Cameron Mackintosh, in association with Nick Grace Management and Base Entertainment Asia, are delighted to announce that multi-award winning Filipino actress and singer Lea Salonga will star as Madame Thénardier in the strictly limited season of Boublil and Schönberg’s LES MISÉRABLES THE ARENA SPECTACULAR at Sands Theatre, Marina Bay Sands from 24 March 2026 until 10 May 2026, for 7 weeks only.
Lea Salonga has previously played the roles of both Éponine and Fantine in Les Misérables on Broadway and appeared as Éponine in the legendary 10th Anniversary concert at the Royal Albert Hall and as Fantine in the 25th Anniversary concert at the O2. She created the role of Kim in Miss Saigon in both the West End and on Broadway, receiving the Olivier, Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for her performance. Lea’s recent Broadway credits include Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends, Here Lies Love and Once on This Island. Lea is the singing voice of Princess Jasmine in the animated film Aladdin and Fa Mulan in Mulan and Mulan II, as well as Celine in K-Pop Demon Hunters.
Lea Salonga will join the previously announced Gerónimo Rauch (Les Misérables, Jesus Christ Superstar) as Jean Valjean, Jeremy Secomb (Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) as Javert, Singaporean artist Nathania Ong (Hamilton, Les Misérables, Be More Chill) as Éponine, Red Concepción (Miss Saigon, West Side Story, Hairspray) as Thénardier, Na-Young Jeon (Miss Saigon, The King and I, Les Misérables) as Fantine, Will Callan as Marius, Lulu-Mae Pears as Cosette, Harry Chandler as Enjolras and Earl Carpenter as the Bishop of Digne.
The LES MISÉRABLES THE ARENA SPECTACULAR cast is completed by Jonathon Bentley, Georgia Blessitt, Amelia Broadway, Mary Jean Caldwell, Rosy Church, Gabrielle Cummins, Beth Curnock, Shaun Dalton, Jade Davies, Jordan Lee Davies, Jonathan David Dudley, Harry Dunnett, Louis Emmanuel, Charlie Geoghegan, Connor Jones, Daniel Koek, Abel Law, Adam Robert Lewis, Andrew Maxwell, Jill Nalder, Lisa Peace, Emma Ralston, Ciaran Rodger, James Sillman, Harry Grant Smith, Jo Stephenson, Geddy Stringer, Helen Walsh, and Owain Williams.
