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The classic story of Oliver Twist, the workhouse orphan who dared to ask for a second helping at dinner time.

Sold by Mr Bumble, the beadle of the workhouse, to the Sowerberrys – the local undertakers, Oliver escapes and makes his way to London.  On the way he makes the acquaintance of Jack Dawkins – better known to his friends as the Artful Dodger – who introduces Oliver to Fagin and his gang of pick-pockets.

As Mr Brownlow’s pocket is picked, Oliver is caught and taken into his company, much to the annoyance of Fagin and Bill Sikes, who plot, with the help of Sikes’ girlfriend Nancy, to kidnap Oliver to prevent him from telling of the gang.

Reviews

"Congratulations to the Production Team and to everyone involved - ‘Consider Yourselves’, patted on the back! "

Cast

Oliver Twist

Olivia Jaffrey

Mr. Bumble, The Beadle

Jack Wilson

Widow Corney

Bethany Thomas

Mr. Sowerberry

James Sheppard

Mrs. Sowerberry

Katie Watkins

The Artful Dodger

Sienna Alsop

Fagin

Jarad Higgins

Nancy

Grace Randall

Bet

Maddy Sutton

Bill Sikes

Gareth Elvidge

Mr. Brownlow

James Sheppard

Mrs. Bedwin

Gaia Hobson Pearce

Noah Claypole

Cohan Wildgoose

Charlotte

Gabrielle Walker

Workhouse Boys, Workhouse Assistants, Bow Street Runners, Street Vendors

Matthew Alsop, Shannon Bainbridge, Evie Brent, Elliot Burton, Bethany Chambers, Layla Farrow, Lily Frith, Alicia Grace Genders, Abigail Hill Brown, Chloe Hughes, Mia Hodgson, Zoe Hodgson, Daisy Jefferies-Maxwell, Ben Johnson, Ben Kelly, Carmen Milner, Freya Morris, Gracie Ella Morris, Annice Murphy, Lydia North, Freya Petersen, Karin Petersen, Ella Raben, Charlotte Sawyer, Lily Speed, Chloe Thomas, Bonnie Turton, Abigail White, Alicia Wildgoose, Anthony Wood, Nyarla Wright

Production Team

Director

Donna Knowles

Producer

Wendy Blunt

Musical Director

Wendy Blunt

Choreographers

Lianne Brunt, Lisa Brunt, Bethany Thomas, members of the youth section

Chaperone Leaders

Lisa Brunt, Ray Wignall

Lighting and Sound Director

Philip Clark

Stage Manager

Chris Peck

Stage Crew

Steve Blunt, Wendy Blunt, Donna Knowles

Prompt

Barbara Booth

Wardrobe

Dawn Blackburn, Wendy Blunt, Angela Mitchell, Lesley Seaston

Properties

James Sheppard

Make Up

Michelle Shaw, members of the group

Scenic Artists

Andrew Aucock, Sabina Aucock

Set Construction

Chris Peck, Ken Radmore, Ian Simpson, Mick Whitehouse

Synopsis of Scenes

Time: About 1850

Act 1

1. The workhouse, early evening
2. The workhouse parlour, later
3. The undertaker’s
4. The undertaker’s, next morning
5. Paddington Green, morning, week later
6. The thieves’ kitchen, later
7. The street

Act 2

1. The “Three Cripples” public house in Clerkenwell, the following evening
2. The Brownlows’, two weeks later
3. The thieves’ kitchen, later
4. The workhouse, a few days later
5. The Brownlows’, later
6. London Bridge, midnight

Musical Numbers

Act 1

• Food, Glorious Food – Workhouse Boys
• Oliver! – Mr. Bumble, Widow Corney and The Governors
• I Shall Scream – Mr. Bumble and Widow Corney
• Boy for Sale – Mr. Bumble
• That's Your Funeral – Mr. Sowerberry, Mrs. Sowerberry, and Mr. Bumble
• Where Is Love? – Oliver
• Consider Yourself – The Artful Dodger, Oliver, and Chorus
• You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two – Fagin and Fagin's Gang
• It's a Fine Life – Nancy, Bet, and Fagin's Gang
• I'd Do Anything – The Artful Dodger, Nancy, Oliver, Bet, Fagin, and Fagin's Gang
• Be Back Soon – Fagin, The Artful Dodger, Oliver and Fagin's Gang

Act 2

• Oom-Pah-Pah – Nancy and Chorus
• My Name – Bill Sikes
• As Long as He Needs Me – Nancy
• Where Is Love? (Reprise) – Mrs. Bedwin
• Who Will Buy? – Oliver, Vendors, and Chorus
• It's a Fine Life (Reprise) – Bill Sikes, Nancy, Fagin, and The Artful Dodger
• Reviewing the Situation – Fagin
• Oliver! (Reprise) – Mr. Bumble and Widow Corney
• As Long As He Needs Me (Reprise) – Nancy
• Reviewing the Situation (Reprise) – Fagin
• Finale – Company