2026 - 2027 Auditions
Les Misérables
About the show
Set in 19th-century France, Les Misérables is an epic tale of passion, redemption, and revolution. Follow the journey of Jean Valjean, a former prisoner seeking a new life while relentlessly pursued by the rigid Inspector Javert. Against the backdrop of social injustice and the student uprising in Paris, lives and destinies intertwine through soaring music and unforgettable songs.
A powerful story of love, sacrifice, and the resilience of the human spirit, Les Misérables remains one of the world’s most beloved and moving musicals, and has just celebrated its 40th Anniversary.
Director: Jeremy Webb
Musical Direction by Paul DeGurse
Choreography/Associate Direction by Natasha Strilchuk
Rehearsal Dates: March 2 - April 2, 2027
Show Dates: March 30 - June 20, 2027
Character Breakdown:
NOTE: The role of Mme Thénardier is already on offer.
Auditions for Young Cossette, Young Eponine, and Gavroche will take place in Halifax in the late autumn of 2026.
Jean Valjean
Sings to B, high lyrics baritone or tenor, with both strong low notes and a strong falsetto. A poor peasant who rises to affluence, he has great natural nobility and dignity. A powerful figure, with a character of operatic size and passion. The voice needs to have a pop/rock sound or a classical sound of extraordinary textual clarity.
Gender: Male
Age: 35 to 49
Vocal range top: B4
Vocal range bottom: G#2
Javert
Baritone, sings to G. Must have a natural gravitas with ability to be expressive and dynamic. Policemen who relentlessly hunts Valjean. An imposing character. The ultimate ‘law and order’ figure. Obsessed, to the point of irrationality, with rigid and merciless moral code.
Gender: Male
Age: 35-49
Vocal range top: F#4
Vocal range bottom: F2
Fantine / Ensemble
Belts up to C, sings to E flat. Poor but beautiful and elegant factory girl, struggling to support her fatherless daughter. Later is a pauper, a prostitute, a consumptive and a ghost. Earthy and poignant. Although she is finally defeated by circumstances, she should appear to be strong and a survivor. She puts up a valiant fight against the horrors of her life.
Gender: Female
Age: 20-30
Vocal range top: Eb5
Vocal range bottom: F3
Eponine / Ensemble
An enormous and beautiful belt voice, with a contemporary edge. Belts to C sharp, sings to E flat. Daughter of the Thénardiers but in no way behaves like them. Fired by an unrequited love for Marius. Gamine. Hasn’t learned to disguise her emotions; wears her heart on her sleeve.
Gender: Female
Age: 18-25
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: F3
Cossette/Ensemble
Soprano to high C but a light, young ‘floating’ sound, without heavy vibrato. Fantine’s daughter (first seen as and played by a child) delicate, elegant, vulnerable and beautiful. Falls in love with, and later marries Marius.
Gender: Female
Age: 18-25
Vocal range top: C6
Vocal range bottom: Bb3
Marius/Ensemble
High baritone, sings to A with a strong bottom A. Member of the revolutionary student movement. Attractive and romantic but in a sensitive, 19th century ‘Byronic’ way.
Gender: Male
Age: 18-25
Vocal range top: Ab4
Vocal range bottom: A2
Enjolras / Ensemble
High baritone/tenor to G sharp/ B flat. Very strong singer. Handsome, charismatic political figure, leader of the revolutionary movement
Gender: Male
Age: 20-29
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: A2
* Cover Thenardier's gang x 4
Thenardier / Ensemble
Baritone, sings to F sharp. Strong comic character role. A crooked innkeeper, later a petty, amoral thief. Greedy, irrerent, selfish, boorish, vulgar.
Gender: Male
Age: 35-49
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: C2
Factory Foreman/ Bamatabois/Babet/ Ensemble
Foreman: An overbearing, sleazy man who runs the factory. Sacks Fantine, leaving her destitute. Bamatabois: A nasty and dangerous upper-class man who lecherously approaches Fantine for the night. When she declines and attacks him, he calls on Javert to arrest her. Babet: A member of Thénardier’s gang of thieves.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: E3
*Cover Javert
Bishop of Digne / Fauchelevent/Brujon/Jean Prouvaire/ Ensemble
Bishop: Must have a strong, rich lower register to a bottom A. Although capable of playing great age, the actor playing the Bishop is cast in a variety of roles and needs to flexibility to play a range of ages. A religious man who, despite Valjean’s theft of his valuable possessions, sees passed the convict and allows him to move on with his new life.
