The first big theatre event of the new year in the West End is a smash hit of 50 years ago, re-launched in a new production based on a 15-year-old revival. This may sound like a dubious recipe for success, but as the show is Lionel Bart\'s Oliver!, directed by hotshot Rupert Goold at Drury Lane and based on that long-running 1994 Sam Mendes version at the Palladium, the odds are that the public will turn up in droves.
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