“UNIQUE & DEEPLY CREATIVE…AREA’S BEST WORK TO DATE.” - ARTBURST

FEBRUARY 8TH - 25TH 2024

BOOK, MUSIC, AND LYRICS BY LIONEL BART

FROM THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, AWARD WINNING TEAM BEHIND THE LITTLE MERMAID

AN AREA STAGE PRODUCTION by SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH CAMERON MACKINTOSH

The team behind Area Stage's award winning immersive productions of Disney's Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid are proud to present a new, epic staging of Lionel Bart's classic musical based on the 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.

LIONEL BART’S OLIVER! is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. (www.mtishows.com)

VENUE: THE CARNIVAL STUDIO THEATER

AT THE ADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER

CAST

PHANTOM LIMB COMPANY

Area Stage is proud to announce that we are once again collaborating with PHANTOM LIMB COMPANY for this groundbreaking production of OLIVER. Founder Erik Sanko will be designing and crafting puppets and masks for the show.

Based in New York City, Phantom Limb creates iconic stories that are built on an intersection of innovation, social change and visual art, with a particular focus on the climate emergency and environmental injustice.  Collaging puppetry, movement, multi-media storytelling and design, this unique integration of social impact and aesthetic is essential to their work. 

“I’ve been a fan of phantom limb’s work for years, so to have them on board for this production is an absolute dream. their style is wholly unique, and the depth they bring to the art form of puppetry is incredible. THEIR CRAFTSMANSHIP IS infectious for the rest of the production.”

- Giancarlo Rodaz, Director

TEAM