Lionel Bart’s West End revival of Oliver! – Directed by by Rupret Goold previews this December. The show actually runs from 14th Jan 2009 at West End’s Royal Drury Lane Theatre.
Rupret Goold is an acclaimed director, and Rupert won the coveted Sydney Edwards Award for Best Director for his 2007 direction of Macbeth.
Amongst the cast for this show is Rowan Atkinson (starring as Fagin). In an unusual ‘twsit’ (Pun Intended!) the actors playing Oliver and Nancy will be decided by reality tv’s ‘I’d Do Anything’. – If that’s not a sign of the times, I don’t know what is!
Oliver! Has always have a place in the heart of England’s theatre goers, with the 1994 production playing over one thousand three hundred performances!. This run also broke the record at the time for the longest run of any show at the London Palladium.
The story of Oliver is seemingly timeless. There is, perhaps, something about the tale of a young boy, dragged into the criminal underworld of Dickensian London and struggling to make sense his life that will never fail to touch our hearts.
The stage version of Oliver Twist, by Lionel Bart, was first performed in London in 1960, and its success was instantaneous.
Oliver theatre tickets always seem to sell out quickly, and this show is expected to be no exception.
If you live outside London, or even if you simply feel like a weekend of luxury, then you may want to consider one of the Oliver theatre breaks that are available from www.westendtheatrebreaks.com
All that remains is to see whether the audiences that see Decembers previews are crying out “Please Rupret, Can I have some more…”!
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