A riotous musical comedy about 70 years of conspiracy, aliens, americana and BILL. The man who made America suck first.
BILL is a raucous, ridiculous, genre defying piece of musical docu-theatre that tells the strange life of Milton Bill Cooper, the most destructive and influential man to ever grace radio. This outrageous true story of the life of the original conspiracy theorist, Milton William Cooper, comes to Omnibus Theatre this December.
Throughout 80s and 90s America, author, veteran and radio broadcaster Milton William “Bill” Cooper disseminated an array of conspiracy myths, aliens, illuminati, coming ice-ages, and contaminated vaccines, setting off a chain of events which influence American politics to this day. Through parody, verbatim, music, comedy, drag, puppetry, and clowning, Red Fox Theatre experiment in a genre-bending style as absurd as the wild ride that is the life of Bill. With original live country-western and disco music BILL explores the tumultuous life of a serial conspirator and the dangerous influence one man can have in the future of a nation.
Collaborative playwright and director Megan Jenkins said, “BILL will be painfully relevant to audiences, following the US and UK elections this year and the last decade of political upheavals. Its themes of mutual rational scepticism, critical thinking, and distrust of government could not be more pertinent. We want our audiences to leave having had a great night out and being able to watch the news, read a paper, or debate a family member over Christmas dinner, and understand a bit more about how we got here.”
Go grab a beer, pull up a pew, and lend an ear to BILL. The man who made America suck first.
Company information
Collaborative playwright and director Megan Jenkins
Cast
Jonty Weston, Chris Weeks, Callum McGuire
Listings information
3 – 22 December
Omnibus Theatre, 1 Clapham Common North Side, London SW4 0QW
Running Time: 120 mins (inc interval)
7:30 PM Tue – Sun 7:30pm & Sun 4pm
Tickets £18 (£16 concession). BILL - Omnibus Theatre
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