Full cast announced for Bat Boy at Southwark Playhouse

Full casting has been announced for Bat Boy: The Musical, which runs at Southwark Playhouse from 9 to 31 January 2015.

Rob Compton will take on the title role of Bat Boy, alongside Georgina Hagen as Shelley Parker, Russell Wilcox as Sheriff, Nolan Frederick as Bud, Simon Bailey as Reverend Hightower, Andy Rees as Rick, Pepper Harrison as Ruthie and Lindsay Scigliano as Maggie.

They join the previously announced Lauren Ward as Meredith Parker and Matthew White as Dr Parker.

The production will be directed by Luke Fredericks with choreography by Joey McKneely, musical direction by Mark Crossland and set and costume design by Stewart Charlesworth.

Bat Boy: The Musical premiered in 1997 and, inspired by a spoof article in tabloid The Weekly World News, it tells the story of a "strange bat-child" who is taken under a family's wing and taught the way of the world.