On Saturday 20 December 2009, Oliver! will host a special preview performance in aid of wildlife charity the Aspinall Foundation. Oliver! is the latest production to benefit from the BBC’s online talent search, the leading roles and Nancy and Oliver were cast based on audience votes. The production officially opens on January 14th 2009 and tickets for Oliver! are on sale already.
Infamous socialite and gambler John Aspinall created the foundation after his own private exotic animal collections opened to the public and became Howletts Wild Animal Park and Port Lympne Zoo in Kent. The two establishments have gained a fantastic record for breeding and caring for rare and endangered species which are then released into the wild where they can.
As well as running Howletts and Port Lympne, the Aspinall foundation funds and maintains a huge number of projects overseas, most notably a scheme that saved a number of gorillas from bush meat poachers in the Congo in the late 1980’s, and now prepares orphan gorillas for their adult lives in the Congo’s Plateau Bateke National Park.
The price to attend this special performance includes a ticket, drinks at an exclusive post-show reception attended by the cast of Oliver! and a charitable donation made to the Aspinall Foundation to support their fantastic work.
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