Liam Mower

Liam Mower created the role of Billy Elliot when the musical first opened in 2005, winning an Olivier Award for his performance. Since 2011 he has been dancing with Matthew Bourne’s company, New Adventures. Roles and productions with New Adventures include Nutcracker! (2011–12), Play Without Words (2012), Count Lilac, Carabosse/Caradoc in Sleeping Beauty (2012–13, 2015-16 and 2022-23, The Prince in Swan Lake (2013–14 and 2018-19), Edward in Edward Scissorhands (2014–15 and 2023-24), Angelo in The Car Man (2015), Ivan and Grischa in The Red Shoes (2016–17 and 2019-20), Angel in Cinderella (2017–18) and Albert in The Midnight Bell (2021 and 2025). He recently performed the role of Mr Mistoffelees in the international tour of the musical Cats (2023/24 and 2024/5). He was also nominated for a Critics’ Circle National Dance Award for Outstanding Male Dancer (Modern).   Other career highlights include Elton John’s music video Electricity (2004), Electricity at Vogue’s The Met Ball (2005), Mikey Adams in Wire in the Blood (ITV), A Linha Curva by Itzik Galili  for Rambert Dance Company, Older Billy in Billy Elliot the Musical (Cinemas Worldwide), Disenchanted (Disney, 2022), The Greatest Days (2023) Matthew Bourne’s Christmas (More4/Leopard Films), Sleeping Beauty (BBC2), Cinderella (BBC), Swan Lake (Sky Arts), The Red Shoes (BBC2 and Sky Arts), Spitfire (BBC iPlayer).

Based on the highly successful multi BAFTA award-winning and Academy Award nominated film, the show is set in a northern mining town against the background of the 1984/’85 miners’ strike and follows Billy’s journey from the boxing ring to the ballet class where he discovers a passion for dance that inspires his family and whole community and changes his life forever.