"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed
Wow! that was so funny, anyone else just see James win his award? Wasn't he soppy!? I was well annoyed because when Mary Poppins one the Best Musical they did a scene from the show with the new cast, but all they did for BE was play a clip from the "Real Billy Elliot Diaries". Oh well...
Well done to James, great to see him pick up his award and a nice speech as well! Also good to see Liam and George get a mention as well as really any of them could have won and it would have been just as throughally deserved. Nice one James.
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wot i dont get is y did james win an not liam r george.no way is james better than them an all 3 of em shud av got 1 each.that b much farer.well done to him anyway but still dont rekon its fare
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That's Philip Whitchurch - I remember him from "The Bill" where he played Chief Inspector Cato, transferred to Sun Hill from neighbouring Barton Street. Could be good.
Hey I watched the awards on living tv tonight and see other ppl did 2. Bless James was so cute wen he got up and spoke. The marry poppins sction was vry gud 2! Danielle
Please help me out! Did any one who could post it on here manage to record James' award and speech? I was kicking myself all afternoon cos I was at a rehearsal (grrrr lol) and I really wanted to see it! So if anyone could post it here it would be HUGELY appreciated! Thanks X
Thank you for the download it was great, i am so proud of James and all the Billys. Please, does anyone have a link for the download of the Royal Variety Performance as I never saw it and would love to see it. thanks
If you watch the film - around 14min 20sec or so into the film after Billy and Debbie walk past the row of police - Debbie stops in front of two posters on a brick wall one of which says 'your ever-faithful washday slave'. Billy crosses the road leaving Debbie standing there. At 14min 26sec a police van drives past Debbie - after it passes her, she has disappeared. Tell me if you notice that too.
Billy Elliot has today been crowned Best Musical at a major theatrical awards event.
The tale of the boy from the back streets who danced his way to the Royal Ballet capped a critically and commercially successful first year in the West End by winning favour with Evening Standard Theatre Award judges.
Sir Elton John was at today's star-studded ceremony at the Savoy Hotel in central London to watch his show beat rivals Mary Poppins and The Big Life for the title.
The theatrical bash featured many stars currently appearing in the West End, including Star Trek and X-Men star Patrick Stewart, Shakespeare in Love actor Joseph Fiennes, Bleak House and History Boys star Richard Griffiths, director Stephen Daldry, The X-Files' Gillian Anderson, and Silent Witness star Emilia Fox.
The Home Place by Brian Friel won Best Play, fending off competition from Bloody Sunday by Richard Norton-Taylor, Harvest by Richard Bean and Mike Leigh's Two Thousand Years.
Simon Russell Beale and Harriet Walter were named best actor and actress respectively, Beale for his role as Philip in The Philanthropist and Walter for her performance in Schiller's Mary Stuart.
She told the Evening Standard, before the announcement of her win: "Awards don't alter things in the sense that you can go out on stage and think, 'right, I'm terribly good, I don't have to work any more.'
"But they do make you feel you have been appreciated in some way."
In what has been seen as sign of the resurgence for the West End, commercial theatre scored 18 nominations and six wins at the 51st awards.
In previous years, the National took the lion's share of the nominations, but in 2005 it had just the one for Two Thousand Years.
Evening Standard theatre critic Nicholas de Jongh said: "Commercial theatre has this year staged a comeback in the nominations, which is a sign of the remarkable resurgence of the West End.
"Who would have thought that commercial producers would and could mount two fine productions by a classic German dramatist such as Schiller within the space of less than 12 months?
"I shouldn't think it has happened in theatre history. And that's not all. The diversity of productions in commercial theatres, from Death of a Salesman to the top-notch British musical Billy Elliot, shows further evidence of West End vitality."
The awards, created to recognise talent on the West End stage, named fringe theatre Menier Chocolate Factory as Outstanding Newcomer, with a Special Award presented to the Royal Court for its exceptional contribution to British theatre.
Best Director went to Michael Grandage for Don Carlos, while the Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright - which includes a £30,000 cheque - went to Nell Leyshon for Comfort Me With Apples.
Thanks for that great news srd17.I have been biting my nails all afternoon!! Congratulations to all the cast and Stephen,Lee,Philip and Elton on a magnificent achievement.To pip Mary Poppins this afternoon was some achievement and you can all feel justly proud. I am going to the show tonight(40th visit)and wonder if there will be mention of the award. I hope so as there could be some atmosphere. Just a reminder to PM me with any late messages to be included on George's card for the 3rd and a thanks to those who have already sent greetings to him. I am sure he will treasure your sentiments as some of you young ladies are sure going to miss him!!
Sorry, i'm sure this has already been asked, but did anyone manage to record james getting his award? or even the Royal variety performance? would be great to watch both of those
I was so annoyed to miss James on sunday, but i was at a rehearsal all day. also, i agree with Bifi, give James the credit he deserves; all the Billy's are amazing in their own way (how do you think they got the part??!!) I love James
Well done Billy! You're one of the best piece of musical theatre I have seen internationally and you deserve this 'Best Musical' Award! Can't wait for the Oliviers!
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I am happy as well as sad. I'm happy because billy wins the best musical and mary poppins wins the designer award. I am sad because mary poppins didn't get best musical award.
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