BBC Reality show to cast Oliver! in West End 2008

BBC Reality show to cast Oliver! in West End 2008

Lionel Bart's musical Oliver!, will open in the West End in 2008.

A BBC tv reality show I'd Do Anything will find an actress for the role of Nancy and three young actors who will take turns as Oliver.

Graham Norton will again host the show after leading previous searches for the stars of Joseph and The Sound of Music.

Norton will be joined by Andrew Lloyd Webber for the programme along with fellow impresario Cameron Mackintosh.

Auditions will begin in early 2008 and the programme will be broadcast on BBC One later in the year.

The show will open in the West End around the autumn of 2008.