UK Live Entertainment News - Billy Elliot
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Billy Elliot Star Kaine Ward Chats to UK Tickets
Kaine Ward is the latest of Billy Elliot’s that have performed in the West End and in nd countries around the world It took five months of auditions to get him here but now he looks like he’s not stopped smiling since his first performance just before Christmas Our UK ...
Billy Elliot Announces November Cast Change
Billy Elliot the Musical has announced a major cast change at the Victoria Palace Theatre From Monday th November Ann Emery will return to play ‘Grandma’ - the role she originated in the show and played until Gillian Bevan will join as dance teacher ‘Mrs Wilkinson’; Michael Peavoy will make ...
Billy Elliot the Musical: New Cast Announced
Billy Elliot the Musical welcomes some new cast members this winter From November year old Scott McKenzie from Dumbarton Scotland will join the four boys currently alternating the role of Billy Meanwhile year olds Reece Barrett from Exeter and Connor Lawson from County Durham will join the cast as Michael ...
Film to Stage
The West End is seeing a big increase in the number of film to stage musicals opening within the last year and another on the way Although some regular theatregoers are panning the idea each of the shows has its own success story A few have said its degrading the ...
Billy Elliot's 5th Birthday
The stunning Billy Elliot the musical last night March celebrated its th birthday with a star studded audience in attendance th Birthday Elton John David Furnish David Walliams and Lara Stone were among the celebrities that turned out for the anniversary performance The show which opened at the Victoria Palace ...
Billy Elliot Captures American Hearts
Billy Elliot the Musical continues to go from strength to strength across the Atlantic with a U S national tour set to open with an extended run in Chicago next month The show has proved a huge hit since opening on Broadway in late directed and designed by the original ...
Billy sweeps the board at the Tonys
Billy Elliot has swept the board at New York’s prestigious Tony Awards The British show took home ten awards out of an astounding fifteen nominations including the coveted Best Musical The award for Best Lead Actor in a musical went jointly to the three original Broadway Billy David Alvarez Trent ...
Billy Elliot: 4 years
On May the London production of Billy Elliot will celebrate several landmarks as the date marks the show’s fourth birthday and th performance at the Victoria Palace New castTo celebrate Billy Elliot will welcome its nd Billy twelve year old Oliver Gardner For the first time since Billy Elliot ...
Billy Elliot leads the field at 2009 Tonys
Billy Elliot’s phenomenal New York success has been rewarded with an incredible fifteen nominations at the prestigious Tony Award Included in those nominations is the title of Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical with the three Broadway Billys David Alvarez Trent Kowalik and Kiril Kulish hoping to ...
Billy Elliot: Taking over the world
Despite frequent technical difficulties and cancelled previews Lee Hall and Elton John’s Billy Elliot has opened to ecstatic reviews at New York’s Imperial Theatre Last month’s opening night was studded with such stars as Rosie O’Donnell Kevin Spacey Woody Allen Ron Howard Billie Jean King Paul Rudd and Ben Stiller ...
