Cameron Mackintosh presents Lionel Bart's Oliver!, starring Rowan Atkinson as Fagin with the winners of BBC TV's I'd Do Anything - Jodie Prenger and boys Gwion, Laurence and Harry - taking the roles of Nancy and 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.

Blackpool-born Prenger was selected for the role of Nancy through a public vote on live television as part of the BBC reality talent contest I'd Do Anything. She is joined in the cast of Oliver! by seasoned professional Rowan Atkinson who makes his return to the stage as Fagin after a long screen career in which he made his name playing comedy television roles in Not The Nine O'Clock News, Blackadder, Mr Bean and films including Four Weddings And A Funeral, Love Actually, Johnny English and Keeping Mum.

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.