Oliver! is a beloved British stage musical with book, music, and lyrics by Lionel Bart, adapted from Charles Dickens' 1838 novel Oliver Twist. Set in Victorian England, it follows the harrowing yet hopeful journey of young orphan Oliver Twist from a grim workhouse—where he famously asks for "more" gruel—to the gritty streets of London, where he falls in with the Artful Dodger, the cunning Fagin, and his gang of pickpockets, alongside the tough-but-kindhearted Nancy and her brutal partner Bill Sikes. Premiering in London's West End in 1960, the show blends rousing anthems like "Food, Glorious Food," "Consider Yourself," "You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two," and "As Long as He Needs Me" with themes of poverty, crime, and redemption, cementing its status as a timeless classic.