“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.
Monday 11 May 2026
Doors open at 8:15PM
Play starts at 9PM
TICKETS
– Zone C: 15$
– Zone B: 20$
- Zone A: 25$
- Zone A+: 30$
- Limited "Pay
as you like" tickets available
in Zone C, sold exclusively at
Metro on the day of the event, from 2pm to 6pm, with a limit of 2 tickets per person.
- Support tickets available
Tickets
are non-refundable and non exchangeable
Seats are assigned by Metro.
Food & drinks available
Only cash
payments are accepted inside the venue.

Aresco Center Building minus 1, Clémenceau Street , Beirut, Lebanon