Much of the team behind the film were involved in making the musical a box office smash hit, including director Stephen Daldry, and choreographer, Peter Darling.īilly Elliot The Musical plays the Sunderland Empire from April 6-30. The film is about an 11 year old boy (Billy Elliot) who tries to pursue a career in Ballet despite negative stereotyping. The visual text Billy Elliot was created in 2000 and directed by Stephen Daldry. The show, which boasts a book and lyrics by Newcastle writer Lee Hall and a score by Sir Elton John, will then take up residency at the Sunderland Empire from April 6-30.Īll the youngsters were cast following nationwide auditions and will be joined by grown ups Annette McLaughlin as Mrs Wilkinson, Martin Walsh as Dad, Scott Garnham as Tony and Andrea Miller as Grandma in the multi-award-winning production, which opened in the West End in 2005 and has since enjoyed a host of international incarnations, including a celebrated run on Broadway.Īcclaimed by audiences and critics alike, Billy Elliot the Musical, set in the North East against the backdrop of the 1984/85 miners’ strike, has now been seen by nearly 11 million people across five continents.īilly’s journey out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class where he discovers a passion for dance that inspires his family and whole community and changes his life forever, originally charmed cinema audiences and the musical version more than followed suit, picking up 10 Tony Awards and five Olivier Awards. Billy Elliot Traditional ideas about stereotypical gender roles can be challenged or supported with different characters and environments. The title role of Billy will be alternately played by Adam Abbou (12 years old from Liverpool), Matthew Lyons (11 years old from Leeds), Haydn May (11 years old from Bath) and Lewis Smallman (12 years old from West Bromwich), who will start showing audiences what they can do following months of intense rehearsals when the tour kicks off in Plymouth on February 24. Nine-year-old Elliot Stiff will share the role with Henry Farmer, 10, from Lancashire and Samuel Torpey, nine from Manchester. Meanwhile one of the boys alternating the role of Billy’s best friend, Michael will be playing to a home crowd when the show opens at the Sunderland Empire. Ten-year-olds Lilly Cadwallender and Italia Ross, both from Hartlepool and Evie Martin, also 10, from Middlesbrough will play the likeable lass, who Billy joins in ballet class when he decides that he prefers dancing to boxing. The young cast of the first touring production of Billy Elliot the Musical has been announced, and features a quartet of young performers from the North East.Īll three of the girls who will share the role of Billy’s friend (and the daughter of his influential dance teacher) Debbie in the show, will be played by a trio of talented youngsters from the region.
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