Oliver!

The spectacular Halifax Light Opera Society Juniors are set to perform Lionel Barts iconic musical, Oliver!, at The Halifax Playhouse as part of their 50th anniversary celebrations. The orphaned Oliver escapes the harsh Victorian workhouse and takes refuge in Londons murky underworld with the wily gang leader Fagin and his team of resourceful pickpockets led by the Artful Dodger. He finds a friend in the kind-hearted Nancy and when hes wrongly arrested for stealing, Oliver meets an unexpected saviour; but is happiness truly within his grasp? With a sensational score, including Food Glorious Food, Consider Yourself, Youve Got to Pick-a-Pocket or Two, Id Do Anything, Oom Pah Pah, As Long As He Needs Me and many more, the Olivier, Tony and Oscar-winning masterpiece vividly brings to life Dickens ever-popular story of

the boy who asked for more.