Billy Elliot - The Musical

Synopsis

The movie of Billy Elliot was one of the most successful UK films ever and the original multi-award winning creative team, director Stephen Daldry, writer Lee Hall, choreographer Peter Darling and musical legend Sir Elton John have now adapted the show into a musical that is funny, uplifting and immensely entertaining.

Billy Elliot the Musical is an inspirational story of one boy’s dream to realise his ambitions against the odds. Set in a Northern mining town during the historic 1984/85 miners' strike, young Billy Elliot pursues his passion for dance in secret to avoid disapproval of his struggling family. Brought up by a single father, Billy is enthralled by the grace and wonder of ballet and is determined to fulfil his ambition of attending the Royal Ballet School.

Billy Elliot the Musical has taken the world by storm since its world premiere at the Victoria Palace Theatre, London in March 2005. Billy Elliot London won four Laurence Olivier Awards, as well as the Evening Standard Award, Critics Circle as well as our own Whatsonstage.com award for Best Musical. Billy Elliot Broadway opened in 2008 it won a record ten Tony Awards.

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Our Review:

18 May 2011

Fears that Billy Elliot - The Musical may have dated in the six years since it first tapped onto the Victoria Palace stage can be set aside. As the cast blew out the candles on their Maggie Thatcher-themed cake, their show was looking, if anything, more relevant than ever.

Billy’s journey from doomed Durham mining town to the hallowed halls of the Royal Ballet School has gained pathos in the current political climate of cuts and protest. And while Elton John’s songs are not as memorable as they should be, his nostalgic riffs on Northern folk music, coupled with Lee Hall’s simple, honest lyrics, movingly give voice to a community that knows its days are numbered.

What really sticks with you though is the dancing. Like Billy, the show lives or dies by it, and Peter Darling’s choreography still hits the spot six years on, from the proud spirit of the ensemble numbers to the cathartic beauty of Billy’s solos. [Dean C...

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IlS - 10 April 2013:

Finally persuaded to see this show and have to say it was as I feared truly awful and not worth the effort. There are better musicals on in London....

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