Catch 'Les Mis' if you can!
Les Miserables, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, until January 16 The boy from Burry Port will have you in tears – that’s a guarantee. John Owen-Jones commands the stage in the 25th anniversary touring production of Les Miserables now being staged at the Wales Millennium Centre. And if you manage to get to the interval without reaching for your hanky, then be assured you will need it in the second-half. The role of Jean Valjean, aka Prisoner 24601, is tailor-made for the 38-year-old who must now be ranked as one of the finest Welsh exports to the West End. Playing at the vast Donald Gordon theatre (not an empty seat in 1,900 places) is something of a homecoming for the singer who started out with Llanelli Youth Theatre. The emotion of the homecoming is not lost on Owen-Jones and the audience as he reduces everyone to tears during Bring Him Home, the prayer for Marius (played by Gareth Gates of X factor fame). Few people have the range and depth of emotion to pull this one off. The way...