Oliver!
Cute orphan on the run falls in with a dodger pickpocket and gang run by an even dodgier man with still dodgier friends. Lionel Bart wraps the tale in timeless songs,
Simon Lipkin gets to confront his magistrate complex and Dickens gets a fresh airing courtesy of Matthew Bourne’s choreography and direction in a tale suitable for all.
Oliver!
Offer expires: Thu, 30th April 2026
Book between: Tue, 14th April 2026 and Fri, 22nd May 2026
Buy top non-premium price £95, second price £80, third price £65 or fourth price £45 seats (from agency / offer allocation) reduced to £85 / £70 / £55 / £30 each at all Tuesday To Thursday EVENING performances ONLY.
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Buy top non-premium price £95 or second price £80 seats (from agency / offer allocation) reduced to £90 / £75 each at all Friday EVENING and Sunday Afternoon performances ONLY.
Original and offer ticket prices may vary by performance, and some prices are not available on all dates, the system will advise at time of enquiry.
Some second and third price seats, and all fourth price seats, are in the upper circle (second tier, highest in venue, may have limited legroom) Seat information. Please do not purchase if this is not acceptable to you.
Some "peak dates" are excluded - the system will advise at time of enquiry.
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Oliver!
Offer expires: Fri, 17th April 2026
Book between: Mon, 4th May 2026 and Sun, 7th June 2026
Buy best available top non-premium price £95, third price £65 or fourth price £45 seats (from agency / offer allocation) reduced to £70 / £55 / £30 each at all Tuesday To Thursday EVENING performances ONLY.
Original seat prices may vary by performance. The system will advise at time of enquiry, but the discounted prices will apply.
Some second and third price, plus all fourth price seats are in the upper circle (second tier, highest in venue, may have limited legroom) Seat information. Please do not purchase if this is not acceptable to you.
Some "peak dates" are excluded - including 25th to 31st May 2026 - the system will advise at time of enquiry.
Ticket selection is from the box office / offer allocation. Subject to LIMITED availability, change, withdrawal at any time and box office discretion. Not available on tickets already booked. May NOT be combined with any other discount, price concessions of any kind, or other offers.
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Offer expires: Mon, 27th April 2026
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(seen at the afternoon preview performance on 4th January 2025)
From the programme notes, the monkey was amazed to learn that the show’s producer, Cameron Mackintosh, also encountered “Oliver!” first time from the balcony at the Noel Coward (New / Albery - whichever it was back then) theatre.
The monkey, being younger, first saw the Mackintosh revival. There the similarities end. Young Cameron was enthralled by the show for life. The monkey has never particularly cared for it at all...
... until now.
This is an outstanding, all-cylinders firing, jet black atmospheric revision. Matthew Bourne and Sir C have found the missing link, turning a childish romp into a fully adult dark chocolate, bitter as 90% cocoa and equally satisfying.
Gone is the opening moppet parade. The 1994 windswept mother is still there, but the first number is now offspring of “Annie” and “Les Misérables.” Fewer workhouse brats, picking oakum and looking starved. One rather overdoes it (for the whole show) but is young and will learn.
From there, all the corruption and good that was Victorian London as recorded by Dickens, unfolds. We feel it in the Lez Brotherston set, linking the venue's side boxes to stage with twisting staircases, a bridge (from the Mackintosh 'Miz' warehouse, maybe – the lights are oddly familiar), sliding room walls and revolve putting us where we need to be.
The intimacy of the Gielgud cooks the period feel to perfection under the heat of Paule Constable and Ben Jacobs shadowy lighting. Even the bouncy “Consider Yourself” and brawling “Oom-Pah-Pah” are smoke-tinged as they should be.
Greater and more inspired tweaks emerge as the tale unfolds. Very best of all, Aaron Sidwell and Shanay Holmes seal the monkey’s admiration for the new piece with a tremendous meeting of Bill and Nancy in “My Name!” Henceforward, there is no other means of staging it.
Sidwell finds the calculating brute. Holmes an unbreakable spirit in a sadly all too breakable body.
As Fagin, Simon Lipkin too does it his way, dropping a couple of “f-bombs” as he goes. Freestyling, perhaps on the edge even of dementia, and hinting at more than business attachments to his gang, it is a breathtaking and unmissable performance. To find new life in “Reviewing the Situation” is an achievement justifying his several rest breaks.
