After first being cast in 2019, Tegan Wouters and Mat Verevis will finally have their chance to play the titular roles of Bonnie & Clyde, when producer Joshua Robson finally manages to bring the fast-paced musical to Hayes Theatre Co this September. Telling the story of America’s most notorious bank robbers and lovers, the Australian professional premiere of Bonnie & Clyde will play from 17 September as part of Hayes Theatre Co’s 2021 season.
Playing Bonnie Parker, a beautiful girl torn between love and fame, is Teagan Wouters. Teagan performed the role ofNicola in the Australian stage production of Kinky Boots, for which she received a Helpmann Award nomination. Her other theatre credits include Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof, Lisa Houseman in the Australian tour of Dirty Dancing, Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family and she is currently playing Julia in the Australian tour of The Wedding Singer.
Playing the other half of this infamous duo, Clyde Barrow, is singer/actor/songwriter Mat Verevis. Mat is a best known for his Helpmann Award winning performance as Barry Mann in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and has performed in the Australian Premiere of Lazarus for The Production Company, Torch Song Trilogy, There’s Something About Music and starred as Mark in Rent at the Sydney Opera House earlier this year. He was also a finalist in Channel 9’s The Voice (Season 3).
This Australian premiere production of Bonnie & Clyde is being directed and choreographed by newcomer Sam Hooper (Cats, Mamma Mia!), with music direction by Zara Stanton (Fangirls), set designs by Simon Greer, lighting design by Kate Baldwin and costume designs by Keerthi Subramanyam.
At the height of the Great Depression, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow went from two small-town nobodies in West Texas to America’s most renowned folk heroes and Texas law enforcement’s worst nightmares. Fearless, shameless and alluring, the Tony-nominated Bonnie & Clyde,from the legendary Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, Civil War, Dracula), is the electrifying story of love, adventure and crime that captured the attention of an entire country.
When Bonnie and Clyde meet, their mutual cravings for excitement and fame immediately set them on a mission to chase their dreams. Their bold and reckless behaviour turns the young lovers’ thrilling adventure into a downward spiral, putting themselves and their loved ones in trouble with the law. Forced to stay on the run, the lovers resort to robbery and murder to survive. As the infamous duo’s fame grows bigger, their inevitable end draws nearer.