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Oliver! JR.
Presented by Class Act Productions
Event Date 2023-07-13T09:30:00
Class Act Productions is back with Oliver! JR. A 60-minute version of the beloved classic Broadway musical, adored by generations. Featuring a cast full of Gippsland’s most talented youth, this musical will have audiences begging for “more!”
Thursday 13 July | 7:30pm | GPAC Main Theatre
Friday 14 July | 7:30pm | GPAC Main Theatre
Saturday 15 July | 3:30pm | GPAC Main Theatre
Saturday 15 July | 7:30pm | GPAC Main Theatre
Sunday 16 July | 1:30pm | GPAC Main Theatre
Consider yourself at home with Oliver! JR., the Broadway Junior version of Lionel Bart's classic musical based on Charles Dickens' novel, Oliver Twist. The Tony and Olivier Award-winning show is one of the few musicals to win an Academy Award for Best Picture and is widely hailed as a true theatrical masterpiece by actors and audience members alike.
The streets of Victorian England come to life as Oliver, a malnourished orphan in a workhouse, becomes the neglected apprentice of an undertaker. Oliver escapes to London and finds acceptance amongst a group of petty thieves and pickpockets led by the elderly Fagin.
When Oliver is captured for a theft that he did not commit, the benevolent victim, Mr. Brownlow takes him in. Fearing the safety of his hideout, Fagin employs the sinister Bill Sikes and the sympathetic Nancy to kidnap him back, threatening Oliver’s chances of discovering the true love of a family.
Oliver! JR. is full of classic songs like "Consider Yourself", "Food Glorious Food", and "Oom-Pah-Pah", and is sure to have audiences leaving the theatre with them stuck in their head for days!
Additional Information
Thursday 13 July | 7:30pm | GPAC Main Theatre
Friday 14 July | 7:30pm | GPAC Main Theatre
Saturday 15 July | 3:30pm | GPAC Main Theatre
Saturday 15 July | 7:30pm | GPAC Main Theatre
Sunday 16 July | 1:30pm | GPAC Main Theatre
Duration: 60min, no interval
*Family: Ticket includes 2 full + 2 child or 1 full + 3 child
Sensitive content warning: Some themes of criminal activity and murder. Themes from the full version of this show have been heavily diluted for this Junior version but may require some parents to have conversations with very young children.
Production content warning: Haze, strobe
COVID Refund Policy: Ticketholders can seek a refund up to 5 days prior to any performance date they are unable to attend due to COVID isolation.
Tour Credits:
Book, Music and Lyrics by Lionel Bart
Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia).
All performance materials supplied by Hal Leonard Australia.
Director: Toby Just
Music Director: Nathan Byrne
Choreographer: Sarah O’Brien