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Alexander Barnett sings his way into Oliver! in the West End

February 12, 2009 12:51
Alex Barnett

ByCandice Krieger, Candice Krieger

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Look out for this lad. Singing sensation Alexander Barnett will be starring in the hit West End show Oliver!

Alexander, 14, has been cast as one of Fagin’s boys. He will star alongside Rowan Atkinson, who plays Fagin, and Jodie Prenger (Nancy), the winner of the BBC reality show I’d Do Anything. He makes his debut next month.

“I can’t wait,” Alexander, a pupil at the Sylvia Young Theatre School in Marylebone, London, tells People. “This is the biggest thing I have done. I am a fan of Rowan Atkinson and am really excited.”

Alexander endured five rounds of auditions before being selected from more than 500 hopefuls.