The acclaimed original principal cast of Cameron Mackintosh’s award-winning production of Lionel Bart’s timeless Oliver! will remain with the production as enters its second year at London’s Gielgud Theatre.
Currently booking for performances up to 4 October, the production’s full cast from 10 February will continue to be led by Simon Lipkin (Guys and Dolls, Avenue Q) as Fagin, Ava Brennan (The Lion King, Hamilton) as Nancy, Aaron Sidwell (Henry VI, Wicked) as Bill Sikes, Aaron MacGregor (Les Misérables) as the Artful Dodger, Oscar Conlon-Morrey (Mother Goose, Only Fools and Horses The Musical) as Mr Bumble, Katy Secombe (The Music Man, Les Misérables) as Widow Corney, Stephen Matthews (Strictly Ballroom, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) as Mr Sowerberry/Dr Grimwig, Jamie Birkett (Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Mamma Mia! The Party) as Mrs Sowerberry/Mrs Bedwin and Philip Franks (The Rocky Horror Show, Witness for the Prosecution) as Mr Brownlow.
The role of Oliver Twist will be played by Isaac Hackett, James Miller, Thomas Newman and Jacob Sanders-Jones.
Newcomers to the ensemble will be Julie Cloke, Will Elliott, Tom Andrew Hargreaves, Victoria Hay, Jehu Josephs, Conor McFarlane, Mia Mullarkey, Erin Oliver, Jamie Tyler, Sienna Widd and Dane Young. They will join continuing ensemble members Adam Boardman, Lois Craig, Harry Cross, Stephen John Davis, Bethany Huckle, Bethan Keens, Danny Lane, Jasmine Sakyiama, Wendy Somerville, Charlie Stripp and Lochlan White.
The younger roles in Fagin’s gang are shared by Titus Boniface, Nathaniel Bennett, Noelle Coker, Sebastian Castro, Liam England, Joshua Fowler, Jonah Mansell, Tristan Marwa, Tommy McGovern, Stanley Mould, Herb Muldoon, Jena Osman, Hugo Pechey, Josh Pegler, Charlie Ranganathan, Lawrence Sebastian, Eli Sesay, Sienna Sibley, Asher Swaray-Gray, Henry Thomas and Jake Weatherall.
Produced and revised by Cameron Mackintosh, Oliver! is 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, new orchestrations by Stephen Metcalfe based on the original by William David Brohn and music supervision is by Graham Hurman.
Oliver! is a Cameron Mackintosh in association with Chichester Festival Theatre production.
Angela Thomas
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