Alonzo: sensuous hip-writhings
Bill Bailey: hyperactive wiggles
... Alonzo will teach this kitten to slink if it's the last thing he does. 😒
George Maniadis as Alonzo and Matthew Levick as Bill Bailey; Vienna revival, 22 June 2022. Incidentally, that means he'd got off a plane from Australia less than 12 hours before and wasn't actually meant to be onstage for another couple of days—he came back early due to an injury on the part of Johnny Randall (Carbuckety) that left them short-staffed for Smol Boi actors. So this is a very jetlagged and snoozy kitten!
A cut show, with three missing characters—Tantomile, Carbuckety, and Electra—gave us some interesting pair-ups in the 'bums' section!
Bill Bailey seizes his chance (and the Alonzo butt)...
Jemima keeps company with a poor abandoned Coricopat (and will later pair up with him in the honky-tonk section too)...
... and Skimbleshanks, covering Carbuckety's track for a moment, foreshadows his later role in the white cat lift by having a sexy little moment with Victoria.
Nathan Luke as Bill Bailey, George Maniadis as Alonzo, Susannah Murphy as Jemima, Jan-Eike Majert as Coricopat, Hannah Kenna Thomas as Victoria, and Tommie Luyben as Skimbleshanks. Vienna revival, March 2022.
The swing boys of the 2021 US tour living up to vision of Dame Gillian Lynne: Kieran Macdonald as Tumblebrutus, Connor Orion Bermingham as Alonzo, and Brian Nelson as Coricopat.
(They're in Denver at the moment and struggling with the altitude, so apparently this is what happened when you get oxygen-deprived kitties. Video below the cut! 26 May 2022.)
Sean McManus taking the final bow, introduced by Indalecio de Jesús Valentín as Deuteronomy. Bonus: Alonzo, Munk, and Tugger as his support group! (Vinny Andaloro, Devon McCleskey, and Zach Bravo.)
Aaron Hunt and Grégory Gonel are back in the junkyard!
Aaron played Bill Bailey/Tumblebrutus in the original Oasis cast (2014) and the International tour (2016–17), and is now replacing Matthew Levick in the Vienna production, while Matthew moves to be a booth swing.
Grégory was Alonzo in the Paris revival (2015), and is replacing George Maniadis. So Vienna's Alonzo is now French, not Greek!
Kade Hughes as Bill Bailey, Holly Willock as Jemima, and Fletcher Dobinson as Alonzo, Asia tour 13 March 2021. Plus, look, it’s a Skimblescanlan in the back!
Alonzo, Mistoffelees, and Bill Bailey are hanging out. Should we be worried?
Wichita 2007: Chaz Wolcott as Mistoffelees, Tyler Foy as Bill Bailey, and Todd Allen Walker as Alonzo - who commented 'family tree!' on the last photo, so make up your own familial headcanons for these boys!
Fletcher Dobinson as Alonzo and Anina Pletscher covering Victoria; plus, of course, Xavier Pellin’s sparkles, and Kade Hughes flipping past as Tumblebrutus - much to Alonzo’s dismay.
Sunday 7 November 2021: Grégory Gonel had his last day as Alonzo in the Vienna revival, because George Maniadis has recovered from his injury and is back in the junkyard.
With Aaron Hunt as Bill Bailey and Andrea Luca Cotti as Mungojerrie.