Oliver!

Audition Pack
Next term we will be performing ‘Oliver!’ as the Prep School Musical in Big School!

Lionel Bart’s classic musical is based on Charles Dickens’ novel, ‘Oliver Twist’.

Nine-year-old Oliver Twist, a malnourished orphan in a workhouse, becomes the neglected

apprentice at Mr and Mrs Sowerberry’s undertakers.

Oliver escapes to London and finds acceptance with a group of petty thieves and pickpockets led by
the elderly Fagin. But when Oliver is captured for a crime he did not commit, the benevolent victim,
Mr. Brownlow, takes him in.

Fearing the safety of his hideout, Fagin employs the sinister Bill Sykes and the sympathetic Nancy
to kidnap him back, threatening Oliver’s chances of discovering the true love of a family.

Oliver! is a musical treat perfect for the whole family to enjoy, packed full of fantastic songs,
including ‘Food Glorious Food’, ‘Consider Yourself’, ‘I’d Do Anything’, ‘Who Will Buy’, ‘Where
Is Love’ and many many more.

Auditions will take place in the Museum Theatre straight after lunch on Wednesday 8th
December.

To audition for a lead role, you will need to prepare 2 things: a short monologue and a song. In the
audition, you will sing accompanied by a piano. You will given the sheet music to work with. For
the monologue, you should try to learn it off by heart.

You should prepare one song from the three listed below and one monologue from the five listed
on the back of this sheet.

AUDITION SONGS
SONG 1: WHERE IS LOVE?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZKgPLsk93g – up to 1.40

SONG 2: CONSIDER YOURSELF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17Z3g9Hym5Q – up to 1.09

SONG 3: FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0qSDxxtCGM – up to 1.36
 AUDITION MONOLOGUES

1. Nancy is 23 years old - a graduate of Fagin's academy, and Bill's girl.

NANCY: I won’t stand by and see it done, Bill. You’ve got him here and what more would you
have? Let him be, or I shall put my mark on someone and not care for the consequence. I wish I’d
been struck dead in the street before I lent a hand in bringing him here. After today, he’s a thief, a
liar, and all that’s bad from this day forth. Isn’t that enough for yer, without beating him to death? I
thieved for you when I was a child, half his age and for twelve years since. Don’t you forget it!

2. Fagin - An elderly receiver - runs training academy for young pickpockets.

FAGIN: I hope I shall have the honour of your intimate acquaintance. We are very glad to see you,
Oliver, very! Ah! You’re a-staring at the pocket-handkerchiefs! Eh, my dear? There are quite a few
of them, ain’t there? We’ve just hung ‘em out, ready for the wash. No, this isn’t exactly a laundry,
my boy. I suppose a laundry would be a very nice thing indeed, but our line of business pays a little
better – don’t it boys? You see, Oliver . . . in this life, only one thing counts.

3. Bill Sykes is a villain in his prime.

BILL SYKES: Try and run away, would you? Do you know who you are? And what you are? Well
then, keep quite of I’ll quiet you for a good long time to come. You’re a nice one, coming with all
this humane and genteel rubbish. A pretty subject for the “child,” as you call him, to make a friend
of. There’ll be murders! There’ll be terror – such as you’ve never seen.

4. The Artful Dodger is Fagin's brightest pupil - an undersized 16.

DODGER: Well, I wouldn’t exactly say that – not exactly. But if I introduce someone it’s alright,
on account of I happen to be a particular favourite of Mister Fagin . . . that’s his name – Mister
Fagin. By the way, if I’m introducing you to Fagin, I better know who you are – my old china plate.
My name’s Jack Dawkins – better known among my more intimate friends as the Artful Dodger.

5. Oliver Twist is a workhouse boy about 11 years of age.

OLIVER: You can’t keep the books. They belong to Mr. Brownlow and he finds out you've got
them, he’ll be out here after you. I won’t go with you! She’s not my sister! Got not sister – got no
father nor mother neither! Bet! Tell them to let me go!