Oliver!

Details

Dickens' Victorian story of a boy in a London workhouse and his adventures on the way to his family. Lionel Bart's most successful musical contains some of the great villains of all time including Fagin and Bill Sykes. The songs include "Food glorious food", "You Got to Pick a Pocket or Two", "Who will buy this wonderful morning", "I am reviewing the situation" and "Consider yourself at Home".

Cast/Performers

Simon Lipkin (Fagin), Shanay Holmes (Nancy), Aaron Sidwell (Bill Sikes), Billy Jenkins (Artful Dodger), Philip Franks (Mr Brownlow), Oscar Conlon-Morrey (Mr Bumble), Katy Secombe (Widow Corney), Stephen Matthews (Mr Sowerberry / Dr Grimwig), Jamie Birkett (Mrs Sowerberry / Mrs Bedwin), Callum Hudson (Noah Claypole), Isabelle Methven (Bet), Lochlan White (Charley Bates), Harry Corss (Fagin's Gang), Rachael Archer (Ensemble / Swing), Tegan Bannister (Ensemble / Swing), Adam Boardman (Ensemble / Swing), Bethany Huckle (Ensemble / Swing), Ebony Jonelle (Ensemble / Swing), Bethan Keens (Charlotte), Danny Lane (Ensemble / Swing), Peter Nash (Ensemble / Swing), Josh Patel-Foster (Ensemble / Swing), Sam Peggs (Ensemble / Swing), Jasmine Sakyiama (Ensemble / Swing), Wendy Somerville (Old Sally), Leah Vassell (Ensemble / Swing), Matthew Whennell-Clark (Ensemble / Swing), Cian Eagle-Service (Oliver Twist - some dates), Raphael Korniets (Oliver Twist - some dates), Jack Philpott (Oliver Twist - some dates), Toba Agbelusi (Fagan's Gang), Zoe Akinyosade (Fagan's Gang), Ben Birch (Fagan's Gang), Finley Burrows (Fagan's Gang), Preston Cropp (Fagan's Gang), Benjamin Dalton (Fagan's Gang), Kylan Michael Denis (Fagan's Gang), Sebastian Elton (Fagan's Gang), Liam Findlay (Fagan's Gang), Rudy Gibson (Fagan's Gang), Stanley Guy (Fagan's Gang), George Hamblin (Fagan's Gang), Lily Hanna (Fagan's Gang), Charlie Hodson-Prior (Fagan's Gang), Grace King (Fagan's Gang), Cooper McCrae (Fagan's Gang), Jonny Niland (Fagan's Gang), Hugo Pechey (Fagan's Gang), William Skinner (Fagan's Gang), Dylan Xavier (Fagan's Gang), Aaron Zhao (Alternate Artful Dodger), Rudy Gibson (Alternate Artful Dodger), Charlie Hodson-Prior (Alternate Artful Dodger), William Skinner (Alternate Artful Dodger)

Creatives/Company

Author: Lionel Bart
Book by: Charles Dickens
Producer: Chichester Festival Theatre
Director(s): Matthew Bourne, Jean-Pierre van der Spuy, Felicity French (CDG - casting), Paul Wooller (CDG - casting), Verity Naughton (CDG - children's casting)
Choreographer: Matthew Bourne
Design(s): Lez Brotherston, George Reeve (video)
Conductor: Graham Hurman (and musical supervisor)
Lighting(s): Paule Constable, Ben Jacobs
Sound: Adam Fisher
Music(s): William David Brohn (original orchestrations), Stephen Metcalfe (orchestral adaptation)