The spirit of romance

Luke McCall from North Wales will play the role of the Phantom in the new production of Love Never Ends.

The veteran musical artist has performed in West End productions of The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables and Man of La Mancha in London.

He is also the youngest person to have played the Phantom and Jean Valjean, the hero of Les Miserables.

Daae will be played by Manon Taris, a French musical actress. Taris was trained at the Institut Superieur des Arts de la Scene of Rick Odums in Paris, and her previous work in theater includes the role of Cendrillon in The Extraordinary Journey of Jules Verne, Belle in Beauty and the Beast, and Cosette in Les Miserables.

The 1,715-seat AIA Grand Theater is operated by the Beijing Poly Theatre Group. It is within walking distance to the Tianqiao metro station on line 12, a five-minute drive to the Bund, and an eight-minute drive to the Lujiazui in the Pudong New Area.

Contact the writer at zhangkun@chinadaily.com.cn

If you go

Love Never Dies

7:30 pm, Tuesday-Sunday, Sept 28-Oct 29.

AIA Grand Theater, 899 Dongdaming Road, Hongkou district, Shanghai.

Nov 5-11

Chongqing Grand Theatre, Beicheng Wenhua Street, Jiangbei district, Chongqing.

023-6186-3155.

Nov 18-26

Wuhan Qintai Grand Theatre, 7 Zhiyin Avenue, Hanyang district, Wuhan, Hubei province.

027-8480-3018.

Dec 22-Jan 7

Poly Theatre Shenzhen, 3013 Hou Haibin Road, Nanshan district, Shenzhen, Guangdong province.

0755-8637-1698.

May 10-12

Hangzhou Linping Grand Theatre, 128 Muqiaobang Road, Linping district, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.

0571-8622-1084.

7:30 pm, May 24-June 9

Beijing Poly Theatre, 14 Dongzhimen Nandajie, Dongcheng district, Beijing.

010-6500-1188.