“It’s not a question of coming down to earth, Mr Duxbury. Some of us Mr. Duxbury, belong in the stars”
Billy Fisher doesn’t see life like other 19-year-olds.
He may look like a duffel-coated undertaker’s clerk, but in his mind he’s an award-winning script writer; the world’s greatest band leader; or the devoted son of a tragic amputee. And of course, he’s the Casanova to end them all.
But when his webs of deception are spinning out of control and in danger of unravelling, maybe it’s time to make his fantasies real. A new start in London beckons, so what is holding him back?
Written before teenagers took over the world and when real life started early, Billy Liar is a timeless embodiment of the dreamer in every one of us. Phil Willmott (“Master Harold”…and the Boys and Around the World in Eighty Days) returns to the Playhouse to direct Keith Waterhouse’s and Willis Hall’s classic comedy.
CAST
Michael Imerson
Billy Fisher
Kerry Peers
Alice Fisher
Christine Ozanne
Florence Boothroyd
David Hounslow
Geoffrey Fisher
Shane Zaza
Arthur Crabtree
Jessica Harris
Rita
Natalie Gumede
Liz
Victoria Gee
Barbara
COMPANY
Keith Waterhouse & Wallis Hall
Writers
Phil Willmott
Director
Christopher Woods
Designer
Hansjorg Schmidt
Lighting Designer