New casting announced for OLIVER! at Gielgud Theatre ★★★★★

New London cast announced for Lionel Bart’s iconic musical, Oliver! at Gielgud Theatre

Matt Lucas will star as Fagin in Lionel Bart’s iconic musical, Oliver!, for 6 weeks only at the Gielgud Theatre in London from Tuesday 22 September to Sunday 1 November 2026.

Actor, author, comedian, presenter, and writer Matt Lucas most recently played the role of Thénardier to great acclaim in the all-star production of Les Misérables: The Arena Concert Spectacular in many cities across the globe, as well as performing in the 40th Anniversary celebrations of the London production.

Simon Lipkin, who was nominated for an Olivier Award for brilliantly reinventing the role of Fagin in this celebrated new production of Oliver! will continue in the role until Sunday 20 September, before resuming from Tuesday 3 November after the birth of his child.

OLIVER! CAST

Simon Lipkin (Guys and Dolls, Avenue Q) as Fagin Ava Brennan (The Lion King, Hamilton) as Nancy Aaron Sidwell (Henry VI, Wicked) as Bill Sikes Aaron MacGregor (Les Misérables) as the Artful Dodger Oscar Conlon-Morrey (Mother Goose, Only Fools and Horses The Musical) as Mr. Bumble Katy Secombe (The Music Man, Les Misérables) as Widow Corney Stephen Matthews (Strictly Ballroom, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) as Mr. Sowerberry/Dr. Grimwig Jamie Birkett (Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Mamma Mia The Party) as Mrs. Sowerberry/Mrs. Bedwin Philip Franks (The Rocky Horror Show, Witness for the Prosecution) as Mr. Brownlow. The role of Oliver Twist will be played by Isaac Hackett, James Miller, Thomas Newman and Jacob Sanders-Jones.

ENSEMBLE

Julie Cloke, Will Elliott, Tom Andrew Hargreaves, Victoria Hay, Jehu Josephs, Conor McFarlane, Mia Mullarkey, Erin Oliver, Jamie Tyler, Sienna Widd, Dane Young, Adam Boardman, Lois Craig, Harry Cross, Stephen John Davis, Bethany Huckle, Bethan Keens, Danny Lane, Jasmine Sakyiama, Wendy Somerville, Charlie Stripp and Lochlan White. The younger roles in Fagin’s gang are shared by Titus Boniface, Nathaniel Bennett, Noelle Coker, Sebastian Castro, Liam England, Joshua Fowler, Jonah Mansell, Tristan Marwa, Tommy McGovern, Stanley Mould, Herb Muldoon, Jena Osman, Hugo Pechey, Josh Pegler, Charlie Ranganathan, Lawrence Sebastian, Eli Sesay, Sienna Sibley, Asher Swaray-Gray, Henry Thomas and Jake Weatherall.

CREATIVE TEAM

Directed and choreographed by Matthew Bourne
Co-directed by Jean-Pierre van der Spuy
Designed by Lez Brotherston
Lighting design is by Paule Constable and Ben Jacobs
Sound design by Adam Fisher
Video design by George Reeve
New orchestrations by Stephen Metcalfe based on the original by William David Brohn
Music supervision is by Graham Hurman.

THE STORY

Lionel Bart’s musical masterpiece, freely adapted from Charles Dickens’ novel, Oliver! tells the story of the orphaned Oliver Twist, who escapes the harsh Victorian workhouse and takes refuge in London’s murky underworld with the wily gang leader Fagin and his team of resourceful pickpockets led by the Artful Dodger. He finds a friend in the kind-hearted Nancy and when he’ s wrongly arrested for stealing, Oliver meets an unexpected saviour; but is happiness truly within his grasp?

With a sensational score, including Food Glorious Food, Consider Yourself, You’ve Got to Pick-a-Pocket or Two, I’d Do Anything, Oom Pah Pah, As Long As He Needs Me and many more, the Olivier, Tony and Oscar-winning masterpiece vividly brings to life Dickens’ ever-popular story of the boy who asked for more.

OLIVER! – ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

Booking until
14 March 2027

Show Times
Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday at 2.30pm
Tuesday at 7pm and Wednesday-Saturday at 7.30pm

Running time
2 hours and 40 minutes (including interval)

Theatre
Gielgud Theatre

Age Recommendation
7+

Accessible Performances

Audio Described Performance 12 September 2026

Captioned Performance 19 September 2026

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