Musical favourite Les Misérables is to come to Sunderland for the first time, it has been announced.
The big-scale Cameron Mackintosh show will have a near three-week run at Sunderland Empire later this year and tickets will go on sale next week.
The production, created by Mackintosh in 2009 to celebrate the show's 25-year anniversary, has proved a worldwide hit, seen by around 130 million people over the years.
