Alfie Boe, © Danny Kaan
When the news came through that a new version of Les Misérables was coming to Glasgow, some of my fellow Scottish critics who write for other publications expressed some cynicism, even dread at the prospect of being, in their words, subjected to it.
Not this critic! I probably don’t qualify as a Les Mis superfan, but I fell under its spell 25 years ago while I was a student at university, I’ve seen it lots of times since, and I played my CD soundtrack on repeat until my housemates had to hide it from me. So did I approach this one with an upbeat sense of excitement? Let’s just say you had me at “arena spectacular.”
I’ve never witnessed Les Mis in anything like a setting such as this, though. The cavernous space of Glasgow’s OVO Hydro arena would swallow up anything except the most extravagant entertainment, and you’re a long way from a cosy West End theatre. This version of the show is unavoidably vast, and that means that…
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