Le Mis

We saw Les Miserables on the West End, and it blew my mind (again, as it was already blown in Stratford-on-Avon). They had several massive and highly intricate set pieces which were rolled onto the stage in just seconds, in the transitions between songs. The barricade was especially impressive.

Also, some of you will appreciate just how cool this is: most of the stage was on a giant revolving disc, and much of the action took place while it was rotating. They used the rotation better than any other show I've seen; it was seamless and natural, whereas physical movement on a revolve can often be awkward onstage. Just to make things complicated, though, in the center of the revolve was an "island" of stationary stage about 12 feet in diameter, so that it was actually sort of a "doughnut" revolve. Sweeeet...