By Jeremy Brock
‘The scene, the workhouse; the time, night; and the place, that cruel hole where miserable drabs gave birth... A boy was born there… I speak of one named Oliver Twist.’
An innocent boy falls in with a gang of ruffians in a dog-eat-dog world… but enough about the actors! Dickens’ classic tale of poverty and pick-pocketing, privilege and prosperity is given the Jenny Wren treatment, as a small but perfectly formed cast unravel the secrets of Oliver’s past, portraying all the colourful characters he meets on his perilous path. Expect laughter and tears, surprises and fears; but not Lionel Bart’s musical – we can’t sing!
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Praise for previous Jenny Wren Productions: “Humorous and poignant, comic and tragic… a great night out” Joyce Matthews, Gloucestershire Echo