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A semi-staged production of brand new musical Billie The Kid has revealed casting for its West End run at the Vaudeville Theatre in London.

Billie The Kid is set to star Olivia Saunders (Hex) as Billie Belle and Rob Kershaw as Brody Benson.

The cast also includes Tony Jayawardena (The Father and the Assassin) as Harry Hamhandler, Aharon Rayner (The Great British Bake Off Musical) as Milky Abel, Jodie Steele (Bonnie and Clyde) as Betty Belle, Ryan Kopel (Newsies) as David Frances, Yuki Sutton (Ride: The Musical) as Marybeth Gilbeaux, Kymberley Cochrane as Miss Banks, Beth Hinton-Lever (Hadestown) as Candy Destiny Jr, Rob Kershaw, Hannah Victoria (Madagascar The Musical) as Peaches Harrison, Phoebe-Loveday Raymond (NewsRevue) as Kelly Craig, Ki Griffin (Hollyoaks) as Mouse, and Yasmin Wilde (This Is Going To Hurt) as Miss Rose.

Swings are Natasha J Barnes (Hex) and Harvey Ebbage (La Cage aux Folles).

Billie The Kid was announced in August, and is billed as a ‘new kind of love story’, set in the bible belt of America and following dirt poor Billie who is hell-bent on making a better life for herself and her loveable if redneck best friend and boyfriend Brody. When she discovers he’s been trading dirty DM’s with the school queer punk rocker, Billie finds herself at the heart of a new love story .

This new British musical has music and lyrics by Gez Mercer, a book by Conway McDermott and Gez Mercer, and is directed by Kerry Kyriacos Michael.

Billie The Kid - Casting at the Vaudeville Theatre

Other creatives on the show include Tom Cagnoni (musical director), Julian Capolei (choreographer), Tim Deiling (lighting designer), Sam Vincent (sound designer), Stephen Foley (costume designer), Alex Beetschen (musical supervisor), Annemarie Lewis Thomas (associate musical director), Shelley Williams (associate director), Laura Braid (associate choreographer), Jida Akil (props), Andrew Lynford (casting), Sophie Matthew (casting associate), Lisa D Richardson (general management), Felix Davies (production manager) and Laila Alj (associate producer).

Billie The Kid – A New Musical is being semi-staged in front of a live audience for the first time, and plays on 13 and 20 November at the Vaudeville Theatre London.

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More about the cast of Billie The Kid

  • Natasha J Barnes (‘Hex’, National Theatre, ‘Funny Girl’, Savoy, title role in ‘Cinderella’, London Palladium)
  • Kymberley Cochrane (won the prestigious BBC Norman Beaton Fellowship in 2022 and went on to be a member of the 2023 BBC Radio Drama Company)
  • Harvey Ebbage (Cagelle in ‘La Cage Aux Folles’, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, ‘Dreamgirls’, UK Tour)
  • Ki Griffin (TV debut was playing the first non-binary character, Ripley Lennox, in ‘Hollyoaks’)
  • Beth Hinton-Lever (‘Hadestown’, ‘The Doncastrian Chalk Circle’, ‘As You Like It’, ‘Dick Whittington’, all at the National Theatre)
  • Tony Jayawardena (‘The Father and the Assassin’, ‘England People Very Nice’, both at National Theatre)
  • Rob Kershaw (making his professional debut)
  • Ryan Kopel (‘Newsies’, Troubadour Theatre, ‘The Book Of Mormon’, Prince of Wales)
  • Phoebe-Loveday Raymond (‘NewsRevue’ London and Edinburgh)
  • Aharon Rayner (‘Miss Saigon’, Sheffield Crucible, Hassan in ‘The Great British Bake Off the Musical’, Noël Coward Theatre, ‘Hex’, National Theatre)
  • Olivia Saunders (‘Hex’, National Theatre), ‘Kinky Boots in Concert’, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, ‘Trompe L’oeil, The Other Palace Studio)
  • Jodie Steele (Blanche Barrow in ‘Bonnie and Clyde’, Garrick, Heather Chandler in ‘Heathers’, West End/The Other Palace, Beth Boscombe in ‘Rehab the Musical’, Playground Theatre)
  • Yuki Sutton (2023 Offie Winner Best Supporting Performer in a Musical, ‘Ride: The Musical’, Charing Cross Theatre)
  • Hannah Victoria (Gloria the Hippo in ‘Madagascar – The Musical’, Ronnette in ‘Little Shop of Horrors’, Gary Coleman in ‘Avenue Q’, Maggie Hill in ‘Peaky Blinders: The Rise’)
  • Yasmin Wilde (Azra in BBC Radio’s ‘The Archers’)
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