The Les Mis Ensemble

Chris Theo Cook - Fauchelevent

It may be a little thing, but Chris Theo Cook (West End 2010/11) stuck under the run away cart was always my favourite in that track. He’s the only one I’ve ever seen show pain

Killian Donnelly - Montparnasse

Throughout the seasons 2008/09/10, there was one event that always led to a lot of excitement among regulars at the Queen’s in the West End: Killian Donnelly - a swing at that time (and commonly referred to as ‘The Superswing’) - going on as Montparnasse. There are no words. Montparnasse, of course, is such an infamous role in the Les Mis community, and he had it all: The swirling movements, the sleazy gestures, the arrogant walk, parading past Eponine, not quite flirting (it was far too harsh for that) but being around her, looking at her, the little fights, the aggressive looks and arguments somewhere in the background, bickering, eyeing each other, especially during Javert’s Intervention, when Montparnasse and Eponine are on the bridge at the top, out of danger. He managed to create a great balance: to be extremely amusing for taking himself so seriously and being so ridiculously confident at the same as being dangerous and intimidating enough to not want to cross paths, ever, especially in the way he played around with the knife. (Of course, the amusement took over that one day when he lost his precious hat in the mad rush away from the scene as Javert entered and spent the following minutes eyeing it from the bridge to jump down and grab it right before ‘Stars’.)

Testing…

This is all still very much work in progress but should hopefully do just fine. I’m quite happy with it at least and I hope many Les Mis fans out there will participate and share the ensemble love…!