Theatre News

Oliver! Tour Set for Three Month Run at Palace

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9 January 2012

The Palace Theatre in Manchester continues housing West End hits later this month, with the arrival of the UK touring production of Cameron Mackintosh‘s Oliver! Neil Morrissey stars as Fagin.

Samantha Barks, who finished in the top three of BBC casting show I’d Do Anything, will play Nancy, alongside Iain Fletcher, best known as DC Rodney Skase in the long-running TV series The Bill, as Bill Sikes.

The cast will also feature: Jack Edwards as Mr Bumble; Suzie Chard
as Widow Corney; Stephen Moore as Mr Brownlow; David Langham as Mr
Sowerberry; CJ Johnson as Mrs Sowerberry; Stevie Hutchinson as Noah
Claypole; Emma Dukes as Bet; and Victoria Hay as Charlotte.

Lionel Bart’s 1960 musical, which played a two-year run at the Theatre
Royal Drury Lane before closing in January, will open in Cardiff on 20
December (previews from 10 December 2011) playing dates in Manchester,
Birmingham, Southampton, Edinburgh, Plymouth, Newcastle, Leeds and
Bristol with venues confirmed through to March 2013.

The touring company also includes Lincoln Hudson, James Gant, Hadrian
Delacey, Joe Maxwell, Kade Ferraiolo, Lee Dillon-Stuart, Matt Harrop,
Ryan O’Gorman, Annie Wensak, Kara Lane, Claire Parrish, Alison Connell,
Sophie Caton, Beth Davies, Mikaela Newton, Paul Farrell, Nicholas
Duncan, Sarah Cortez, and Mary Fox.

Oliver! runs at the Palace from 25 January – 10 March.