BONNIE + CLYDE INTERVIEW FINAL

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Star studded lineup set to perform the Bonnie & Clyde musical a the New Victoria Theatre in Woking. Featuring Stars such as Katie Tonkinson as Bonnie Parker (Bat Out of Hell). Danny Hatchard as Clyde Barrow (EastEnders, Our Girl). Catherine Tyldesley as Blanche Barrow (Coronation Street & 2019, Strictly Come Dancing). Sam Ferriday as Buck Barrow (Endeavour,Treason). Bonnie & Clyde took over the centre of Woking on Saturday March 1 as they promoted the Musical  before they come to Woking to perform between April 23 & April 27 The cast arrived in style at the Town Centre in a vintage 1929 Ford Model A Saloon. The car is a Homage to the Great depression era in the US which the musical is set in. The Vintage car was then displayed for public viewing in front of the Theatre and then the Woking War Memorial. The story of Bonnie & Clyde is about two American bandits and their gang in the Great Depression era. they were famous for robberies & murders and their crimes captured the attention of the American press. The musical enhances the famous story & has a production that features music by multi-Award nominated composer Frank Wildhorn.  Katie Tonkinson said “Bonnie & Clyde has been romanticised & glamourised a lot and this musical makes them real. It really delves into their relationship, how that builds, how their decisions & their relationships affects people close to them and the people around them”. Former Coronation Street and Strictly Come Dancing contestant Catherine Tyldesley is to make her debut in musical theatre with the Bonnie & Clyde tour. New Victoria Theatre will host the Musical between April 23 & April 27. Tickets are available from New Victoria Theatre or online at https://www.atgtickets.com/shows/bonnie-and-clyde/new-victoria-theatre/  Tickets are available from £13.00

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00:00 I've watched some films, I've watched lots of documentaries and things and read lots

00:20 of bits about them.

00:22 It's nice to have the circumstances and the surroundings that they would have been in,

00:28 you have some context.

00:30 But I didn't want to try and copy other people's portrayals too much.

00:36 I wanted to kind of make her my own and have my own kind of interpretation of what she

00:39 would be like.

00:40 But I love playing her, I think she's so fun.

00:44 There's lots of layers to her, she's a really strong woman, she's really feisty I think,

00:48 she's got a lot of fire in her, she's not afraid to get what she wants and ask for what

00:52 she wants.

00:53 And I think that's the best bit I enjoy about her, is that she's not scared of anything.

00:58 But well actually, all four members of the Barrow Gang, the script is so brilliantly

01:05 written by Ivan Menchel.

01:09 I feel that all of the characters have such a huge journey.

01:15 And as an actor it's an absolute dream because you're getting to play an entire range of

01:20 emotions and it's so well written that the script emotes that within you.

01:26 You know, barely trying, it's just beautifully put together and the love stories are at the

01:34 heart of it.

01:35 And so when we're emotional, we're emotional because it's so well written.

01:41 The arc of the story is handed to you on a plate.

01:45 Well Bonnie and Clyde has been kind of romanticised and glamorised a lot and this musical makes

01:51 them very real.

01:54 It really delves into their relationship and how that built and how their decisions and

02:00 how their relationship affects the people close to them and the people around them.

02:04 I am very much in love with this show.

02:06 I've waited a long time for the right musical to come along and this is absolutely the right

02:13 one.

02:14 I adore it, everything about it, the script, the music.

02:17 This one's not bad is it?

02:21 The whole cast are absolutely brilliant.

02:25 Nick's direction, it's been on my bucket list for such a long time to work with Nick, he's

02:31 incredible.

02:32 Everybody has just been amazing, we've got such a great team.

02:36 I would love to do more musicals, for sure.

02:42 And as we've already mentioned, you know, Frank Wildhorn, his music, Don Black, Ivan

02:48 Menchel.

02:49 It's just an absolute recipe for stage gold, so I feel very lucky.

02:55 He's at a crossroads, you know, he has the love for his brother, following Clyde, following

02:59 that exciting life, you know, big guns, fast cars, robbing banks, robbing stores, making

03:04 money and the love that he has for his wife and wanting to go on the straight and narrow.

03:10 He does attempt, no spoilers here, but he does attempt to try and go clean and straight

03:15 and just tries to take him on that religious path, but yeah, he loves them both and he's

03:21 constantly going to tug a war with himself and he's taught each of those.

03:25 Always described the show as an adrenaline rush.

03:30 I think it has a bit of everything.

03:33 You're on the edge of your seat, sometimes you're crying with laughter, sometimes you're

03:37 crying because you're heartbroken and I feel you go on a real journey, don't you?

03:43 Yeah, these are the icons of the Great Depression and, you know, as Kath says, it pulls on your

03:50 heart strings.

03:51 You've got to remember as well, it is a musical, but this is a play with music, very much so.

03:57 And yeah, it's gritty, it's thrilling, it's sexy.

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