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Oliver!
Oliver! is the fastest selling West End show of all time and this new production at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane is more spectacular than ever before.
Operated by The Society of London Theatre
Oliver!
Drury Lane, Theatre Royal, Catherine Street, LondonCameron Mackintosh presents Lionel Bart's musical Oliver!
Bart's musical adaptation of Charles Dickens's classic novel Oliver Twist tells the story of young orphan Oliver as he travels through the dark underbelly of London society. The musical score features many famous numbers including Consider Yourself, Food Glorious Food, As Long As He Needs Me and It's A Fine Life.
Oliver! received its West End premiere in 1960 and a Broadway production followed four years later. A new production of the show was staged in 1994 by director Sam Mendes, with a cast that included Jonathan Pryce as Fagin and Sally Dexter as Nancy. It is this 1994 production upon which this new 2008 staging is based.
Russ Abbot, who plays Fagin (from 14 June) is a comic and actor who rose to fame with his eponymous TV show in the 1980s. His wealth of stage experience includes appearances in My Fair Lady and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in the West End.
Nancy is played by Kerry Ellis, who won the hearts of thousands as Elphaba in the musical Wicked.
Director Rupert Goold - whose direction of Oliver! is based on that of Sam Mendes in the 1994 production - is one of London's hottest properties who has staged numerous productions in the capital in recent years, including his acclaimed production of Macbeth, which won him the 2008 Best Director Laurence Olivier Award.
For more about Oliver! at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, read our First Night Feature and the Big Interview with former Fagin, Omid Djalili.
Cast & CreativesEXPAND
cast: Russ Abbot (From 6 Dec: Griff Rhys Jones), Kerry Ellis/Tamsin Carroll, Steve Hartley, Stephen Moore, Julius D'Silva, Wendy Ferguson, Jason Morell, Louise Gold, Edward Cooke/Edward Holtom/Zac Hurst/Ethan Smith, Callum Henderson/Jacques Miche/Ross McCormack
director: Rupert Goold
sound: Paul Groothuis
lighting designer: Paule Constable
choreographer: Matthew Bourne
designer: Anthony Ward
producer: Cameron Mackintosh
Ticket Prices:
£17.50-£60
About the show
- Age Suitability: Family
- Genre: Musical
- Show Times: Mon-Sat 19:30, Mats Wed & Sat 14:30 (No perf 25 Dec. 24 & 31 Dec 14:30 only. Extra mat 23 Dec 14:30.)
- Duration: 2h30
- opening night:
- Box Office:
0844 412 2955 - Visit the Show Website
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Venue InformationHIDE
Drury Lane, Theatre Royal
Catherine Street, London, United Kingdom, WC2B 5JF
- Nearest tube: Covent Garden (250m)
- Nearest bus: 1, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 23, 26, 29, 59, 68, 76, 77A, 91, 139, 168, 171, 172, 176, 188, 243, 341, 521, RVI (terminus outside theatre)
- Nearest train: Charing Cross (625m)
- Parking: Single yellow lines on Russell Street. NCP in Drury Lane. Taxi rank at Covent Garden Piazza end of Russell Street.
- Air conditioned: 1
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Venue Access InformationEXPAND
- How to book: TEL 0870 895 5505 FAX 020 7494 5154 MINICOM 020 7494 5475 EMAIL customer.relations@seetickets.com
- Telephones: Public cash telephone in main foyer.
- Discounts: Discounts available for all disabled people and their companions.
- Limited mobility: All of row K and C1, C29, D1 & D33 in the Stalls have the most leg room.
- Access description: 6 steps up to front entrance through swing doors into main foyer and Box Office. Box Office counter to right. 20 steps down then 17 up to Stalls with handrails on both sides, 39 to Dress Circle with a handrail on the right, 61 to Upper Circle with a handrail on both sides. Top stair of each group is highlighted.
- Hearing impaired: Infra-red system with 10 headsets. Best reception in centre Stalls and centre Circle. Headsets available from duty manager in main foyer. Induction loop at Box Office.
- Guide dogs policy: Guide dogs not allowed into the auditorium but theatre staff can look after them in an office.
- Wheelchairs: Entrance to theatre through signposted door on Russell Street which leads into the left of the Stalls. The door has a bell on the outside. 4 spaces for wheelchairs users, L1 and 35 and K1 and 35, companions can sit in the same row. Transfer seating to aisle seats, wheelchairs can be stored in the Stalls store room (maximum of 2 scooter transferees).
- Toilets: No steps to men’s from Stalls. Further toilets at Stalls and Grand Circle.
- Disabled toilets: Adapted toilet to the left inside Russell Street entrance, beside the Stalls.
- Bars: 6 licensed bars. Stalls bar 17 steps down from the Stalls - some seating, fairly large. Further bars at Dress Circle, Upper Circle and Balcony.
