Why Are Oliver! Audiences Still Asking For More?

By Author: Juanjo Perez
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It is fifty years since Lionel Bart's Oliver! musical premiered in the West End and Oliver! tickets are still selling like never before. The latest smash hit by Cameron Mackintosh raises questions about why Charles Dicken's dramatic 1838 novel Oliver Twist still holds so much appeal.

The story of the pure-hearted boy who escapes from a workhouse is a vastly outdated critique of the social injustice and cruel Poor Laws of 19th Century England. Yet it is essentially a story of good and evil, of darkness and light and of kindness triumphing over cruelty.

Fairytale happy endings hold timeless appeal around the globe, with their belief in miracles and a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. The gritty novel glows with optimism and it is easy to see why it is one of Dickens' best known and loved works, and the subject of so many film and television adaptations.

Showing at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Oliver! stars BBC One's I'd Do Anything winner Jodie Prenger alongside one of the UK's most versatile and prolific performers, Griff Rhys Jones. Also in the cast and orchestra of over one hundred is actor Steven ...
... Hartley as the notorious villain, Bill Sikes.

The engrossing production vividly brings to life Dickens' timeless story of the boy who asked for more with memborable songs and sensational sets by Anthony Ward. Audiences with Oliver! ticketss are swept away on an emotional rollercoaster, with tragedy, fun, misery and hope bringing them to laughter and tears. With classic songs such as Food Glorious Food, Consider Yourself and the poignant love song, As Long As He Needs Me, the show remains a firm favourite with musical-lovers young and old.

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