Editing Oliver! (section)

===1994 West End revival===
[[Cameron Mackintosh]] produced another revival of the show which opened at the [[London Palladium]] in the West End on 8 December 1994. The production team included a young [[Sam Mendes]] as director, with [[Anthony Ward]] as designer, [[Matthew Bourne]] as choreographer, [[Martin Koch (orchestrator)|Martin Koch]] as music supervisor and [[William David Brohn]] as [[orchestrator]]. The cast included [[Jonathan Pryce]] (after much persuasion) as Fagin, [[Sally Dexter]] as Nancy, [[Miles Anderson]] as Bill Sikes, [[James Villiers]] as Mr. Brownlow, [[James Saxon (actor)|James Saxon]] as [[Bumble (Oliver Twist)|Mr. Bumble]], [[Jenny Galloway]] as Widow Corney, David Delve as Mr. Sowerberry and [[Julia Deakin]] as Mrs. Sowerberry. The role of Oliver was played by numerous child actors during the run of four years, including Gregory Bradley, Ben Reynolds, [[Jon Lee (singer)|Jon Lee]], [[Steven Webb]], [[James Bourne]],  Simon Schofield, James Rowntree and [[Tom Fletcher]], while the Artful Dodger was played by [[Adam Searles]] and others including Matt Johnson, Paul Bailey and Bronson Webb. The role of Bet was played by [[Danielle McCormack]], Rosalind James, [[Francesca Jackson]] and [[Lindsey Fawcett]].<ref>Wolf, Matt. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121114111228/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117903458.html "Review: ''Oliver!''"], ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', 12 December 1994</ref> The role of Fagin was later played by many notable British actors and comedians including [[George Layton]], [[Russ Abbot]], [[Jim Dale]] and [[Robert Lindsay (actor)|Robert Lindsay]] (who won an [[Olivier Award]] for his performance in 1997). Bill Sikes was later portrayed by [[Steven Hartley]] and [[Joe McGann]], and Nancy by Sonia Swaby, [[Claire Moore (singer)|Claire Moore]] and [[Ruthie Henshall]]. The musical closed on 21 February 1998.<ref>[http://www.thisistheatre.com/shows/londonp124.html "''Oliver!'' listing, 1994–1998"] thisistheatre.com, retrieved 28 May 2010</ref>

==== 1998 UK tour ====
Following the Palladium production, a UK tour produced by Mackintosh (in co-production with [[Theatre Royal, Plymouth]]) began in 1998 starring [[Gary Wilmot]] as Fagin, Sonia Swaby as Nancy and David Birrell as Bill Sikes.