Cameron Mackintosh has confirmed casting for the smash-hit West End musical Oliver! at the Gielgud Theatre in London.
Oliver! is playing at the Gielgud Theatre in London, booking to 4 October 2026.
Most of the stars of Oliver! have signed up for a second year, including Simon Lipkin (Guys and Dolls, Avenue Q) as Fagin, Ava Brennan (Top Boy, Hamilton) as Nancy, Oscar Conlon-Morrey (Only Fools and Horses The Musical) as Mr. Bumble, Aaron Sidwell (Henry VI, Wicked) as Bill Sikes, Aaron MacGregor (Les Misérables) as the Artful Dodger, Philip Franks (The Rocky Horror Show, Witness for the Prosecution) as Mr. Brownlow, 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.
The role of Oliver Twist will be played by Isaac Hackett, James Miller, Thomas Newman and Jacob Sanders-Jones.
Joining the ensemble for Year Two of Oliver! are Julie Cloke, Will Elliott, Tom Andrew Hargreaves, Victoria Hay, Jehu Josephs, Conor McFarlane, Mia Mullarkey, Erin Oliver, Jamie Tyler, Sienna Widd and Dane Young; and continuing in the ensemble are Adam Boardman, Lois Craig, Harry Cross, Stephen John Davis, Bethany Huckle, Bethan Keens, Danny Lane, Jasmine Sakyiama, Wendy Somerville, Charlie Stripp and Lochlan White.
The younger roles in Fagin’s gang are shared by Titus Boniface, Nathaniel Bennett, Noelle Coker, Sebastian Castro, Liam England, Joshua Fowler, Jonah Mansell, Tristan Marwa, Tommy McGovern, Stanley Mould, Herb Muldoon, Jena Osman, Hugo Pechey, Josh Pegler, Charlie Ranganathan, Lawrence Sebastian, Eli Sesay, Sienna Sibley, Asher Swaray-Gray, Henry Thomas and Jake Weatherall.
Oliver! premiered at Chichester Festival Theatre in summer 2024, where it scored great reviews from the critics, and officially opened in the West End on 14 January 2025.
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Based on Charles Dickens’ novel, Oliver! boasts a much-loved 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.
This new production of Oliver! has been reconceived by Cameron Mackintosh, along with director and choreographer Matthew Bourne.
Joining Matthew Bourne in the creative team of Oliver! are co-director Jean-Pierre van der Spuy; designer Lez Brotherston; musical supervisor and conductor Graham Hurman; lighting designers Paule Constable and Ben Jacobs; sound designer Adam Fisher; video designer George Reeve; original orchestrations by William David Brohn; orchestral adaptation by Stephen Metcalfe; casting directors Felicity French CDG and Paul Wooller CDG; and children’s casting director Verity Naughton CDG.
Oliver! is playing at the Gielgud Theatre in London, booking to 4 October 2026.
Gielgud Theatre, London
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