The cast includes Simon Lipkin (Guys and Dolls, Avenue Q) as Fagin, Shanay Holmes (Miss Saigon, The Bodyguard) as Nancy, Aaron Sidwell (Henry VI, Wicked) as Bill Sikes and Philip Franks (The Rocky ...

Also appearing in the West End cast are Aaron Sidwell (as Bill Sikes), Oscar Conlon-Morrey (as Mr Bumble), Katy Secombe (as Widow Corney), Stephen Matthews (as Mr Sowerberry/Dr Grimwig), Jamie Birkett ...

and Philip Franks as Mr Brownlow, his dulcet speaking voice a welcome foil to the Dickensian demotic of the street gang. The latter's accents are the only discordant note, just a tad too broad, as if ...

The production will open at the Salisbury Playhouse on Friday, May 9. The play is directed by Philip Franks, known for his work on Murder in the Dark and Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d.

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The story belatedly acquires some emotional heft with the arrival on the scene of the kindly Mr Brownlow (elegantly portrayed by Philip Franks) as our young hero’s potential saviour, and Aaron ...

The production will open at the Salisbury Playhouse on Friday, May 9. The play is directed by Philip Franks, known for his work on Murder in the Dark and Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d. The ...

A desperate woman and her children set off on a daunting journey through the opal country of the Australian outback. Julia Stoneham's short story read by Philip Franks.