Rutene Spooner's Be Like Billy?

Featuring the Flashest Southern Showband the Tekīra Mutton Birds, Be like Billy? Strums up All New and Original Waiata, Garage Party Classics, and Old-school Hits from the Likes of Uncle Howie, the Prince of Jandels, and Te Legend, Te Master, Te Chuckling Funny-fala.

Be like Billy? is everything but an impersonation show. Can you Be Like Billy without being the butt of the joke?

“Spooner lays out this complexity for us in a show that starts with joy and celebration, with nostalgia, then pivots to something more complex when the audience is confronted with the division between laughing at and laughing with…” - Flat City Field Notes | Erin Harrington

Originally commissioned by The Court Theatre, produced by Metro Māori Productions and presented as part of the PANNZ (Performing Arts Network of New Zealand) touring programme.