestly, don't have that much to say. He was fine, just a run of the mill portrayal tbh, and his voice is a little thin for my liking.

Michael Kholwadia Genuinely seemed like he'd just walked onstage for the first time and was winging it. His voice is nice enough but very wooden.

Cosette

Claire O'Leary Honestly she's just number one cause at least she can hit the notes.

Charlie Burn You know, she isn't the best vocally, but I do enjoy her acting, especially with Valjean in In My Life!

Phoebe Williams Don't really like her voice and honestly didn't think she did much acting tbh.

I'm actually not gonna rank the Thenardiers because I didn't get to see Georgie or Matt! I've also seen pretty much every single possible combination of covers and swings for the smaller roles if you want to hear my rankings of any of those just drop me an ask specifying which!!

[goosetave-daae]

My personal Les Misérables dreamcast

- Jean Valjean : Jon Robyns

- Javert : Norm Lewis or Bradley Jaden (my poor little meow meows)

- Bishop Myriel/Bamatabois : Earl Carpenter

- Fantine : Chanice Alexander Burnett

- Mme Thénardier : Keala Settle

- Thénardier : Matt Lucas or Gerard Carrey (I literally cannot decide)

- Older Cosette : Amara Okereke

- Marius: Rob Houchen

- Enjolras : Will Richardson

- Gavroche : Rob Madge (if they were somehow still 13) (or maybe they can do it Holly Anne Hull style)

- Éponine : Shan Ako

- Courfeyrac : Fra Fee (I'm basic sorryyy)

- Combeferre : Killian Donnelly (I'm very basic sorryyyyy)

- Prouvaire : Alistair Brammer (I'm not saying Les Amis were the only good part of les mis 2012 but......)

- Joly : Chris McCarrell

- Lesgle : Edward Baruwa

- Feuilly : Owain Williams

- Grantaire : Connor Jones

- Soldier guy who yells at the barricade : Hadley Fraser

#les mis #dreamcast #les amis de l'abc #jean valjean #javert #fantine #bishop myriel #thénardier #cosette #marius pontmercy #gavroche

[the-hindu-times]

Jack & The Beanstalk - Alban Arena, St Albans - Dec ‘22

Whilst his local theatre, the Canterbury Marlowe, put on Sleeping Beauty, Kent born Eastenders’ legend, Shaun Williamson, starred in this winter’s pantomime of Jack & The Beanstalk in the more intimate Alban Arena. We were regulars at the New Wimbledon Theatre and the New Victoria Theatre, Woking but after moving to Hendon, the 17 minute train ride to St Albans seemed like the best bet for this fall’s festive fun. Despite being in a alternative setting to a traditional theatre, it did not disappoint; Rather than an orchestra pit, the live band were in the top stage left balcony, similar to Peter Pan at Maidstone studios a few years back, giving the opportunity for Shaun to break from character (which was a play on words of an Oasis ‘90s hit) to have an amusing back and forth with the conductor. More fun for the whole family, with similar scenes and themes to the bigger known creations currently running, continued with Swashbuckle’s Ian Kirkby, who made sure all ages could enjoy Dame Trott. The talented cast, which included Chanice Alexander-Burnett (Les Miserable), AJ Jenks (Saturday Night Fever), Damian Patton and Lauren Chia (Frozen), brought relevance, jokes and surprises of the highest quality and even cuteness.

What this show gains in affordability and value for money, it does not lack in production and enjoyment; making it clear why there is a full house at every show. See for yourself, with up to 3 shows running daily (but not Dec 31st) until Jan 2nd. Also, book early for comedian Harry Hill (Wed 18th Jan), Spirit Of Dance (Wed 22nd Feb), dancer Giovanni Pernice (Sat 25th Feb), Ukrainian opera Madama Butterfly (Tue 7th March), comedian Henning When (Fri 10th March), comedian Chris McCausland (Fri 17th March), tribute The Bootleg Beatles (Mon 20th March), footballer Paul Merson (Thu 6th April), Friends: The Musical Parody (Tue 18th April) and comedian Dave Gorman (Sat 29th April), all coming up over the next few months at Alban Arena.

