Oliver! West End Tickets, News, Info & More
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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Audio described: Sat 26 April 2025, 2:30pm
Oliver! - West End Cast
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What more could you want?
10 / 10
Brotherston’s set of gantries and iron stairways turns on a revolve, emphasising the bustle and vastness of the city but allowing vivid vignettes to emerge within it; Bourne’s choreography sets the boys in the orphanage scrubbing the stage in fierce unison until the moment of frozen suspense when Oliver dares to ask for more. Later, in routines such as It’s A Fine Life and Consider Yourself, their movement is both fierce (with beaten cups and feet) and childlike (as they imitate horses). Everything adds to the telling of the story in the most compressed and clearest way.
Cameron Mackintosh churns out yet another likeable but unadventurous iteration of the Lionel Bart smash
6 / 10
The biggest flaw, though, is one that’s haunted the show for decades: Olivier himself is just pretty bland. I’m not going to single out the child actor who was on when I saw it, because I think the problem lies firstly with Bart and secondly with the direction. But our hero is a wide eyed, improbably well-spoken young man who travels through life with such monumental innocence that it’s never even clear here that he’s aware Fagin et al are criminals. It’s a demanding role to give a tween, but the amount resting on his small shoulders has always been a weakness of the show. And clearly it’s not something Mackintosh is desperately bothered about fixing. And why would he? Now booking until next March, the West End’s most successful producer has a hit on his hands with Oliver! Again.
Review Roundup: Did OLIVER! Leave Audiences Wanting More?
by Aliya Al-Hassan - January 15, 2025
by Aliya Al-Hassan - January 15, 2025
Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of Lionel Bart’s iconic musical, OLIVER!, which he has fully reconceived with director and choreographer Matthew Bourne, has now opened at the Gielgud Theatre.
OLIVER! Extends Run at The Gielgud Theatre
by Stephi Wild - January 13, 2025
by Stephi Wild - January 13, 2025
Cameron Mackintosh's new production of Lionel Bart's iconic musical, Oliver! will extend booking through until Sunday 29 March 2026. Learn more about the production here!
Review: OLIVER!, Gielgud Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - January 15, 2025
by Aliya Al-Hassan - January 15, 2025
After blowing audiences away in Chichester, Matthew Bourne’s addictive version of Lionel Bart’s beloved OLIVER! lands in the West End in truly glorious form.
Listen: OLIVER! 2024 London Cast Recording Now Streaming
by Josh Sharpe - January 10, 2025
by Josh Sharpe - January 10, 2025
The new 2024 cast recording from the London company of Oliver! is now available on digital. Recorded in front of live audiences at Chichester Festival Theatre last year, the recording features iconic songs like “Food, Glorious Food”, “Consider Yourself”, and more. Listen to it here!
Listen: 'Food, Glorious Food' From OLIVER! 2024 London Cast Recording Out Now
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 13, 2024
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 13, 2024
Listen to 'Food, Glorious Food' from the Oliver! 2024 London Cast Recording! Recorded in front of live audiences at Chichester Festival Theatre earlier in the year.
Tickets Available From £37.50 For OLIVER! at the Gielgud Theatre
by Stephi Wild - December 2, 2024
by Stephi Wild - December 2, 2024
Tickets are available now from £37.50 for Oliver!, playing at the Gielgud Theatre. Learn more about how to get discount tickets for this upcoming show here!
Interview: 'It's Very Emotionally Intense': Actor Aaron Sidwell on Playing Bill Sikes in OLIVER!
by Kat Mokrynski - December 23, 2024
by Kat Mokrynski - December 23, 2024
Recently, we had the chance to talk with Aaron Sidwell, who takes on the infamous role of Bill Sikes. We discussed what made him want to be involved in Oliver!, how he is able to take on such an emotionally demanding role and what makes this production so special compared to other versions of the musical.
Photos/Video: OLIVER! at the Gielgud Theatre
by Stephi Wild - October 15, 2024
by Stephi Wild - October 15, 2024
All new video footage and photos have been released of Cameron Mackintosh's new production of Lionel Bart’s iconic musical, Oliver!, which will begin performances at Gielgud Theatre in London on Saturday 14 December 2024 and has today extended bookings through to 28 September 2025.
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 |
| West End |
West End |
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| 2024 | West End |
West End |
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