From exhilarating Oliver! to a mardy Beast in the east " three of the best Christmas family shows
Leeds Playhouse; Stephen Joseph theatre, Scarborough; Royal Lyceum, EdinburghLionel Bart's classic musical is all light and shade in James Brining's in-the-round revival; actors and audience ad-lib with aplomb in a seaside Beauty and the Beast; plus, a camp and catchy Snow Queen Oliver!, Lionel Bart's adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1838 novel, has been a stage favourite since its first appearance in 1960. It's incre…