Nic Bennett

[thestageyshelf]

SOLD 🎭 Our House @ Union Theatre 2015 (#111)

Title: Our House

Venue: Union Theatre

Year: 2015

Condition: Creasing

Author: Music and Lyrics by Madness. Book by Tim Firth

Director: Michael Burgen

Choreographer: William Whelton

Cast: Steven France, Ailsa Davidson, Dominic Brewer, Sally Samad, Joseph Giacone, Joe Ashman, Claire Learie, Chanice Alexander-Burnett, Rhys Owen, Jay Osborne, Joanna Bird, Alice Baker, Rachel Capp, Lauren Dinse, Reece Kerridge, Paul Flannigan, Zachary Worrall

FIND ON EBAY HERE

#Our House #Union Theatre #Musical #theatre #theatre programme #stageyshelf #sold

[dailypocsix]

Chanice Alexander-Burnett as Jane Seymour

information:

Name: Chanice Alexander-Burnett

DOB: June 4th 1989 (32)

Nationality: English

Ethnicity: Black

Credits: Les Miserables (Fantine), Motown (Ensemble, Diana Ross cover), The Book of Mormon (Ensemble, cover Nabulungi)

#chanice alexander-burnett #jane seymour #six #six the musical #dream cast

[fuckyeahthebookofmormon]

Welcome back, Chanice!

#chanice alexander-burnett #west end #the book of mormon

[bookofmormonlondon]

To follow: more goodbyes from the rest of the cast 

Chanice Alexander-Burnett - Sadaka/1st cover Nabulungi 

#The Book of Mormon #book of mormon london #book of mormon west end #chanice alexander-burnett #kj hippensteel #happy trails #twitter

[womenoflesmis]

#cosette #charlie burn #eponine #sha dessi #fantine #chanice alexander burnett

[lesmiserabelles]

Sondheim Theatre, 5 May 2022, evening

Chris Jacobsen (u/s Jean Valjean), Bradley Jaden (Javert), Chanice Alexander-Burnett (Fantine), Sha Dessi (Eponine), Harry Apps (Marius), Charlie Burn (Cosette), Gerard Carey (Thenardier), Kelly Agbowu (u/s Madame Thenardier), Will Richardson (t/r Enjolras), Teddy Proberts (Gavroche), Rodney Earl Clarke (Bishop/Claquesous/Warnings), Connor Jones (Grantaire/Major Domo), Leo Miles (Pimp/Montparnasse), Joseph Anthony (Feuilly), Matthew Dale (s/w Courfeyrac), Matt Dempsey (Bamatabois/Lesgles), Michael Kholwadia (Jean Prouvaire), Danny Colligan (Joly), Richard Carson (Foreman/Combeferre), Sam Peggs (s/w ensemble), Jessie Hart (Wig Maker), Natalie Green (mat. cover Factory Girl), Georgie Lovatt (Old Woman), Jessica Joslin (ensemble), Mared Williams (ensemble), Phoebe Williams (ensemble), Kathy Peacock (s/w ensemble), Emma Barr (s/w ensemble)

#les mis #les mis london #les mis west end #audio #musicals #chris jacobsen #bradley jaden #sha dessi #harry apps #charlie burn #gerard carey #kelly agbowu #will richardson #les mis for stage

[javerts-truncheon]

A peak at the new fully staged production! 🎥

#yes i'm aware that this post is bradley-centric #les miserables musical #west end #jean valjean #inspector javert #marius pontmercy #eponine thenardier #madame and monsieur thenardier #fantine #cosette #valvert #bradley jaden #jon robyns #chanice alexander-burnett #jordan shaw #josefina gabrielle #sha dessi #gerard carey #charlie burn #le sérieux

[allthefights]

#Chanice Alexander Burnett #Les Miserables #lesmisedit

[itisthefuturethattheybring]

I feel like I just need to take a moment to update you all on the current cast of Les Mis at the Sondheim, in London. Because OH MY GOD.

petit gervais was included. Right at the beginning as jvj makes his way into town he steals the coin, like in the book, and I haven’t ever actually seen that done. So I was like, wow, thats some detail

Fantines arrest and death made me SOB. Chanice Alexander- Burnett is one talented woman. I remember her grasping hold of jvjs collar and just her anger in ‘you let your foreman send me away’ was so raw.

