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| BATBOY the Musical | Bat Boy Closed 15th January 2005
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Batboy is not suitable for children | Bat Boy the Musical by Keythe Farley, Brian Flemming and Laurence O'Keefe. Directed by Mark Wing-Davey with designs by Madeline Herbert. Bat Boy The Musical tells the story of a half boy half bat discovered in the caves of West Virginia. Captured, caged, mockingly branded 'Bat Boy', and under threat of execution by the vet Dr Parker, he finds an ally in the vet's wife, Meredith Parker. Re-christened Edgar, he blossoms under Meredith's tutelage and becomes the paragon of a modern gentleman - courteous, educated, sensitive and irresistible to the opposite sex - in particular, Meredith's daughter, Shelley.
However trouble is brewing - the cattle of Hope Falls are mysteriously dying and when several local townspeople are murdered in cold blood, the finger of suspicion points only one way - at Edgar. An angry mob gathers forcing him to flee. Will he effect his escape, or will darker secrets be revealed that will shake the townspeople's existence forever? |
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BAT BOY THE MUSICAL Shaftesbury Theatre
Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8DP.
Closed 15th January 2005
Performance Times:
Evenings: Monday to Saturday at 7.45pm
Matinees: Thursday and Saturday at 3.00pm
Performance length: 2hrs 30mins approx
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Closed 15th January 2005 | Prices: (including booking fee and VAT)
Stalls £41.00 - £47.00
Royal Circle £47.00
Grand Circle £29.00
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| | What's New | Bat Boy The Musical Closed 15th January 2005
It has been announced that Bat Boy The Musical at The Shaftesbury Theatre will close on 15 January 2005 after a run of just over four months The musical is inspired by the reported capture of a live bat-child in the US Weekly World News in an edition which boosted the circulation. making tabloid history. |
| Theatre Review | Bat Boy - For a few minutes at the beginning of Mark Wing-Davey's hilarious production, when Bat Boy is hooded and bound Abu Ghraib-style and taken to the home of the local vet, it seems as though book writers Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming have a serious point to make about the acceptance of outsiders in closed American hearts. Nothing of the sort: what they and the lyricist Laurence O'Keefe choose to do instead is present Greystoke meets The Waltons via My Fair Lady, B-movie style. This probably won't hang around too long, so book now for quite the most batty experience the West End has offered in many a long year
London Evening Standard
Good jokes and enjoyable musical pastiche (music and lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe) good leading performances, especially from Deven May, who created the role of Bat Boy in the original off-Broadway production and Rebecca Vere, primly sexy as Mrs Parker. The Independent |
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