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Happy to be Miserable again

By Dianne Bourne

1 / 1 imagesICONIC: A scene from Les Mis

THEATRE fans will be anything but miserable next year, as rumour has it long-running musical Les Miserables is heading back to the city.

The Cameron Mackintosh production was last in Manchester when it had a year-long run at the Palace Theatre in 2004.

I hear that dates are soon to be revealed for January 2010, before it heads off on an American tour later next year.

The musical is a huge favourite among theatre-goers, with its famous songs including Bring Home Home, On My Own and Empty Chairs and Empty Tables.

And of course the show’s biggest hit has been given a new lease of life after Britain’s Got Talent’s singing sensation Susan Boyle trilled I Dreamed a Dream in that now infamous first audition.

Published: Wed, 27 May, 2009

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Ian McGraw wrote:

Hi All

Accoriding to the official les mis website (www.lesmis.com)

LES MISERABLES IS COMING TO MANCHESTER - Palace Theatre - Tue 19 Jan – Sat 13 Feb

Tickets go on sale soon - so excited :)

John Barry wrote:

yes it ran for 13 months when i was child, it was back in 1992-1994 tho, not 2004 !!!!

linda comer 655 wrote:

I do hope les mis is coming back to Manchester. I for one will be one of the first to see this fantastic spectacle again. Hope these rumours are true, fingers crossed

Ian McGraw wrote:

That is absolutely fantastic news - i'm dead excited

would like to point out that (to my knowledge) the last time Les Mis was in Manchester was late 2000/ early 2001 - and has never had a "year long residency" anywhere (aside of the West End and Broadway)

Either way, i've got everything crossed that this rumour proves to be true.