The DETAIL of the Cafe Musain, woah. I know it’s because the cast doesn’t move theatres so they can afford to go all out but it was so incredible. It was just now detailed and in depth it was witu the flags and posters. They even had a cobbled street flooring out the whole way through the show.

Jordan Shaw as Enjolras is something else entirely. He’s so so perfect (and he was super nice because I met him and he was just talking to me and he was actually the one to come over first when he saw me having a heart attack over his presence). He’s the perfect mix of angry revolutionary fervour (much like Ramin Karimloo) and hope and passion and care (as I think Bradley Jaden conveyed very well). I also think he had the same sort of humanity that Aaron Tveit gave us in the movie- you know with his tears and just that look of understanding? Not to mention that man can SING. He also wore red the entire way through which I thought was interesting

I don’t know if this is just my bad memory but I could have sworn that ‘Cosette, now I remember, Cosette how can it be’ was only from the movie? I know the latter half of it is definitely in there but I don’t know. Either way it was in this.

DRINK WITH ME. OH MY GOD. Connor Jones’ Grantaire is just *cheffs kiss* and I’m positive he knows about Enjoltaire. That man followed Enjolras around stage and just stared at him constantly. In his drink with me solo it started out with him getting applause and praise for singing, quickly turning into irritation as he grew more cynical. But when the abc sort of rolled their eyes or got annoyed, Enjolras went right up to him and just looked at him in this really kind way. He tried to hug him but Grantaire just sort of flinched away and staggered into a corner. When he started to cry, Gavroche hugged him, and he just slid down the wall at the back and curled up. Gavroche then went to sleep on his leg which just set me off it was so bittersweet.

Gavroche’s death was heartbreaking. You couldn’t actually see him over the barricade but you could hear him singing. And they thought he’d made it, when he appeared at the top, but when he was killed Enjolras was the one to catch him and hand him over to Grantaire. CONNOR JONES’ REACTION BROKE ME, I was sat so close I could see his lip trembling. Bradley Jaden (as javert) prayed over his body later on, after the abc had died, and it even looked like he was crying.

I watched Enjolras and Grantaire very closely in the final battle. Grantaire made no attempt to fight, too broken over Gavroche’s death, until he saw Marius get shot. He threw himself over, checking if he was alive. Enjolras then appeared beside him, clearly thinking Marius was dead, and just embraced Grantaire in this really fierce hug. And then he looked at him for a long second and ran up the barricade. Grantaire tried to follow, desperately trying to pull him back down, but he wasn’t quick enough. Enjolras was killed first. And so Grantaire desperately tried to pull his other friends away from the fight but he has little success. He was the last person left alive and instead then just climbed to the top of the barricade and put himself in show to be killed on purpose.

The abc had little candles in Empty Chairs. They appeared as he sung about ‘and I can hear them now’ and they held these candles up to Marius and it was so so sad. They blew them out at the end of the song and it was just like this final goodbye and it absolutely broke me. Harry Apps was an amazing Marius and his emotion in that song was so obvious

Bradley Jaden as Javert is one incredible actor and singer. His EYES were so captivating in ‘Javerts Suicide’ he looked so wild and desperate that, of course, I was in tears. But you could just hear his confusion and anger and desperation it was so real. Literally everything about it- in the way that he couldn’t stand still, his hair was everywhere and he was shaking like crazy. It was unbelievable.

LUKE FUCKING MCCALL AS JEAN VALJEAN OH SHIT. That man has some TALENT and if you’ve never heard him I urge you to go listen to him on YouTube right now. He’s the youngest west end actor to play Valjean and The Phantom (he’s like 28) and that man can do fucking everything. Again, so much emotion. He just portrayed jvj so well in everything he did and HE HUGGED THE BISHOP IN THE EPILOGUE

But yeah. I’ve never cried as much in my life and it was by far the absolute best performance of Les Mis I’ve ever and probably will ever see. My goal now is just to save up so I can go back and watch it all over again.

