New British musical Billie The Kid is coming to the Vaudeville Theatre in London next month, for two performances only.
Watch a video of one of the stars of the show, Jodie Steele (Bonnie and Clyde, Heathers), who plays Betty Belle, sing “Cowgirl Thunder” from the show.
Billie The Kid has music and lyrics by Gez Mercer, a book by Conway McDermott and Gez Mercer, and will be directed by Kerry Kyriacos Michael.
The show is set to star Olivia Saunders (Hex) as Billie Belle and Rob Kershaw as Brody Benson, with 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, 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 .
Other creatives working 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).
This semi-staged concert is playing at the Vaudeville Theatre on Monday 13 November and Monday 20 November at 7.30pm.
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