Oliver!

'What a great show!' said the group as we left the theatre. It was a truly magnificent afternoon's entertainment. From the very first note to the finale, Cameron Mackintosh‘s new production of Lionel Bart‘s iconic musical, Oliver!, was amazing.

The cast included 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 Byers (Watch on the Rhine) as the Artful Dodger and Philip Franks (The Rocky Horror Show, Witness for the Prosecution) as Mr Brownlow.

Directed and choreographed by Matthew Bourne and co-directed by Jean-Pierre van der Spuy, designed by Lez Brotherston, lighting design is by Paule Constable and Ben Jacobs, sound design by Adam Fisher, video design by George Reeve, original orchestrations by William David Brohn adapted by Stephen Metcalfe, music supervision by Graham Hurman...

And 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 brought to life Dickens’ ever-popular story of the boy who asked for more.