Oliver Watton is currently starring as Jason in Ordinary Days at the London Theatre Workshop, a new fringe venue in Fulham.
Ordinary Days had its London premiere in 2008 at the Finborough Theatre, and was later presented at Trafalgar Studios 2 in 2011. The musical is set in New York City and follows the lives of four characters – Claire, Jason, Warren and Deb - who find themselves connecting with each other in remarkable ways. This new production is directed by Artistic Director of London Theatre Workshop, Ray Rackham.
Oliver recently finished a two year run understudying Fiyero in the West End production of Wicked. Just a few of his extensive theatre credits include: Godspell's 40th Anniversary Concert (Manchester Palace), Rolf Gruber in The Sound of
Music (Plenary Hall Kuala Lumpur) and the UK Tours of Kes, The Witches Of
Eastwick and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. His screen credits include playing Olly Larkin in Hollyoaks.
I recently caught up with Oliver to discuss what attracted him to Ordinary Days, how he's finding his first experience of fringe theatre, his time in Wicked and which three songs he would take with him to a desert island...
How has your Ordinary Days experience been so far?
Really good, I’ve never done a fringe show before so it’s been very exciting and different. It’s nice to be creating something as a team from scratch and this production is opening a new venue in Fulham. The whole venue has had a refurb and the pub downstairs is really stylish. It’s a boutique theatre and a really nice space to work in.
