This spectacular new production of Lionel Bart’s iconic musical has been fully reconceived especially for CFT by director and choreographer Matthew Bourneand Cameron Mackintoshand promises to be one of the most unforgettable shows ever at the Festival Theatre.
The orphaned Oliver escapes the harsh Victorian workhouse and takes refuge in London’s murky underworld with the wily gang leader Fagin and his team of resourceful pickpockets led by the Artful Dodger. He finds a friend in the kind-hearted Nancy and when he’s wrongly arrested for stealing, Oliver meets an unexpected saviour; but is happiness truly within his grasp?With a sensational score, including Food Glorious Food, Consider Yourself, You’ve Got to Pick-a-Pocket or Two, I’d Do Anything, Oom Pah Pah, As Long As He Needs Me and many more, the Olivier, Tony and Oscar-winning masterpiece vividly brings to life Dickens’ ever-popular story of the boy who asked for more.
The cast includes Simon Lipkin(Guys and Dolls, Avenue Q) as Fagin, Shanay Holmes(Miss Saigon, The Bodyguard) as Nancy, Aaron Sidwell(Henry VI, Wicked) as Bill Sikes, Billy Jenkins(Les Misérables, BBC’s Dodger) as the Artful Dodger and Philip Franks(The Rocky Horror Show, Witness for the Prosecution) as Mr Brownlow.
The coach will be leaving Bishopmead at 10.15am, for the second pick-up outside the Meridiana. To leave Horsley 10.30am latest to enable us to find lunch before the performance, which is at 2.30pm.
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