Reece Sheersmith Interview - Betty Blue Eyes - Novello Theatre

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Sarah Lancashire and Reece Shearsmith head the cast in the brand new acclaimed British musical Betty Blue Eyes.

Belts are being tightened and the country's long-suffering citizens are being told by the government that there will be fair shares for all in return for surviving Austerity Britain. Meanwhile local officials feather their own nests by taking far more than their own fair share. It is of course 1947, and having won the war Britain seems to have lost the peace, and the country is staggering under the burden of acute rationing, unemployment and the coldest winter for decades. The only bright spark on the horizon is the impending marriage of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip.

Twenty six years ago Alan Bennett and Malcolm Mowbray wove this story into the hilariously funny film A Private Function, which centered around Betty, an adorable pig, who is being illegally reared to ensure the local dignitaries can celebrate the Royal Wedding with a lavish banquet while the local population make do with Spam.

Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman have adapted and expanded this story for the stage and George Stiles and Anthony Drewe have written a deliciously infectious, toe-tapping, retro contemporary score.

The resulting Betty Blue Eyes musical is an utterly British musical and full of eccentric characters.

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Reece Sheersmith tells Whatsonstage.com's Joseph Pike about his latest role as Gilbert in Betty Blue Eyes at London's Novello Theatre.

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[trufamoon]

I love you, Reece!

[lnfreeman]

does anyone else find the white face in the background a bit frightening?