Billy Thorpe and Leigh
This play celebrates the music of Billy Thorpe through a fan who could be any fan.
Growing up in a rural area known as the Borough of Eagle Hawk Leigh yearns to improve himself. His mother Shirl does her best to make ends met as they discover her husband has a genetic illness known as Myotonic Dystrophy and can’t work any more.
Then Leigh meets Billy Thorpe at the local Town Hall.
As Leigh lives in the shadow of his father’s illness, his struggles to find his place and succeed in the world, become intertwined with Billy’s success and his music which begins to takes on more and more meaning for Leigh.
Feedback/Comments
Awesome.
great!
Condensing two life stories, one well known and one unknown, into this shows timespan was a difficult challenge well met by the writers. It moves along at a fair rate but never loses or confuses the audience.
Andrew Doyle had the ability to carry his character Leigh from youth to adulthood with ease. An impressive performance. Harlene Hercules gives a solid performance in support as Leigh's mother. Only criticism I have is of Frank Kerr's rendition of classic songs that are naturally intimately known and loved by the audience. When performing solo numbers I felt too often he was vocally over reaching and missing the mark. You can't afford to not nail iconic Thorpie classics. This was the only reason to lower my rating and I sincerely hope it was a one off performance.
Loved hearing the old songs good show
A very emotional and touching performance.
Will certainly recently recommend
very enjoyable evening well worth going!
Enjoyable show - would recommend to anyone who enjoys reliving life through songs