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Australian Arts

Beautifully played

24 May 2025

9:00 AM

24 May 2025

9:00 AM

Who would have thought? The arena concert version of Les Miserables, Claude Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil’s sung-through extravaganza is no mere spectacle – it is a spectacular achievement. The sound quality is impeccable, every word is utterly comprehensible and at the same time we get massive close-up screens of the actor-singers.

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