Lionel Bart’s iconic musical Oliver! is back in the West End, opening at 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.
Produced and revised by Cameron Mackintosh, Oliver! is directed and choreographed by Matthew Bourne. 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.
Age recommendation is still TBC by the theatre. Under 3s not admitted.
This performance includes scenes with violence and touches on themes of prostitution, domestic violence and murder.
Pick up timetable (approximate):
15:00 – Great Totham 1: Mill Road (nr Eaton Way junction CM9 8DH)
15:05 – Wickham Bishops: The Street (outside Olio’s restaurant, CM8 3NN)
15:10 – Great Totham 2: “Barn Church” bus stop (Prince of Wales Road CM9 8PU)
15:15 – Broad Street Green: “Scylla Close” bus stop (Broad Street Green Road CM9 8PD)
15:20 – Heybridge: “Oak Road” bus stop (Colchester Road CM9 4AN)
15:35 – Maldon 1: “St Peter’s Hospital bus stop (Spital Road CM9 6EB)
15:40 – Maldon 2: “Lambourne Grove” bus stop (Fambridge Road CM9 6BJ)
15:50 – Maldon 3: “Morrisons Entrance” bus stop (Wycke Hill Business Park, CM9 6GG)
16:00 – Danbury: “Eves Corner” bus stop (Main Road, CM3 4NQ)
The final timetable will be notified in the week before the trip.