Oliver! West End transfer has been announced

Oliver! will return to the West End in December 2024

OLIVER! has a book, music & lyrics by Lionel Bart, freely adapted from Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist—a new revision by Cameron Mackintosh.

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?

OLIVER! will begin performances at Gielgud Theatre on 14th December 2024.

Cast members are Simon Lipkin (Avenue Q) as Fagin, Shanay Holmes (Miss Saigon) as Nancy, Aaron Sidwell (Wicked) as Bill Sikes, Billy Jenkins (Les Misérables) as the Artful Dodger and Philip Franks (The Rocky Horror Show) as Mr Brownlow.

The musical is produced and revised by Cameron Mackintosh, directed & 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 is by Graham Hurman. OLIVER! is a Cameron Mackintosh and Chichester Festival Theatre production.