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Watch our brand new trailer for Oliver!

News 27 Jun 2024

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Oliver! is now on in the Festival Theatre, watch the brand new trailer and find out why critics have been loving it so much.

  • A young woman wearing a red dress stands with her arms outstretched singing. She is surrounded by a crowd of people who are smiling, singing, dancing and playing instruments.
  • A man grimacing and bearing his teeth is holding on to the railings on a bridge. He has short dark hair and is wearing a long dark coat, light checked waistcoat and red tie around his neck.
  • A man playing a walking stick as though it were a flute is wearing a colourful long coat, open blue shirt, fingerless gloves and jewellery. He has long greying hair and is wearing a cap. Behind him is a backdrop made out of scarves of different colours pegged up onto curtains.
  • An older child wearing a hat, tailcoat, big bowtie, checked trousers and boots sings with one arm raised. His other arm is around the shoulder of a younger child with blonde hair who is wearing dirty grey clothes. They are both looking in the same direction.
  • A group of children wearing dirty grey clothes are standing and crouched over holding their tummies as they sing.
  • A young boy with blonde hair holds up an empty bowl infront of a man shouting at him. The man is wearing a brown top hat, red and gold waistcoat, red breeches, a light brown coat and is holding a tall rod. Behind them are a row of children dressed in dirty grey clothes all looking scared, and a row of adults all looking on.

In case you missed it: here's what went down in rehearsals.

And if you're looking for even more Oliver! rehearsal content, take a scroll through our rehearsal gallery below.

Oliver! Rehearsal Gallery

  • An actress with long, dark curly hair sits on a wooden table, with her feet up on a stool under her. She is smiling, and reaching out towards a young actor who smiles back at her, he is holding some food and a beer tankard. They are surrounded by a crowd of other young actors, all looking at them, smiling and laughing. Some of the others hold food and beer bottles too.
  • An actor with dark hair, arm tattoos and a black t-shirt stands with his arms in front of him - in a pleeding or imploring gesture. He is looking at another man, who has a short crew cut and wears a white shirt. This man has a menacing expression on his face.
  • An actor stands in a rehearsal room, holding a wooden batton with a serious and slightly threatening expression on his face. He is looking to the side, and next to him a young woman sits. He is holding her wrist as she looks up at him worriedly. In the background, another woman sits on a stool in front of a pile of beer barrels, looking on with a concerned expression.
  • In the centre of the picture, a dark-haired man in a floral shirt stands with one arm stretched out and the other behind his back, in a dramatic, musical pose. He appears to be singing. On the left, a young actor has his arm stretched towards the man, also singing and posing, and next to him a woman with curly hair and a young boy stand smiling. On the right, a group of young actors kneel in front of and stand on top of a table, also posing with their arms wide.
  • A tall man with blond hair stands in a rehearsal room, holding a long staff. He is looking down at a young boy and yelling with his mouth and eyes wide. The young boy looks up at the man, away from the camera. Other children surround the boy, with shocked expressions, while other adults stand in the background looking shocked too. On the left of the angry man stands another man, who is glaring at the young boy.
  • A group of young actors stand and kneel together in a rehearsal room. They are singing, some of them hold their hands together, pleading, while others grip their stomachs:. It looks like they are hungry and begging for more food.
  • A crowd of young actors sing together in a rehearsal room. They are leaning against each other, some with their arms round each other's shoulders. The scene looks rowdy, some are holding beer tankards.
  • A young woman with long curly hair, wearing a grey frilly skirt, stands on a beer barrel. She is smiling and singing, surrounded by a crowd of people who are also smiling, singing, swaying with their arms on each other's shoulders and raising tankards.
  • An actor with wavy black hair and a bear, wearing a floral shirt, smiles at a man who's back is towards the camera. Another man, wearing glasses, stands on the right looking at the other two, smiling.
  • Cameron Mackintosh, who is wearing a green shirt and beige trousers, smiling and gesturing, leans on a table in a rehearsal room. Matthew Bourne, wearing a grey t-shirt, black trousers and glasses leans next to him, looking towards Cameron and smiling. They are in front of a crowd who are looking towards them, away from the camera.

Oliver! runs from 8 July - 7 September. Head to the show page to book now.

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