Fauchelevent: the victim of a cart crash. Brujon: A member of Thénardier’s gang of thieves. A genuine gangster, Brujon is stupid and evil Prouvaire: Member of the ABC society, a secret society of students and workers. Prouvaire is a kind, soft-spoken, and, at the right moments, strong and masterful poet and student of social studies.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: A2
*Cover Jean Valjean
Montparnasse/ Lesgles/ Ensemble
Montparasse: A member of Thénardier’s gang of thieves. Montparnasse is handsome and dangerous (he kills with a knife). Lesgles: Member of the ABC society, a secret society of students and workers. Lesgles is a cheerful, laughing-at-life (but unlucky) student. He is a close friend of Joly.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: C#3
*Student Cover x3
Claquesous/ Grantaire/Ensemble
Claquesous: A member of Thénardier’s gang of thieves. Claquesous is tough, dangerous, and secretive. Grantaire: A cynical student who has little interest in the revolution but who holds much admiration for Enjolras. Witty and sarcastic.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: C4
*Cover Thenardier
Combeferre/ Ensemble
Member of the ABC society, a secret society of students and workers. Combeferre is the philosopher and believer in peace. He is gentle, humane, strong, and brave.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: D4
Vocal range bottom: E3
*Student Cover x3
Combeferre/ Ensemble
Member of the ABC society, a secret society of students and workers. Combeferre is the philosopher and believer in peace. He is gentle, humane, strong, and brave.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: D4
Vocal range bottom: E3
*Student Cover x3
Feuilly/Ensemble
Member of the ABC society, a secret society of students and workers. Feuilly is a worker who is a self-educated orphan. He is an affectionate, warm, and poetic believer in "nationality."
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: D4
Vocal range bottom: D3
*Cover Bishop of Digne / Fauchelevent/ Brujon/Jean Prouvaire
Courfeyrac/ Ensemble
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: Eb4
Vocal range bottom: E3
*Cover Marius
Joly/Ensemble
Member of the ABC society, a secret society of students and workers. Joly is an eccentric and light-hearted (although sometimes morbid) medical student. His name is derived from the English word “jolly.”
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: D3
*Cover Enjolras
ENSEMBLE (The Chain Gang, Warders, Constables, Peasants, Factory Workers, Prostitutes, Pimps, Students, Thénardier's Gang, Army Officers, Wedding Guests, Old Woman/Wigmaker)
Stage ages: Early twenties to sixties
Vocal Ranges: Men must be able to sing to at least a G. Women must belt to a D.
Audition Requirements:
Those selected to audition will be asked to prepare material provided. The sides will be sent to those auditioning 5 days before the audition date.
Please indicate which role(s) you wish to be considered for. If you do not know, no problem.
Audition Location
Details to be sent with the audition invitation.
Neptune Theatre’s audition, rehearsal, and performance spaces are all physically accessible via ramps and elevators.
How to apply:
Please submit via our submission portal at https://neptunetheatre.submit.com/show/2 by April 13. Please upload your headshot and resume and clearly label them with your name, eg Joe_Smith.
Only those selected for an audition will be contacted.
If you already have a profile, do NOT create a new one. Select the show and characters you wish to be considered for.
Ethno-cultural mandate or ethno-cultural casting statement:
Neptune Theatre seeks to promote equity, inclusion, and access by amplifying voices and stories that have been historically marginalized or underrepresented, and we factor this into every decision we make. We encourage submissions from artists of all genders, ethnicities, abilities, and identities, and will give scheduling priority to those who self-identify as IBPOC, LGBTQ2S+, d/Deaf, living with disabilities, and/or facing other systemic challenges in our industry.
Applying artists should be aware that Neptune does not tolerate any form of harassment of its employees, clients, volunteers, or any persons visiting or spending time on its premises.
Neptune Theatre’s audition, rehearsal, and performance spaces are all physically accessible via elevators and ramped surfaces.
