Profile for Laurelin

Corey was flown over because Nick Twiney fractured his wrist at home literally days before he was due to do his first performance as Billy. They did a week or two with only three Billys but because of our child labour laws, it became necessary to bring an extra Billy over from London and Corey was chosen. Nick must be just about recovered (he got his plaster off on opening night - 13 December), so I presume Corey will be back in London shortly.

I've read this Variety review before and I wondered then what they meant by "a softening of the political diatribes". I've seen Billy Elliott in both London and Sydney and as far as I can tell the "political diatribes" are not changed in the slightest. The film at the beginning is a bit longer but that's about it. Yes they have added the "shadow dancing scene", changed tbe choreography of Angry Dance quite a bit and eliminated the audition panel (it now goes from the scene between Dad and the...

Mister Matt, Cloudstreet was an Australian production which played several return seasons in various cities in Australia. It actually played in London twice - the first time at the Riverside Studios and the second time at the National. The production also played at BAM in New York from 2-7 October 2001 and at Eisenhower Theatre Washington from 12-14 October 2001. I'm glad you enjoyed Cloudstreet. I saw it six or seven times over the years and it never failed to be an incredible experience.