If you haven’t seen it, YOU NEED TO

#enjolras #les amis de l'abc #enjoltaire #grantaire #courfeyrac #les miserables #combeferre #les mis #jehan prouvaire #les amis

[valjeans]

Who’s better in each role with the two current uk les mis casts?

valjean - jon robyns or dean chisnall

although there are aspects of jon’s performance i love (eg the way he completely commits to the valvert energy), it’s got to be dean. the man is one of the best valjeans i’ve ever seen. his entire portrayal is just so perfect. his vocals have also improved again after they were sometimes a bit dodgy during the staged concert.

javert - bradley jaden or nic greenshields

do i even have to bother with this one? there’s literally no comparison between the two. even if you don’t like some of his acting choices, you have to admit that bradley literally never sings a note out of tune. he’s also literally giving EVERYTHING on stage every single performance. nic gives very little acting wise and is very shaky vocally. bradley is quite genuinely superior in every way.

fantine - katie hall or chanice alexander burnett

katie hall all the way. chanice’s portrayal is very flat and one dimensional whereas katie is genuinely heartbreaking in the role. also katie’s voice is beautiful.

marius - will callan or harry apps

you know as i was watching him today i was thinking that harry has finally really blossomed into the role. his vocals are SO much stronger now and he hardly ever makes mistakes (which he used to be VERY prone too). will is good too! but he’s very young and new and needs a bit of time to get used to it!

enjolras - samuel wyn morris or jordan shaw

jordan is one of the most bizarrely miscast people i’ve ever seen in the show. he just doesn’t fit the role at all. he has a very contemporary voice and his acting is just…Very Strange.samuel on the other hand gets better every time i see him. sort of hoping he just gets made permanent principal on the tour tbh.

eponine - nathania ong or sha dessi

this is actually very close. both absolutely fantastic eponine’s but have to say sha is a little more to my taste acting wise!

cosette- paige blankson or charlie burn

going to be real and say neither are fantastic at hitting the notes but paige hits them more often than charlie and actually acts so yeah, paige.

thenardier - gerard carey or ian hughes

so before lockdown gerard was fantastic. he was terrifying and genuinely unhinged. idk if he’s bored or being badly directed or what but that’s just not the case anymore. meanwhile ian is truly fantastic, a proper vintage thenardier before it just became constant adlibs and trying to steal the scene. (also ian was stubbornly singing the original beggars at the feast line until the creative team sat through the show one night in previews and clearly forced him to stop)

madame thenardier- helen walsh or josefina gabrielle

helen all the way. i just don’t enjoy josefina in the role at all.

grantaire - steven hall or connor jones

connor has really impressed me with how he nails the humour and the sadness of grantaire. hes also added a lot of little details to his portrayal. steven is very basic in what he does and doesn’t really commit to the humour so connor is the fave here.

#those are my thoughts #overall i prefer the tour cast i think #the ensemble are generally stronger too #and obvs you know #earl’s in it

[monsieurmadeleine]

howd they make beggars at the feast more homophobic cammack strikes again i guess

i think the new barricade is bad and everything that happens around it suffers for the removal of the old one, enjs death and gavs death bad, not a fan

i DO like the new rue plumet gate

dont like the fantine assault scene

bradley jaden is still Great and kind of upstages everyone else due to how confident he is in the role and how hes had time to make it his own

chanice alexander-burnett is a Great fantine and I hope she hangs around for a while, same for sha dessi as eponine

we saw will richardson as enj and he was rlly good too!!! kinda indifferent about jon robyns as valjean, like hes Fine but like. yeah

good when vj grabs and lifts jav and hes wiggling on his tippy toes thanks for that

OH JAVS SUICIDE LOOKS DUMB i wasn’t expecting him to get lifted up and slurped into the void like that it doesnt look good. yeah ig its just as goofy as him rolling around on the ground but somehow worse because like,,, the effort lol

anyway i still hate cammack

#im vanishing back to the void to talk to sirius about my transformers les mis au