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Les Miserables:
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Contents & themes - This show is a historical drama set in the first half of the 1800s, mainly among working class people, and explores themes such as social inequality, stereotyping, kindness, bigotry, hope, and while it is set in the 1800s, many of the themes remain very relevant to this day.
The scenes include scenes set in a prison, a factory, a run-down street, a courtroom and a revolution (among things like gardens, offices, and more general settings).
As the story progresses there are scenes like a fistfight fight between two convicts, a small girl being used as a domestic slave, a prisoner being mocked in a courtroom, a girl being bullied at work and later attacked in a street, and scenes set around an ill-fated street barricade in the 1832 revolution.
Ultimately, the show does have a happy ending!
Strong language - There is no strong language in this show.
Violence - There are scenes where convicts fight over bread, and various scenes where characters threaten one another. The big violent scenes are at the barricade in the second half, following the revolutionaries. These involve the handling of (stage safe!) firearms, reactions to shots and cannon-fire, two executions.
Audience interaction - Actors may enter though the audience for the revolution scene, in all but one venues, but audience participation is not asked for in this show.
Nudity & sexual references - There is no nudity in this show. There are two scenes in the first half, involving desperate women selling themselves as prostitutes, and picking up clients, but this is not glamourized, and does not include graphic behaviour.
Lighting - Lighting is used to depict natural times of day and different types of spaces. There are some brighter effects that happen during the battle at the barricade, which simulate cannon-fire.
Audio - Most audio is dialogue, and sound effects like general area ambience, or more detailed things like doors opening. There will be loud sound effects (guns and cannons) at the barricade/ revolution scenes in the second half
The scenes include scenes set in a prison, a factory, a run-down street, a courtroom and a revolution (among things like gardens, offices, and more general settings).
As the story progresses there are scenes like a fistfight fight between two convicts, a small girl being used as a domestic slave, a prisoner being mocked in a courtroom, a girl being bullied at work and later attacked in a street, and scenes set around an ill-fated street barricade in the 1832 revolution.
Ultimately, the show does have a happy ending!
Strong language - There is no strong language in this show.
Violence - There are scenes where convicts fight over bread, and various scenes where characters threaten one another. The big violent scenes are at the barricade in the second half, following the revolutionaries. These involve the handling of (stage safe!) firearms, reactions to shots and cannon-fire, two executions.
Audience interaction - Actors may enter though the audience for the revolution scene, in all but one venues, but audience participation is not asked for in this show.
Nudity & sexual references - There is no nudity in this show. There are two scenes in the first half, involving desperate women selling themselves as prostitutes, and picking up clients, but this is not glamourized, and does not include graphic behaviour.
Lighting - Lighting is used to depict natural times of day and different types of spaces. There are some brighter effects that happen during the battle at the barricade, which simulate cannon-fire.
Audio - Most audio is dialogue, and sound effects like general area ambience, or more detailed things like doors opening. There will be loud sound effects (guns and cannons) at the barricade/ revolution scenes in the second half
