Shepparton Theatre Arts Group presents Oliver! By Lionel Bart
STAG's 2008 production will bring a fresh vision to this work, carefully balancing the sort of 'authenticity' explored in newer musicals such as 'Les Mis' against the knees-up 'Oom-Pah-Pah' style 'Oliver!' is well known for.
By special arrangement with
Tams-Witmark Music Library Inc., New York
Music, Lyrics and Book by Lionel Bart
Produced for the Broadway stage
by David Merrick and Donald Albery
Based on the novel 'Oliver Twist' by Charles Dickens
Director: Rob Robson
Assistant Directors: Liz Zito & Aaron-David Palmer
Musical Director: Steve Sargent
One of the most popular and enduring musicals of our time, ‘Oliver!' tells the story of a child who is taken from the workhouse, recruited to work as an undertaker's
‘mute', then as a pickpocket for a gang of thieves, and constantly in grave danger of harm!
Yet, out of Dickens' bleak tale of child labour and London slum squalor, Lionel Bart has woven an optimistic and uplifting musical delight, with songs such as ‘Food,
Glorious Food', ‘Consider Yourself' and ‘Who Will Buy?' among a score full of hits.
But, is Fagin a kindly old gent or a self serving monster? Should we ‘love' the Artful Dodger or fear he is well on the way to becoming the next Bill Sykes?
