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Synopsis Prologue In 1815, Jean Valjean has been in prison for 5 years for stealing a loaf of bread and another 14 for trying to escape. Javert arrives to release him on parole. Valjean skips parole, after he discovers that to a paroled man, the outside world is little more than another kind of jail. He spends a night with a saintly Bishop of Digne. The bitter Valjean steals some silver from the Bishop. When caught, the Bishop backs him up and gives him two silver candlesticks in addition and asks him to become an honest man. Overwhelmed with the Bishop's kindness, Valjean uses the opportunity the Bishop gives him, by buying his soul, to make a change in his life. Act One
Act Two
Act One brings us to Montreuil Sur Mer, outside a factory which is owned by Valjean who has also become the Mayor. We meet some of the workers from Valjean's factory including Fantine, a single mother of a daughter who she boards with an innkeeper and his wife. Her colleagues find out about her child. While teasing her about her child. Refusing to sleep with the factory foreman, Fantine is dismissed and has to resort to prostitution. Once again, Fantine, refusing to sleep with a client, ends up causing a scene which attracts Inspector Javert. While everyone is gathered, another incident causes Javert to recognise Valjean, but being unsure he does not act. Later we find Valjean at Fantine's at Fantine's bedside. She is dying. Valjean promises to take care of her daughter Cosette. Javert shows up after and Valjean escapes again going to find the money grubbing Thenardiers with whom Fantine's daughter, Cosette, is living. The show moves nine years to the future and to the streets. Cosette has become a young woman and she meets Marius before disappearing when once again she and Valjean meet up with Javert.
Act two takes us to Paris, where the death of General Lamarque has triggered the student revolution. While Marius and the other revolutionaries prepare to resist government forces in Paris they are joined by Javert who comes as a spy to relay the student plans back to the government forces. He is discovered and made a prisoner. Valjean comes to volunteer, and asks to take control of Javert. Being instructed to dispose of Javert, Valjean takes him away, pretends to shoot him, but in reality sends him away. As the battle ensues, many of the revolutionaries are killed or injured, including Marius. Valjean escapes the battle with the injured Marius through the sewers where he once again runs into, and escapes Javert. Reminded that he could have just as easily killed Javert rather than freeing him, Javert comes to the realization that Valjean is truly a good person. Overcome with guilt about the way he has treated Valjean, Javert commits suicide. Marius recovers and the aging Valjean shares his life story. Cosette and Marius are married where they once again run into the Thenardiers who try once again to get money from them in exchange for information about Valjean's history, allowing Marius to figure out before the end of the story that it was Valjean who saved him during the battle.
The Students
The Cast (In order of appearance) Prison Officers
Sean Costigan, Billy Dempsey & Oscar O’Neill
Convicts
Jack McGovern, Max Moroney & Patrick Lennon
Javert
Sam Fennelly
Jean Valjean
Matthew Fitzpatrick
Farmer
Michéal O'Cuinn
Laborer
Amber O’Donohoe
