That’s right folks, Rowan Atkinson is making a West End comeback after two decades to play Fagin in Cameron Mackintosh’s revival of Oliver! Good old Mr Bean is meant to be treading the boards with the “I’d Do Anything” winners at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane from 14th January 2009.
Atkinson commented “In the 1980’s I enjoyed doing a lot of West End theatre and since then have been distracted very much by Mr Bean and film-making. I had been thinking for some time about returning to the stage and the idea of the role of Fagin, which has long intrigued me - some time ago I even played the role in a school production - seemed like too good an opportunity to miss.”
I for one am quite thrilled by the idea of Atkinson starring as Fagin, he has the right attitude and persona to pull off such a character, and if the “I’d Do Anything” winners are a bit shoddy at least Atkinson can carry the show! The brand spanking new Oliver! is set to have a cast and crew of over 100, and the award winning director Rupert Goold will be joined by the original Oliver! creative team, Matthew Bourne and Anthony Ward.
Oliver! is set to be a stage extravaganza so keep checking Show and Stay for regular updates on this exciting musical.

Here is a short clip of Atkinson doing a comedy sketch on acting.

Technorati Tags: andrew lloyd webber, barry humphries, bbc, dame edna everage, denise van outen. cameron mackintosh, fagin, id do anything, id do anything andrew lloyd webber, id do anything bbc, id do anything judges, id do anything oliver, id do anything talent search, john barrowman, mr bean, oliver, oliver bbc, oliver talent search, rowan atkinson, rowan atkinson fagin, rowan atkinson oliver!

Related Posts:
Oliver! Update
Burn Gorman is Bill Sikes
Earplugs needed for new Nancy Auditions

This entry was posted on Thursday, March 27th, 2008 at 11:08 am and is filed under Theatre. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.