*****
“A new smash-hit musical is born – warm, witty, rude, loveable, dramatic, hilarious”
The Times
It’s fair shares for all in Austerity Britain (1947-style). But in the little town of Shepardsford, humble chiropodist Gilbert Chilvers is still struggling to bring home the bacon.The only light on the
horizon is a private function to celebrate the forthcoming marriage of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip.
It’s going to be the social event of the year and Gilbert’s wife Joyce is determined that they should be there. But when the longed-for invitation fails to materialise, the two of them resolve to do
whatever it takes to get their fair share of the banquet’s centrepiece – a rations-busting illegal pork roast.
Will Gilbert be able to pig-nap the porker destined for the royal banquet? Will provincial high society keep Joyce at the bottom of the pile?And will Gilbert’s dotty mother-in-law ever get to eat
anything other than Spam?
Join Betty and friends for this laugh-out-loud, feel-good musical treat.
Originally produced in London by Cameron Mackintosh. This production is licensed by Josef Weinberger Ltd on behalf of Music Theatre International and Cameron Mackintosh Ltd
A Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse co-production with Mercury Theatre Colchester,
Salisbury Playhouse and West Yorkshire Playhouse.
it’s impossible not to warm to this poignant pig-tale of austerity and ingenuity
The Reviews Hub
Not many modern musicals nowadays let you leave the theatre with a smile on your face, but Betty Blue Eyes is one of these
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CAST

Laura Baldwin
Veronica/Ensemble

Tobias Beer
Mr Wormold/Ensemble & Violin

Kit Benjamin
Dr Swaby/Ensemble & Violin

Jenni Bowden
Mrs Turnbull/Mrs Cunliffe/Ensemble & Clarinet

Adam C Booth
Mr Lockwood/Mr Barraclough/Ensemble

Amy Booth-Steel
Joyce Chilvers

Ricky Butt
Mrs Allardyce/Mrs Tilbrook/Ensemble

Matt Harrop
Mr Allardyce/Ensemble

Oliver Izod
BBC Announcer/Mr Nuttall/Ensemble/Accordian/Violin

Rachel Knowles
Mrs Lockwood/Mrs Roach/Ensemble/Trumpet

Lauren Logan
Kit/Betty Puppeteer/Ensemble

Rebecca Louis
Mrs Metcalf/Ensemble/Assistant Choreographer

Sally Mates
Mother Dear

Joe Maxwell
Mr Metcalf/Prince Phillip/Mr Cunliffe/Ensemble

Haydn Oakley
Gilbert Chilvers

Anthony Ray
Mr Attlee/Sgt Noble/Reg Bowen/Mr Sutcliffe/Ensemble

Kate Robson-Stuart
Mrs Roach/Princess Elizabeth/Ensemble/Violin
COMPANY
Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman
Book
George Stiles & Anthony Drewe
Music and Lyrics
Daniel Buckroyd
Director
Alan Bennett
Adapted from the Screenplay by
Cameron Mackintosh
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