“Well we are well underway with rehearsals now for Oliver!

After two sets of auditions with many children we have now reached our full complement of children at a huge 50!

The kids are having a fantastic time and they are performing like stars. They are hard at work learning song, dance and dialogue and I think they will look forward to a break in the workhouse!

On Monday, February 13 we held our auditions for Oliver and the Artful Dodger and we are delighted to announce that the following children were cast.

Oliver will be played by Ciaran Rogers and the Artful Dodger will be played by Ciaran McGuire

We are now looking hard at casting the adult principal parts and these will be cast on Sunday, February 26.

Ticket prices are now set for the show and full details of the show are given below, as well as contact details for tickets.

As well as rehearsing hard we are carrying out fundraising to help with the rising costs of productions, and on Saturday, February 11 we had a highly successful race night which will have raised somewhere in the region of £2000.

I hope you enjoyed this short update on our progress and please spread the word about Oliver and come along and support the show.

*The show will be running from Tuesday, May 15 to Saturday, May 19 at the Motherwell Concert Hall. Tickets for raised and front stalls are £15 and £12 for mid stalls. For tickets contact Alex Black on 01698 264315 or Lesley Smith on 01698 385627.

In detail

• Hamilton Operatic and Dramatic Club