Les Misérables

Why watch Les Misérables

• Based on Victor Hugo’s classic novel and adapted into an Oscar-winning film, Les Misérables is a gripping musical drama perfect for history buffs and theater fans.

• A multi-award-winning sensation with 8 Tony, 5 Drama Desk, and 4 Olivier Awards, seen by over 130 million in 53 countries—this is global theater royalty.

• Featuring heart-stirring themes of justice, redemption, and love, with powerful staging and iconic songs like "I Dreamed a Dream" and "One Day More"—it is underscored by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil.

• Detailed staging, era-specific costumes, moody lighting, and fluid set changes bring the grit and grandeur of 19th-century France vividly to life on stage.

• Book your tickets to Les Misérables in Madrid's Teatro Apolo now, and don’t miss the show critics call one of the "greatest musicals ever created" (Chicago Tribune).

The story

In post-revolutionary France, Jean Valjean is granted freedom after years in prison, but the past won’t let him go. Hunted by the unrelenting Inspector Javert, Valjean finds purpose in raising Cosette, the daughter of a woman crushed by poverty. As civil unrest rises and rebellion brews, fate weaves Valjean’s journey with others who dare to dream. But will hope be enough?