Billy

A musical based on Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall
Book by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais
Music by John Barry, Lyrics by Don Black

 

Tower Theatre, Canonbury
April 2nd - 16th, 1994

Cast List

Billy Fisher : Chris Cavanagh
Alice : Denyse Macpherson
Geoffrey : Sean Buckley
Gran : Celia Reynolds
Arthur : James Bunn
Shadrack : Colin Dent
Duxbury : Richard Willis
Barbara : Fiona Shafran
Rita : Sharona Barry
Liz : Laura Branigan
Stamp : Matthew Baker
Marilyn Monroe : Janet South
Mrs Crabtree : Judi Cushing
Compère : Mike Crawshaw
Ticket Collector : Simon Humphries
Ambrosians, Stradhoughton-folk, football fans, Roxy-goers, mourners, passengers, Oscar winners and others real and imaginary : Roget Bartlett, Alan Boyle, Jon Burke, Charlotte Butler, Ginny Cartwright, Kathy Crawshaw, Annemarie Fearnley, Simon Humphries, Fenella Lee, Fatemeh Malek

The Band

Peter Werth (drums)
Peta Barker (percussion)
Peter Bond (banjo)
Rob Campbell (bass)
Sharon Parsons (flute)
Catherine Foster (flute)
Sara Chamberlain (trumpet)
Chris Wright (trombone)
Dan Shafran (trumpet/flügelhorn)
Richard Willis (euphonium/trumpet)
David Richmond (piano/keyboards)

Billy


 

Billy


Production Team

Director : Allan Stronach
Musical Director : David Richmond
Choreography : Anna Twilley
Set Design : David Taylor, John Dorsett
Lighting Design : Laurence Tuerk
Costume Design : Andrew Short
Sound Design : Stephen Ley

Stage Managers : Sarah Ambrose, Colette Dockery
DSM : James Reader
ASMs : Nick Bakker, Sue Bowyer, Mike Crawshaw, Kirsty Robson, Alan Frendo, Jane Gurney-Randall, Jayne Lawrence, Helen McCormack
Props : Bonnie Croton
Lighting operators : Jacky Devitt, Andrew O'Hara
Slide Projection : Edmund Wilson, Gregory Munson
Sound operator : Stephen Ley
Sound assistant : Simon Humphries
Wardrobe : Phyl Lee, Barbara Mathews, Moira McSperrin, Rona Savident, Susie Brown, Denyse Alexander, Celia Reynolds, Nigel Martin, Sheila Burbidge, Sue Gardner, Kate Fearnley, Dinah Irvine, Marcus Toulmin-Rothe, Anthony Goodman, Noreen Spall, Colin Winter
Wigs : Karen Killaspy
Dressers : Jill Batty, Laura Branigan, Jeanette Clarke, Alison Foulds, Allessia Spillane
Set construction : Denis Turner, Keith Syrett, Debbie Harris, Ron Brooker, Peta Barker, Alan Nesbitt, Dominic Turner, Paul Barrett, John McSpadyen, Clive Hammett, Dinah Irvine, Bill Leahy, Quentin Withall, Adam Key, John Dockey, Penny Tuerk, Janine Rose, Andy Hind, Steven Green, Claire Rice