Cameron Mackintosh’s Oliver! musical extends run at Gielgud Theatre

Cameron Mackintosh has today announced that his new production of Lionel Bart’s iconic musical, Oliver! will extend it’s run…

Oliver! will now be staged through to Sunday 29 March 2026.

This critically acclaimed production, which Mackintosh has reconceived with director and choreographer Matthew Bourne, ran at Chichester Festival Theatre as part of their 2024 Summer Season where it was the biggest success in that theatre’s history.

Performances for the beginning of the West End run sold out, with patrons advised to check daily for returns. Current best availability for midweek performances is from early February. To accommodate demand, extra Sunday matinee performances have been added from March 2025 and the season has now been extended through to the end of March 2026.

The cast of Oliver! in the West End includes Simon Lipkin as Fagin, Shanay Holmes as Nancy, Aaron Sidwell as Bill Sikes, Billy Jenkins as the Artful Dodger, Oscar Conlon-Morrey as Mr. Bumble, Katy Secombe as Widow Corney, Stephen Matthews as Mr. Sowerberry/Dr. Grimwig, Jamie Birkett as Mrs. Sowerberry/Mrs. Bedwin, Philip Franks as Mr. Brownlow and Billy Byers as Alternate Artful Dodger.

The role of Oliver Twist is shared by Cian Eagle-Service, Raphael Korniets, Jack Philpott and from the end of January by Odo Rowntree-Bailly.

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?

The score, can be heard on the brand-new Oliver! Cast Album released by First Night Records and features this cast with songs such as 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.

Produced and revised by Cameron Mackintosh, Oliver! is directed and choreographed by Matthew Bourne and 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.

Oliver! is a Cameron Mackintosh in association with Chichester Festival Theatre production. Tickets for performances from Tuesday 30 September 2025 to Sunday 29 March 2026 will go on sale at 10am on Monday 27 January. oliverthemusical.com

Gielgud Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London W1D 6AR