At the Theatre Centre, Toronto, Ont.
Adapted by Michele Smith and Dean Gilmour in collaboration with the company.
From the novel by Victor Hugo
Directed by Michele Smith
Set and costumes by Victoria Wallace
Sound by Johnny Hockin
Lighting by Simon Rossiter
Projection design by Elisa Julia Gilmour
Cast: Mac Fyfe
Dean Gilmour
Nina Gilmour
Benjamin Muir
Daniel Roberts
Diana Tso
Theatre Smith-Gilmour works its usual magic by distilling Victor Hugo’s mammoth novel, “Les Misérables,” to its essence: about life, liberty, being a slave to the law, following one’s conscience and righting injustice.
The company, lead by the always compelling Dean Gilmour as Jean Valjean among others, play multiple parts, create the sweep and life in France from 1815 to 1832 culminating in the Paris rebellion in 1832, and convincingly realize the frenzied charging of the barricades, all with a cast of just six actors
Michele Smith directs this with attention to the smallest detail and the largest ideas. We are quickly, smoothly drawn into this huge story. How special is that?
Full review shortly.