Bishop
Mark Mulloy
Bishop’s Sisters
Darby Condren & Amelia Cobbe
Foreman
Ronan Kelly
Factory Workers
Daria Bokovenko, Charlotte Callaghan, Roisin Kelly, Hannah Magee, Mia McDonald, Emma Rose Miller & Hannah O’Dowd
Fantine
Lucy Curran
Sailors
Jack Murphy, Ciaran O’Brien & Rian McCowan
Old Woman
Cathy Keogh
Prostitutes
Eva Doyle, Hannah Duffy & James McCann
Pimp
Joseph Orr
Bamatabois
Daniel Hogan
Fauchelevent
Kyle Harte
Onlooker
Isabel McKeagney
Young Cosette
Choni Wong Cotter
Madame Thenardier
Isabelle Lynch
Young Eponine
Menica Sagardoy
Thenardier
Shane Kyne
Gavroche
Ava Browne
Enjolras
Charlie Geelon
Marius
Colm Kavanagh
Thenardier’s Gang
Hannah Magee & Emma Rose Miller
Eponine
Alice O’Leary
Cosette
Uliana Nedilko
Combeferre
Ruairi Philips
Feuilly
Kevin Whelan
Grantaire
Ciaran Harrington
Joly
Matthew Burke
Courfeyrac
Chloe Holohan
Army Officer
Jack McGovern
Gavroche Jean Valjean
Eponine
Young Cosette
Marius & Cosette Javert
The Bishop
Chain Gang
Chain Gang
Josh Byrne Jack Daly Sean Doyle Kyle Harte Felix Jackson Pratt Jack Kavanagh Cian Kocikowski Patrick Lawlor Toby Lennon Adam McGrath Josh Morley Ewan Mullins Joseph Orr Finn Rankin Bobby Sherwin
Phernardier Mm Phernardier
Lovely Ladies Lovely Ladies
Gabriela Baquer Eabha Cunningham Bluebell Dynes Mariana Gonzalez Saoirse Lunn Eloise Manning Isabelle McKeagney Maaike Van der Hoeven Hannah Wall Hannah Willis
Fantine
Prison Guards
Chain Gang
Hannah Magee, Emma Rose Miller, Chloe Holohan , Isabel McKeagney
Ensemble Lis Ahinara Aguilar Ayanna Ali Jennifer Allen Olivia Brown James Callan Guillermo Casado Luca Clopin Aibidh Condren Anna Corry Ariana Durkan Katherine Farrell Peter Galligan Dean Galvin Eamon Ginest
Production Team Musical Director Choreographer Production Assistants ASM Continuity Wardrobe Assistants Costumes Sound Lighting Scenic Artist Set Construction Props Make Up/Props Pitt Singers -
Orchestra:
Photographs
Dylan Glass Emma Hamilton Patrick Hanley Conor Harty Jack Kavanagh Jessica Kelly Malachy Kenny Daithí Kiernan Jack Leahy Rachel Lucey Aoife McKeon Santiago Miranda Jamie Murphy Matthew O'Connor
Patrick Phelan Robert Prestage Alex Queraltó Zemánek Henry Rachwal Sloane Rangitaawa Finn Rankin Dylan Reilly Henry Reynolds Oleksandr Veshkin Thea Whelehan Hamish Whitelaw Cuan Woods Angelina Xu
Jackie Curran Olohan Roisin Currid Jill Roy & Ciara Ní Mháirtín Nicole Cassidy David Wall Yvonne Prendergast & James McCann No Mac Productions Noel Dicker Paul Macken Katie Magee Sean Nolan AM/PM Props Niamh Scallan Ms Diane Owens, Pippa Bellows, Holly Danahar, Nancy Quiney, Lauran Hogan, Gus Dolan, Tim Langan, Otis Glynn, Adam Butler, Chris Kelly, Odhran Hoey Keys - Ivan McKenna & Cathal O’Sullivan Reed - Pat Fitzpatrick Bass - Eamonn O’Reilly Percussion - Brian O’Reilly David Kelly
Musical Numbers Act 1
PROLOGUE Company AT THE END OF THE DAY Fantine, Foreman, Workers, Factory Girls, Poor & Valjean I DREAMED A DREAM Fantine THE DOCKS Fantine, Sailors, Whores, Old Woman, Pimp, Bamatbois, Javert & Valjean THE CART CRASH Onlookers, Valjean, Fauchelevent & Javert FANTINE’S DEATH Fantine, Valjean & Javert CASTLE ON A CLOUD Young Cosette & Madame Thenardier THE INNKEEPER’S SONG Thenardier, Madame Thenardier & Chorus THE BARGAIN Thenarduer, Valjean, Madame Thenardier & Young Cosette
