The Red Carpet for this show was unusual in that it was held in a Bar where a number of the actors wore period costumes from the Dickens era.
THE ARTFUL DODGER was one of the characters in Charles Dickens’ novel Oliver Twist.
Set in 1850’s Australia in the colony of Port Victory Jack Dawkins. played by Thomas Brodie-Sangster, also known as the Artful Dodger, is now a surgeon who still has a penchant for crime. When Dodgers past returns with the arrival of Fagin, played by John Thewlis, (who came from the UK to walk the Red Carpet), the Dodger is lured back in to a world of crime. From heists to life and death surgeries to the harsh realities of the criminal world, mingling with the middle class and gentry, this is a tale of reinvention, betrayal, redemption and love with a twist.
THE ARTFUL DODGER was co-directed by Corrie Chen and Gracie Otto and is currently playing on Disney+
Featured image David Thewlis. Text and photos by Ben Apfelbaum
