Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of Lionel Bart’s iconic musical, Oliver!, which he has fully reconceived with director and choreographer Matthew Bourne, will open in London at the Gielgud Theatre on Saturday 14 December 2024.

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.

Important Information

Booking Period: 14 December 2024 - 28 September 2025

Performance Schedule:

Until 2 March 2025 - Monday - Wednesday 7pm, Thursday - Saturday 7.30pm and Wednesday & Saturday 2.30pm
From 3 March 2025 - Tuesday & Wednesday 7pm, Thursday - Saturday 7.30pm and Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday 2.30pm
28 July - 31 August 2025 - Tuesday 7pm, Thursday - Saturday 7.30pm and Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday & Sunday 2.30pm

Running Time: TBC

Age recommendation: Everyone, regardless of age, must have their own ticket to enter the theatre. Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by and sat next to a ticketholder who is at least 18 years old. Children under the age of 3 will not be admitted.

Show Warnings: True to Dickens’ novel, the script contains some mild and discriminatory language reflective of the period; depictions of violence towards men, women and children including gunshots; and themes of poverty, hunger and crime in Victorian society.

Venue: Gielgud Theatre, Shaftesbury Ave, Soho, London W1D 6AR

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