'Oliver!' confirms second-year West End cast

Lionel Bart’s musical, adapted from Charles Dickens's novel, tells the story of orphan Oliver Twist, who escapes the harsh Victorian workhouse and ends up in Fagin's gang with his team of pickpockets.

Summary

• Lionel Bart's musical Oliver! is continuing its West End run
• The second-year cast has been revealed and includes the original principal cast
• Simon Lipkin plays Fagin while Ava Brennan plays Nancy

The second-year cast of Oliver! has been announced, which continues its run at the Gielgud Theatre in the West End.

Continuing in the cast are 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, and 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.

Joining the ensemble are Julie Cloke, Will Elliott, Tom Andrew Hargreaves, Victoria Hay, Jehu Josephs, Conor McFarlane, Mia Mullarkey, Erin Oliver, Jamie Tyler, Sienna Widd, and Dane Young.

Continuing in the ensemble are 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.

In a review for LondonTheatre.co.uk, our critic said: "Brilliantly leading this gang of reprobates is the magnificent Simon Lipkin, giving a tour-de-force performance as Fagin that takes the part back to its musical hall roots. He delivers not only Bart’s lines but a veritable feast of ad-libs, even turning his piercing gaze on the audience."

Lionel Bart’s musical, adapted from Charles Dickens's novel, tells the story of orphan Oliver Twist, who escapes the harsh Victorian workhouse and ends up in Fagin's gang with his team of pickpockets led by the Artful Dodger. When he is wrongly arrested for stealing, Oliver meets an unexpected saviour — but can he escape Fagin's dark underworld?

The creative team includes director and choreographer Matthew Bourne, co-director Jean-Pierre van der Spuy, designer Lez Brotherston, lighting designers Paule Constable and Ben Jacobs, sound designer Adam Fisher, video designer George Reeve, new orchestrations by Stephen Metcalfe based on the original by William David Brohn, and music supervisor Graham Hurman.

The musical is currently booking to 4 October 2026.

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Photo credit: Oliver! year-two cast. (Courtesy of production)