Oliver

The Story

Charles Dickens' classic tale of Oliver Twist is brought to the stage with unforgettable songs of Lionel Bart.

Young Oliver is orphaned and finds himself in the workhouse run by Mr Bumble and widow Corney.  When he utters the unthinkable words "Please Sir, I want some more after finishing his bowl of gruel he is swiftly dispatched from the workhouse to the funeral parlour of the Sowerberrys to act as a coffin follower.  His stay there is short lived, however, and he runs away to London where he meets the Artful Dodger, an expert pickpocket who along with other boys is under the control of Fagin.

His life of petty thieving brings him in to contact with the villainous Bill Sikes and Sikes' long - suffering girlfriend Nancy.  It is Nancy who takes pity on Oliver and with dire consequences for herself helps Oliver discover his true destiny in surroundings far removed from the influence of Fagin.

Cast				Production Team
Fagin	Michael Moore			Director	Sandy Doy
Oliver Twist	Alistair Robinson / Adam Readman			Musical Director	Liz Talbot
Artful Dodger	Paul Hibberd / Daniel Brown			Accompanist	Alwyne Rattenbury
Nancy	Maria Codrington			Choreographer	Tony Gibson
Bill Sikes	Bob Page			Production Assistant	Michael Moore
Bet	Lisa Helliwell			Stage Manager	Keith and Glynn Charity
Noah Claypole	Andrew Hibbert			Prompt	Robert Curr
Charlotte	Beverly McDonnell
Widow Corney	Lynne Hickey
Mr Bumble	John Holding
Mr Sowerberry	Tony Gibson
Mrs Sowerberry	Pam Ward
Mr Brownlow	Barry Aveyard
Mrs Bedwin	Rosalind Holding
Doctor Grimwig	Brian Gill

Workhouse Children and Fagin's Gang:  Benjamin Aveyard, Hayley Walker, Julius Aveyard, Matthew Curr, Jonathan Giles, Justine Spencer, Josh Mayes-Cooper, Max Jackson, Zoe Redman, Andrew Brown, Christopher Brown, Gemma Hickey.

Chorus:  Leanne Pipes, Edwina Cotterill, Rosemary Palmer, Donna Homer, Claire Sanderson, Sue Curr, Leigh Pollard, Judith Wade, Steven Hibbert, Malcolm Mason, Paul Curr, Mark Early, Steve Pipes.