Profile for Mad About Billy

Woo finally got the OCR today, its really good, and does the show real justice, apart from the angry dance, which i feel was over done, and the way Solidarity is sung within the dance is terrible. I don't mean to moan, but if your going to do something you might aswell do it properly. Other than that it is fantastic, and well done to everyone involved. Don't miss blue peter tonight.

Anyone just seen dance factory on BBC. It was well good, james was brilliant! Don't miss Blue Peter tomorrow

5:00pm on thursday 8th december BBC1 the contestants on dance factory meet the stars of billy elliot at the victoria palace theatre. Starring James Lomas. NOT TO BE MISSED! Make sure you all set your video players to record!

How good was the show! I loved the added extras they put in for a laugh, such as one of the dresses runing into the wall and falling over, and a great return for the snow! It was the best performance i had ever seen, and even though the cast had had a party just before the evening performance, they all had enough energy to keep going. I especially liked the posh english kids reply to george "Just you f*****g wait!" you could see george was in histerics. It was nice that Haaydn turned up aswel...

soz if this has alreadybeen covered, but a the end of the evening performance, when thay are all up on stage after the fonale, will it be acceptable to take fotos, as it is not part of the show and it is the final performance?

OK just to go back quickly to a previous question, no body actually said Liam was leaving soon, it was the fact that his contract expires along with James and George on December 3rd. This is one of the reasons James has stayed on, as his contract has not yet run out. Liam however has had his contract renewed due to a loophole in children acting, saying that your slate gets wiped clean, and you get a new contract at the start of each year, meaning Liam will effectily finished, but come straigh...

Just found out that the reason liam isnt leaving on the third is because his replacement that was in the academy was dropped by the producers at the last minute due to the fear of his voice breaking, and so they have had to find and train a new billy, which all takes time. I know this because the Billy that was meant to come in liams place is the cousin of my bro's friend.

Other musicals such as Les Miserables, or Blood Brothers, which both contain explicit language never had their lyrics changed, and there are loads of CDs of each of those musicals, so for the Billy CDs it is doubtful they would change the lyrics, as they have no need. They are under no leagal obligation to change them, and so it is pointless even having this conversation!!!

Also a series of "dance factory" has started on CBBC (on BBC1) and i know when they showed it on the CBBC channel, on of the episodes fetaured billy, but im not sure if this is a re run or not. Of it is i will inform you ASAP so you can see the clip.

So have we decided on a way of recognising eachother on the 3rd or are we just leaving it to pot luck?

I agree that we need more clips of all the billys to add to our collection. I know somebody brought up Jonathon Ross, but they have also been in other shows such as 'smile' on cbbc (BBC1) where all three did an interview. 'Breakfast with frost' (BBC1) where james did an interview, and a dance program on cbbc where i think james took part and took some people on stage (BBC1/CBBC channel). Does anyone know how we can get hold of these clips?

Any one managed to uplaod that vid of george on tv onto the PC yet, coz i would really like to see it. Also for those interested, i very almost have expressing your self finished as sheet music (the elton john version) and i can play it really well, its just so damn hard getting it written up as sheet music. Anyway i will inform you when it is finished. Also (from ages back) any one who is interested in my musical i can send you a full (rough version) of the synopsis as it is now copyrighted,...

Ok has i officially been confirmed that george isnt leaving, because the doubt came from the fact that James left, but then stayed on. This doesnt mean george will stay. The only reason James could come back is because his contract hasnt actually expired, and still runs up to xmas, and so if they completely left him out, they would be paying him for nothing. Also with James staying on it means that him and george get to stay for equal lengths of time, rather than george staying on longer, so ...

The official site now says 5th december for the OCR. Looks like were going to be waiting a little bit longer for the CD! Oh well it will all be worth it in the end.

I have seen both of them, and i just feel that haydn comes across as the stronger character, although they were both amazing. Also, haydn created the role and i think that puts her at a slight advantage over gillian, but i dont mind which i see, they both have their strong points, and are both hillarious on stage

On the 3rd dec, i know photos are not usually permitted, but will they be permitted at the end of the performance as its his last one?

Woo, just ordered my Billy CD, the 2 disk one! I got it from play.com as it works out cheaper than amazon. By the way what is so special about the dvd giveaway, its only the film version, if you want it you can get the special edition one, with bits about ,the musical and the original billys for really cheap.

Yea well done MF, im glad to see you know where you went wrong. We all have our own opinions, its just how we express them that can upset people. NE way, now that this is all over, lets all be friends, and talk about how fantastic Billy is!

On the subject of manuscript, it is rumoured to be coming out in Jan, but what songs do you want, coz i can play some of them already and when i get a spare minute of time i could send them to you. They're in mostly simple keys, merry xmas maggie thatcher and what the hells wrong with expressing yoursely are in C, come to think of it, so is electricity, but the stars look down is in Dflat! NE way, tell me what you want, and i will see what i can do

Aaagh too much info all at once! So yeah, about this cd, has it only been advertised in the magazine, how much does it cost and where can you order it from? I think these are the main 3 questions we all need answering!