Using an adult, Billy Jenkins, as The Artful Dodger, allows the show to build a deeper character than a revolving cast of children in the role might. This Dodger is a child yet, trying to survive on wit and acquired knowledge alone. Almost succeeding, and revealing more about his relationship with Fagin than we might suppose.
We get an outstanding supporting cast thrown in, sometimes literally. Stephen Matthews finds avaricious Mrs Sowerberry rather than the usual unimaginative abuser. Jamie Birkett is the neat foil, and both play off each other wonderfully later as Dr Grimwig and retainer Mrs Bedwin.
Philip Franks as kindly Mr Brownlow is an unforgettable gentleman, Bethan Keens and Callum Hudson as Charlotte and Noah Claypole memorable spoilt brats with a revoltingly amusing bacon scene.
Their grown-up equivalent Mr Bumble and Widow Corney – Oscar Conlon-Morrey and Katy Secombe - are equally grotesque, deservingly unhappily married and demoted by the end.
With trinkets hidden in the stage front (have a look, if you are in the stalls), a touching mixture of other Bart songs during the interval and a lush orchestra under Graham Hurman, no expense – financial, intellectual or creative is spared to deliver a show you will want to see at your pleasure, and will last your whole life long.
And remember, this was written by a monkey with a life-long antipathy to the whole thing... so buy a ticket.
My first ever professional production. Our eldest had the title role at school 17 years ago.
This was an absolute delight. Superbly sung, great set, award winning lighting and a fine orchestra.
Sat in C13 and 14 in the Grand Circle. Very good view, seats were a bit uncomfortable and I suggest might need a bit of additional stuffing!
4 stars.
Taljaard.
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Grand Circle A16 (22nd April 2025).
Legroom just about OK for 5 foot 8 me, you'll need to stretch at the interval. A decent view and the safety bar covers just the tiniest part of the front of the stage and if there's something happening there, he tiniest lean forward will sort everything. You'll miss the heads of a couple of characters for about 20 seconds when they walk across a walkway well above the stage, but it doesn't detract from anything in this very entertaining show.
The monkey advises checking performance times on your tickets and that performances are happening as scheduled, before travelling.
| Run Time: | 2 hours 40 minutes, including one interval |
| Monday: | X |
| Tuesday: | 7pm |
| Wednesday: | 2.30pm, 7pm |
| Thursday: | 7.30pm |
| Friday: | 7.30pm |
| Saturday: | 2.30pm, 7.30pm |
| Sunday: | 2.30pm |
Venue Box Office & Current Prices
0344 482 5151Venue box office details and show price charts are available on the Gielgud Theatre page.
Ticketpipe
Ticketpipe has 3 deals available:- Oliver! - Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of Lionel Bart’s iconic musical, Oliver!, which he has fully reconceived with director and choreographer Matthew Bourne, is open!
- Oliver and Gaucho Piccadilly – only £90.00 per person! - Band A ticket to Oliver located in the Stalls or Dress Circle (normally either £95.00 or £80.00 face value + booking fee) and a 2-course dinner at Gaucho Piccadilly
- Oliver & return rail ticket – only £95.00 per person! - Enjoy Oliver with a Stalls or Dress Circle seat (worth up to £95.00), plus a cheap day return National Rail ticket from selected stations into London – all in one great-value package! Please note: Theatre + Rail packages can be booked up to 3 calendar months from the current date
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Oliver!
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Oliver!
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Oliver!
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Oliver!
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Oliver!
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Availability: Box office discretion
Price: £30
Notes: WEEKLY LOTTERY: Via the box office at www.delfontmackintosh.co.uk/whats-on/oliver/ticket-lottery. Entries open at 12.01am each Friday and close at 10am on the following Thursday. A draw is made from 1pm each Thursday. Winners have 2 hours to accept their tickets. Maximum 4 tickets per winner.
Address: Shaftesbury Avenue, Soho, W1D 6AR
Box Office: 0344 482 5151
More details: Seats to buy or avoid at this venue plus travel information and other details can be found on the Gielgud Theatre page
