'Oliver!' tickets now on sale through April 2025

The show, which producer Cameron Mackintosh has reconceived with director and choreographer Matthew Bourne, ran at Chichester Festival Theatre last year before transferring to the West End.

Please sir, I want some more! Lionel Bart’s Oliver! will extend performances at the Gielgud Theatre in the West End until 29 March 2026.

The show, which producer Cameron Mackintosh has reconceived with director and choreographer Matthew Bourne, ran at Chichester Festival Theatre in summer 2024 before transferring to the West End.

Leading the cast are Simon Lipkin (Guys and Dolls, Avenue Q) as Fagin and Shanay Holmes (Miss Saigon, The Bodyguard) as Nancy.

The rest of the cast includes Aaron Sidwell (Henry VI, Wicked) as Bill Sikes, Billy Jenkins (Les Misérables, BBC’s Dodger) 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, Philip Franks (The Rocky Horror Show, Witness for the Prosecution) as Mr. Brownlow, and Billy Byers as Alternate Artful Dodger.

The role of Oliver Twist is shared by Cian Eagle-Service (The Witches, Les Misérables), Raphael Korniets (The Snowman), Jack Philpott (The Witches, Matilda) and from the end of January by Odo Rowntree-Bailly (Love Never Dies).

The young adult cast includes Callum Hudson (Noah Claypole), Isabelle Methven (Bet), Lochlan White (Charley Bates) and Harry Cross (Dandy). The company is completed by Rachael Archer, Tegan Bannister, Adam Boardman, Lois Craig, Stephen John Davis, Bethany Huckle, Ebony Jonelle, Bethan Keens (Charlotte), Danny Lane, Peter Nash, Josh Patel-Foster, Sam Peggs, Jasmine Sakyiama, Wendy Somerville (Old Sally), Charlie Stripp, Leah Vassell, and Matthew Whennell-Clark.

The younger roles in Fagin’s gang are shared by Toba Agbelusi, Zoe Akinyosade, Ben Birch, Preston Cropp, Kylan Michael Denis, Sebastian Elton, Liam Findlay, Rudy Gibson, Stanley Guy, George Hamblin, Lily Hanna, Sammy Jones, Grace King, Jonny Niland, Hugo Pechey, Alex Prior, Teddy Probets, William Skinner, Ethan Sokontwe, Dylan Xavier and Aaron Zhao.

The musical, adapted from Charles Dickens's novel, tells the story of the orphaned Oliver Twist, who escapes a harsh Victorian workhouse and takes refuge with a group of pickpockets led by wily gang leader Fagin. When he is arrested for stealing, Oliver is given a second chance at happiness, but can he escape Bill Sikes and Fagin's gang?

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; music supervision is by Graham Hurman.

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Photo credit: Simon Lipkin in Oliver! (Photo by Johan Persson)