Oliver! Revival
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Gielgud Theatre
(Piccadilly Circus) Shaftesbury Avenue London
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 end of the year.
Oliver! will begin performances at Gielgud Theatre on Saturday 14 December 2024.
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.
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.
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Oliver! gets its first big makeover in 30 years — and it’s gorgeous
8 / 10
Where Mackintosh has most visibly rung the changes, very smartly, is with Fagin. Too mean and he’s the antisemitic stereotype. Too cuddly and you’re taking out what tension there is. Simon Lipkin, who has been with the show since it began in Chichester last summer, is a serious pleasure. He is vigorous enough literally to toss an urchin out of the way, but vulnerable enough for us to feel for him without anyone saying: “Hey, amoral ringleaders of child pickpocketing gangs have their own truth, y’know.”
Raucous reimagined Oliver! is a West End must-see
10 / 10
It’s been billed as a “reconceived” production of Lionel Bart’s 1960 musical but it’s certainly not as radical as some of Bourne’s other work. Rather, Bourne and producer Cameron Mackintosh walk a canny line between the upbeat Cockney carry-on in the musical and the darkness of Dickens’ novel, paying good heed to both as they unpack Oliver’s story with nimble dexterity. Raucous big numbers such as “Oom-Pah-Pah” and “Consider Yourself” come blazing across the footlights, Bourne’s witty, exuberant choreography filling the stage with music-hall zest.
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Oliver! History
Other Productions of Oliver!
| 1960 | West End |
Original London Production West End |
| 1963 | Broadway |
Broadway Production Broadway |
| 1965 | Broadway |
Return Engagement [Broadway] Broadway |
| 1976 | Milburn, NJ (Regional) |
Paper Mill Production Milburn, NJ (Regional) |
| 1979 | Regional (US) |
Regional Revival Regional (US) |
| 1984 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
| 1994 | Milburn, NJ (Regional) |
Paper Mill Production Milburn, NJ (Regional) |
| 1994 | West End |
London Revival West End |
| 2009 | West End |
London Revival West End |
| 2011 | UK Tour |
UK Tour UK Tour |
| 2018 | East Haddam, CT (Regional) |
Goodspeed Musicals Revival East Haddam, CT (Regional) |
| 2023 | Off-Broadway |
New York City Center Encores! Production Off-Broadway |
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West End |
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| 2025 | West End |
West End |
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