Riverbank Theatre in Marine City presents OLIVER

Join orphaned Oliver Twist as he navigates London's underworld of theft and violence, searching for a home, a family, and - most importantly - for love.

In this award-winning adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel, 9-year-old orphan, Oliver Twist (BrIan Martin), falls in with a group of street-urchin pickpockets led by the Artful Dodger (Noah Carlson) and masterminded by the criminal Fagin (Eric Niece). When Oliver's intended mark, MR. Brownlow (Alan Collard), takes pity on the lad and offers him a home, Fagin's henchman Bill Sikes (Matthew Wallace) plots to kidnap the boy to keep him from talking. But, with the help of Nancy (Cheyenne Bolt), Oliver finds his way home.

Lionel Bart's Oliver! is full of songs that audience members from multiple generations will remember including "Food, Glorious Food", "Oom-Pah-Pah", and "Where is Love?". This Riverbank Youth Theatre production is directed and music directed by AaRon Dennis Smith and features students from the Riverbank Performing Arts Academy. Oliver! Is a Musical Theatre classic that will entertain the whole family (best suited to children 8yrs. and up).

Performances are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday matinees at 3:00 p.m. Tickets are $26.00 for reserved seating and are available online at www.riverbanktheatre.com or by phone at 810-278-1749.