STAGE TUBE: First Look at BETTY BLUE EYES Performance Highlights in the West End!

Everybody's been talking about the animatronic pig which cost a reported £100,000 for Cameron Mackintosh's new musical comedy BETTY BLUE EYES, based on the Handmade Film "A PRIVATE FUNCTION" by Alan Bennett and Malcolm Mowbray. BETTY BLUE EYES is the first original musical Cameron Mackintosh has produced in ten years. It started previews at the Novello Theatre in the West End on 19 March and opened on 13 April. Reelkandi TV got the first look at the production highlights and now BroadwayWorld brings you a glimpse of the exciting production below!

In the cast are Sarah Lancashire, as ‘Joyce', Reece Shearsmith as ‘Gilbert', Adrian Scarborough as ‘Wormold', David Bamber as ‘Swaby', JaCK Edwards as ‘Allardyce', Ann Emery as ‘Mother Dear' and Mark Meadows as ‘Lockwood' and of course Betty the pig in the title role.

The company also includes Rachael Archer, James Barron, Dan Burton, Ian Conningham, Holly Dale-Spencer, Neil Ditt, Victoria Hay, Kirsty Hoiles, Chris Howell, Howard Jones, Robert Kershaw, Rebecca Louis, Andy Mace, Claire Machin, Laura Medforth, Annalisa Rossi, Hollie Taylor and Gemma Wardle.

Adapted from Alan Bennett and Malcolm Mowbray's hilarious comic film "A Private Function"; a tale that centres around Betty, an adorable pig who is being illegally reared to ensure that the local dignitaries can celebrate the forthcoming Royal Wedding with a lavish banquet while everyone else makes do with Spam. This utterly British musical, full of eccentric characters, has a deliciously witty score by Stiles and Drewe, a marvellous cast of great British actors and, of course, Betty as Herself.

BETTY BLUE EYES has a book by Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman adapted from an original story and the Alan Bennett /Malcolm Mowbray/Handmade film "A Private Function". Music is by George Stiles and lyrics are by Anthony Drewe. It is directed by Richard Eyre with musical staging by Stephen Mear. Designed by Tim Hatley with lighting by Neil Austin and sound design by Mick Potter. The musical director is Richard Beadle, musical supervisor Stephen Brooker and orchestrations are by William David Brohn.

Performances will be Monday - Saturday at 7.30pm with matinees on Thursday and Saturday at 2.30pm. For more information, visit www.bettyblueeyesthemusical.com