BETTY BLUE EYES in London

Looking at the articles about the Olivier Awards, noticed a feature in the Daily Telegraph about Betty Blue Eyes, the new musical that's based on the movie A Private Function.  The movie happens to be a favorite of mine and so, I'm curious to see what happens with a musical about a group of Britains in a small Yorkshire village who are hoping to celebrate the wedding of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip in style by slaughtering an illegally raised pig.

The show stars star Sarah Lancashire (Joyce), Reece Shearsmith (Gilbert), David Bamber (Swaby), Jack Edwards (Allardyce), Mark Meadows (Lockwood), Adrian Scarborough (Wormold) and Ann Emery (Mother Dear).

Here's a link not only to the article in the "Telegraph," but also the show's official website, where you can navigate to a music player, which has a number of snippets from the score (this is a direct link to the media player).

Daily Telegraph

Alan Bennett's 'A Private Function' hits the stage
Alan Bennett’s classic film A Private Function is coming to the stage as an all-dancing musical.

Betty Blue Eyes website

Thoughts?

---- Andy Propst