THE BEGGARS Chain Gang Beggars, Gavroche, STARS Javert THE ABC CAFE Students, Enjolras, Marius, Grantaire & Gavroche THE PEOPLE’S SONG Enjolras, Grantaire, Students & Beggars RUE PLUMET Cosette, Valjean, Marius & Eponine A HEART FULL OF LOVE Marius, Cosette & Eponine THE ATTACK ON RUE PLUMET Thenardier, Thieves, Eponine, Marius, Valjean & Cosette ONE DAY MORE Company
Act 2 THE BARRICADE Enjolras, Javert, Marius, Eponine & Valjean ON MY OWN Eponine JAVERT AT THE BARRICADE Javert, Enjolras, Gavroche & Students THE FIRST ATTACK Enjolras, Grantaire, Students, Valjean & Javert THE NIGHT Grantaire, Students, Women, Marius & Valjean THE SECOND ATTACK Enjolras, MArius, Valjean, Grantaire, Gavroche & Students
THE FINAL BATTLE Army Officer, Grantaire, Enjolras & Students THE SEWERS Thenardier JAVERT’S SUICIDE Javert THE CAFE SONG Marius MARIUS & COSETTE Cosette, Marius & Valjean THE WEDDING Guests, Thenardier, Mme Thenardier & Marius EPILOGUE
Factory Girls
Transition Year 2023/2024 Lis Ahinara Aguilar Galaviz, Ayanna Ali, Jennifer Allen, Gabriela Baquer Vidal, Daria Bokovenko, Robin Brooksbank-Pearcy, Olivia Brown, Ava Browne, Matthew Burke, Joshua Byrne, Charlotte Callaghan, James Callan, Seán Carroll, Guillermo Casado Garcia, Luca Clopin, Amelia Cobbe, Aibidh Condren, Darby Condren, Anna Corry, Seán Costigan, Éabha Cunningham, Lucy Curran, Jack Daly, Billy Dempsey, Eva Doyle, Sean Doyle, Hannah Duffy, Ariana Durkan, Bluebell Dynes, Katherine Farrell, Samuel Fennelly, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Peter Galligan, Dean Galvin, Charlie Geelon, Eamon Ginest, Dylan Glass, Mariana Gonzalez Zentella, Emma Hamilton, Patrick Hanley, Ciarán Harrington,Kyle Harte,Conor Harty, Daniel Hogan,Chloe Holohan,Felix Jackson Pratt, Colm Kavanagh, Jack Kavanagh, Jessica Kelly, Róisín Kelly, Ronán Kelly, Malachy Kenny, Catherine Keogh, Daithí John Kiernan, Cian Kocikowski, Shane Kyne, Patrick Lawlor, Jack Leahy, Patrick Lennon, Tobias Lennon, Rachel Lucey, Saoirse Lunn, Isabelle Lynch, Hannah Magee, Eloise Manning, James McCann, Rían McCowen, Mia McDonald, Jack McGovern, Adam McGrath, Isabel McKeagney, Aoife McKeon, Emma Rose Miller, Santiago Miranda Fonseca, Joshua Morley, Max Moroney, Ewan Mullins, Mark Mulloy, Jack Murphy, Jamie Murphy, Uliana Nedilko, Ciaran O'Brien, Matthew O'Connor, Michéal O'Cuinn, Amber O'Donohoe, Hannah O'Dowd, Alice O'Leary, Oscar O'Neill, Joseph Orr, Patrick Phelan, Ruairí Philips, Mencía Ponte Sagardoy, Robert Prestage, Alex Queraltó Zemánek, Henry Rachwal, Sloane Rangitaawa, Finn Rankin, Dylan Reilly, Henry Reynolds, Bobby Sherwin, Maaike van der Hoeven, Oleksandr Veshkin, Hannah Wall, Kevin Whelan, Thea Whelehan, Hamish Whitelaw, Hannah Willis, Choni Wong-Cotter, Cuan Woods, Angelina Xu.
Acknowledgements On behalf of the Transition Year students, we would like to acknowledge the help and support from the following people: Dr. Deirdre Farrell and the Junior School Staff for kindly facilitating the invaluable use of the Junior School Hall. Ms Katie Magee for her beautiful artwork. Our Maintenance Team, Gerry Murphy, Sean Nolan, Tommy Gill and Brendan Whelan. The Administration Team, Sharon and Nadia for their support in promoting the show and managing our ticket sales. Our Catering Team for providing our interval refreshments. Ms Ciara Ni Mhairtin, Ms Jill Roy & Mr David Wall for their ongoing enthusiasm & unwavering support. Finally to Mr Tom Geraghty for his continued encouragement and belief in the value and importance of this experience for the TY students.