La Misérable

“La Misérable”

Fantine loved. She worked, she hoped, she believed. For her devotion and sacrifice, the world answered with cruelty.
This Lebanese musical adaptation traces the quiet destruction of a woman whose only crime was love, revealing Fantine as the beating heart of “Les Misérables”.

The Story of the Play
“La Misérable” follows the journey of a woman who loved, hoped, and worked, only to be slowly undone by a world that offers no mercy to the powerless. Through song and narration, the play traces her path from youthful devotion to abandonment and social erasure, revealing how dignity is stripped away piece by piece. One male performer embodies the narrator and all the male figures in Fantine’s life lover, authority, and aggressor forming a shifting presence that reflects desire, judgment, and power. Music runs through the performance as a living force: sung live and accompanied by a single piano, it carries both darkness and light, allowing moments of rhythm, tenderness, and irony to emerge within the tragedy. Rather than teaching or moralizing, the play invites the audience, women and men alike to feel, to witness, and to recognize Fantine not as a distant literary figure, but as a human story that remains painfully familiar

Biography
Layal Ghossain is a Lebanese actress, singer, and director. In 2024 and 2025, she worked closely with director Wajdi Mouawad at “La Colline Théâtre national” in Paris, performing across Europe in “Journées de noces chez les cromagnons”, a major theatrical project that marked a defining chapter in her artistic journey.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Audiovisual Studies from AKU and a Master’s degree in Cinema Studies from USEK. She also studied theatre at the Lebanese University, as well as Oriental, lyrical, and musical theatre singing at the Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music and Philokalia Institute.

Layal is a leading actress in short films and theatrical productions, where her expressive range and musical sensibility converge on stage. Alongside her work with Wajdi Mouawad, she created and now performs her own adaptation of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, titled La
Misérable. She has also appeared in the musical comedies Yen3ad 3leyna, “Hala3”, and “Paradisco”, produced by Jukebox Productions. “Paradisco” was presented at the 26th edition of the Journées théâtrales de Carthage in 2025.

TICKETS

– Zone C: 15$

– Zone B: 20$

– Zone A: 25$

– Zone A+: 30$