"Those who first came to enjoy this tale as children might be shocked at its darkness and its violence". ("Daily Express"). Oliver Twist is born in the humble backstreets of a nameless town to an extraordinary future.

He will travel to London and be initiated into to a gang of petty crooks.

He will find himself at the centre of a criminal plot and an infamous murder, the object of hope, fear, despair, and unexpected goodness.

His story is peopled by thieves and prostitutes, coloured by violence and neglect, and redeemed by the innocence of one boy searching for a home.