Cameron Mackintosh and Matthew Bourne have announced full casting for their major new revival of musical Oliver! in Chichester and the West End.
Rehearsals kicked off this week for the spectacular new production of Lionel Bart’s iconic musical, running at Chichester Festival Theatre from 8 July to 7 September 2024, and then London’s Gielgud Theatre in the West End from 14 December 2024.
Featuring a large cast and production team, check out who will star in the show, from Lead Casting to the Young Adult Cast and Fagin’s Gang.
Lead Casting for Oliver!
New lead cast announced today include: Oscar Conlon-Morrey (Mother Goose, Only Fools and Horses The Musical) as Mr Bumble; Katy Secombe (The Music Man, Les Misérables) as Widow Corney; Stephen Matthews (Strictly Ballroom, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) as Mr Sowerberry/Dr Grimwig; and Jamie Birkett (Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Mamma Mia The Party) as Mrs Sowerberry/Mrs Bedwin.
They join previously announced principle cast of Simon Lipkin (Fagin), Shanay Holmes (Nancy), Aaron Sidwell (Bill Sikes), Billy Jenkins (Artful Dodger), and Philip Franks (Mr. Brownlow).
Sharing the role of Oliver Twist are Cian Eagle-Service (The Witches, Les Misérables), Raphael Korniets (The Snowman) and Jack Philpott (The Witches, Matilda).
The Young Adult cast
Forming the young adult cast are Callum Hudson (Noah Claypole), Isabelle Methven (Bet), Lochlan White (Charley Bates) and Harry Cross (Fagin’s Gang). The ensemble members/swings are: Rachael Archer, Tegan Bannister, Adam Boardman, Bethany Huckle, Ebony Jonelle, Bethan Keens (Charlotte), Danny Lane, Peter Nash, Josh Patel-Foster, Sam Peggs, Jasmine Sakyiama, Wendy Somerville (Old Sally), Leah Vassell and Matthew Whennell-Clark.
Fagin’s gang – Child actors
Following a nationwide open casting call to find boys to play Fagin’s gang, where hundreds of children from all around the country came to London to audition, the younger roles in Fagin’s gang are shared by Toba Agbelusi, Zoe Akinyosade, Ben Birch, Finley Burrows, Preston Cropp, Benjamin Dalton, Kylan Michael Denis, Sebastian Elton, Liam Findlay, Rudy Gibson, Stanley Guy, George Hamblin, Lily Hanna, Charlie Hodson-Prior, Grace King, Cooper McCrae, Jonny Niland, Hugo Pechey, William Skinner, Dylan Xavier and Aaron Zhao. Rudy Gibson, Charlie Hodson-Prior and William Skinner will also perform as Alternate Artful Dodger.
More about the show
Following it run in Chichester this summer, the production will transfer to the West End’s Gielgud Theatre in London just in time for Christmas 2024.
Matthew Bourne said in a statement: “When the groundbreaking original production of Oliver! opened in 1960, the brilliant young cast was led by Ron Moody, Georgia Brown, and Barry Humphries. None of them household names at the time, but their performances would soon become the stuff of theatrical legend. I’m delighted today to be announcing our similarly brilliant and youthful cast, who will bring fresh life to Lionel Bart’s beloved masterpiece, creating an Oliver! for today, whilst staying true to the joyous spirit of its creator.”
Lionel Bart’s Olivier, Tony and Oscar award-winning musical boasts a fabulous score including Food Glorious Food, Consider Yourself, You’ve Got to Pick-a-Pocket or Two, I’d Do Anything, Oom Pah Pah and As Long As He Needs Me.
Oliver! has Book, Music and Lyrics by Lionel Bart, freely adapted from Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist, and is revised by Cameron Mackintosh, and directed and choreographed by Matthew Bourne.
Oliver! plays at Chichester Festival Theatre from 8 July to 7 September, and then at the Gielgud Theatre in London from 14 December 2024.
More about tickets to OLIVER! at the Gielgud Theatre in London
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