Oliver Twist performance review by Rhianna

On Tuesday, 6th September 2016, M&M theatre company came to our school to perform Oliver Twist. It lasted around an hour, and it was very, very good.

Oliver is an orphaned boy who is placed in the workhouse by his mother just before she dies. The actress who played Oliver did very well, especially in her accent playing Oliver.

Oliver is then disgraced out of the workhouse for asking for more (at this point they all break into song) then the chef comes in and calls out to Mr. Ball. He then calls Mr Ball 'Baldy' (everybody thought that was hilarious) and asked him what a potato was. Mr. Ball replied, "A potato." The chef calls it "Une pomme de terre", meaning potato in French, and runs offstage.

Oliver is then tried to be sold for being a disgrace. He then meets a person nicknamed The Artful Dodger. The actor who played Dodger was very funny, and kept making people laugh.

Dodger takes Oliver to Fagin's home/hideout, where he met Fagin and Nancy. Fagin tries to pretend that everything belongs to them, but fails. Nancy's actor was very good at using emotion.

One day Oliver picks a pocket from a man, who he thinks he doesn't recognise. He takes Oliver to his house, and he spies a painting that looks a lot like him.

Meanwhile, Dodger, Fagin, Nancy and Bill (the boss, and also Nancy's boyfriend) are all worrying whether or not Oliver is telling on them. So Nancy goes to rescue him.

It turns out, Oliver really liked living there, so Nancy made a plan to hide him back at the man's house. The plan worked, and eventually Oliver discovered that the man was his Grandfather.

I really liked the play, and afterwards we took a behind the scenes tour. What surprised me was that there were only 4 cast members, and over 20 characters!

Review of Oliver Twist by Kirsten

M and M's production of Oliver Twist set our first week off to a great start. With singing and dancing, amazing scenes and amazing after workshops, this has been this best yet. 

Oliver is dumped at an orphanage and his mother dies at the scene. He has to clean and all he ever gets is gruel. Oh, Food Glorious Food. With name calling of Mr. Ball by a mad chef, Food Glorious Food is made super fun and exciting! Oliver is then taken for sale and runs away. He joins Fagin's gang and gets caught. It turns out that he is taken in by this Grandfather. Nancy goes out to get Oliver back but does the wrong thing, her boyfriend Bill Sykes then tries to go after her. Nancy takes Oliver out to take Oliver to his Grandfather. Does this all end happily?

M and M's Oliver Twist was exceptionally good and I can't wait to see how what their next performance is like!