Performance

Venue	Mercury Theatre
	Also: Studio
Town	Colchester
County	Essex
From	14th March 2014
To	5th April 2014
When	19:30. Thu, Sat Mats 14:30
Mercury Theatre (V37)
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Date of change: 7 Feb 14 - T0320663462

Betty Blue Eyes

Work:: Betty Blue Eyes (S02065319241)

A comedy musical set in 1947, the story concerns an upwardly mobile chiropodist and his wife. He and his wife are in immediate and austere post Britain.. The Second World War might been over by two years, but food rationing is still in place. Food rationing has made things worse than during the war itself. Within this hierarchy of a very small town, desperate times call for desperate measures. Particularly when it comes to trying to prepare a fine pork roast to celebrate the royal wedding. The chiropodist and his wife steal a pig in order to fatten her up for a banquet celebrating the impending wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten. But the pig is not as co-operative as they want her to be.

Book by	Ron Cowen
Book by	Daniel Lipman
Music	George Stiles
Lyrics	Anthony Drewe

Production:: (T0320663462)

Running time: 2hrs 30mins (inc. 20min interval)

Presented by	Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse
Presented by	Mercury Theatre Colchester
Presented by	Salisbury Playhouse
Presented by	West Yorkshire Playhouse
Director	Daniel Buckroyd
Choreographer	Andrew Wright
Musical Director	Richard Reeday
Design	Sara Perks
Lighting	Mark Dymock
Sound	Adam McCready
Director	Anne Vosser (casting)
Other	Mary Howland (dialect coach)
Choreographer	Rebecca Louis (assistant)
Performer	Amy Booth-Steel (Joyce Chilvers)
Performer	Haydn Oakley (Gilbert Chilvers)
Performer	Sally Mates (Mother Dear)
Performer	Laura Baldwin (Veronica / Ensemble)
Performer	Adam C Booth (Mr Lockwood / Mr Barraclough / Ensemble)
Performer	Ricky Butt (Mrs Allardyce / Mrs Tilbrook / Ensemble)
Performer	Rebecca Louis (Mrs Metcalf / Ensemble)
Performer	Kate Robson-Stuart (Mrs Lester / Princess Elizabeth / Ensemble / violin)
Performer	Oliver Izad (BBC Announcer / Mr Nuttall / Ensemble / accordion / violin)
Performer	Joe Maxwell (Mr Metcalf / Prince Phillip / Mr Cunliffe / Ensemble)
Performer	Jenni Bowden (Mrs Turnbull / Mrs Cunliffe / Ensemble / clarinet / saxophone)
Performer	Lauren Logan (Kit / Betty / Puppeteer / Ensemble)
Performer	Matt Harrop (Mr Allardyce / Ensemble)
Performer	Kit Benjamin (Dr Swaby / Ensemble / violin)

Listing:: L01881550284

Current production:Work

Production details

Running time: 2hrs 30mins (inc. 20min interval)

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