New 2024 London Cast Recording of OLIVER! announced for release in January 2025
Cameron Mackintosh and First Night Records have announced that the brilliant new 2024 Cast Recording from the London company of Oliver! will be released on CD and digital from 10 January 2025.
Recorded in front of live audiences at Chichester Festival Theatre earlier in the year, this will be the first time that Lionel Bart’s irresistible musical masterpiece has been presented in Dolby Atmos immersive audio, beautifully capturing the sensational score in full surround-sound and including the iconic songs: ‘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 London company of Oliver! gave an exclusive performance from the iconic musical in front of His Royal Highness King Charles III at The Royal Variety Performance 2024, which will broadcast on ITV1 this Sunday (15 December).
Oliver! has been fully reconceived by Cameron Mackintosh with director and choreographer Matthew Bourne, and is presented in association with Chichester Festival Theatre, where the production’s run as part of their 2024 Summer Season was the biggest success in the theatre’s history.
The full cast of Oliver! in the West End includes Simon Lipkin as Fagin, Shanay Holmes as Nancy, Aaron Sidwell as Bill Sikes, Billy Jenkins as 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 (Alternate Artful Dodger).
The role of Oliver Twist is played by Cian Eagle-Service, Raphael Korniets, Jack Philpott and Odo Rowntree-Bailly. More incredibly talented young performers for the roles of Oliver and Dodger for later in the run will be announced in due course.
Forming the young adult cast are Callum Hudson as Noah Claypole, Isabelle Methven as Bet, Lochlan White as Charley Bates, and Harry Cross as Dandy. The ensemble members/swings are Rachael Archer, Tegan Bannister, Adam Boardman, Lois Craig, Stephen John Davis, Bethany Huckle, Ebony Jonelle, Bethan Keens as Charlotte, Danny Lane, Peter Nash, Josh Patel-Foster, Sam Peggs, Jasmine Sakyiama, Wendy Somerville as Old Sally, Charlie Stripp, Leah Vassell and Matthew Whennell-Clark.
Following a nationwide search where hundreds of children from all around the country came to London to audition, the younger roles in Fagin’s gang are shared by Toba Agbelusi, Zoe Akinyosade, Ben Birch, Preston Cropp, Kylan Michael Denis, Sebastian Elton, Liam Findlay, Rudy Gibson, Stanley Guy, George Hamblin, Lily Hanna, Sammy Jones, Grace King, Jonny Niland, Hugo Pechey, Alex Prior, Teddy Probets, William Skinner, Ethan Sokontwe, Dylan Xavier and Aaron Zhao.
Produced and revised by Cameron Mackintosh, Oliver! is directed and choreographed by Matthew Bourne and co-directed by Jean-Pierre van der Spuy, with design by Lez Brotherston, lighting by Paule Constable and Ben Jacobs, sound by Adam Fisher, video design by George Reeve, new orchestrations by Stephen Metcalfe based on the original by William David Brohn, and music supervision by Graham Hurman.
The first single, the universally timeless anthem ‘Food, Glorious Food”, is now available to stream on all digital music platforms. You can pre-order or pre-save the album, as well as stream the single, now here.