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#3026

Which Billy?

Posted: 3/15/06 at 3:10pm

That would be fun to see. I don't think I'm going to get out there to see my third show until maybe June or July.

Good to hear that Colin did well in his debut. And I certainly hope to hear reports of the possible "hoopla" of the anniversary show!

Anyone heard any more news about the Toronto/US run being planned? Very anxious for that to happen smoothly!

k

#3027

Which Billy?

Posted: 3/16/06 at 8:32pm

I thought that Colin just okay - he lanked the strength of character that Billy Elliot needs. I am not certain, but I think that as Liam will be ending very soon, they are reducing his performances.

#3028

Which Billy?

Posted: 3/16/06 at 10:45pm

Jeff3,
Thank you so much for your review of Colin's opening night. I had the pleasure of seeing him last year in Florida touring with Oliver playing the Artful Dodger. His performance was so great I couldn't stop talking about him. After the show I got to meet him & he was so charming.I was so excited for him when I learned he won the role of Billy. What a great talented kid & what an exciting career he has ahead of him.

#3029

Which Billy?

Posted: 3/17/06 at 6:16am

Jeff, your comments about Colin's acting were very interesting. Can you be a bit more specific - by "impishness" do you mean at the end of the letter scene, i.e., "No, she's just my mother"? I can't see any where it would come in before that point.

#3030

Which Billy?

Posted: 3/17/06 at 6:58pm

Sorry, I didn't actually mean in the letter scene, which was played for maximum sentimental impact. Elsewhere though, his performance was lightened by some very nice touches. I asked someone to remind me of specific examples. He said:

"There was a definitely playful quality to his Billy that was most clearly expressed in Expressing Yourself and Shine. You somehow got a sense that he wanted to dress up and dance with Michael/dance with the ballet girls but he's pretending for them that he doesn't want to. Notice the way he tries out the ballet girls movements in Shine or pretends to half-heartedly go along with Michael in the beginning of Expressing Yourself before launching full-on."

You have to see it really.

#3031

Which Billy?

Posted: 3/22/06 at 5:19pm

May 12th is a special gala performance, with all the original Billies performing..i think they are doing a scene each(taking in turns) should be a good one!

cant wait!
amyX

#3032

Which Billy?

Posted: 3/24/06 at 2:40pm

Thanks for the info about May 12th. Where do you find out about these things?

#3033

Which Billy?

Posted: 3/24/06 at 3:33pm

There's quite a lot of detail on the Billy Elliot forum www.billyelliotthemusical.me.uk; but this has been reported in the press and also the box office have been phoning ticket holders for this performance telling them that "all three Billies" will appear and the show will overrun.

I wonder what role the later Billies will have - could we have 7 Billies all dancing the finale - James, George, Liam, Leon, Travis, Matthew and Colin?

#3034

Which Billy?

Posted: 3/25/06 at 11:58am

Jeff, you said recently that Liam no longer does Thursday or Saturday evening shows. Why is this and where did you get this information? Apparently he does a lot of Thursday matinees!

As there are now five Billies, each boy takes it in turns to have a complete week off. So there are only four "on duty" in any one week. This makes the maths easy as each boy will do two shows a week! Obviously, sickness or accidents will have to be covered within the rota, and I don't know whether specific shows are allocated to certain boys. I doubt it.

#3035

Which Billy?

Posted: 3/25/06 at 5:29pm

I can't remember who told me now, but I tested the information out a couple of times and it seemed to be true. I don't know why. I know Liam was unwell for a bit in the Autumn. Maybe, when he came back and it became clear that they wanted him to do a longer run than the other two originals, he and his parents got to call a few shots about when he was going to perform and what pattern of performances might best keep him fresh and healthy. But I'm guessing.

Updated On: 3/25/06 at 05:29 PM

#3036

Which Billy?

Posted: 3/26/06 at 10:04am

That sounds a good explanation to me. I knew that Liam had not been well for a time late last year, so perhaps in exchange for him extending his contract, they agreed a revised performance schedule. It seems an odd pattern of performances though. I can understand having Saturday night off to give him a long weekend to refresh himself, but Thursday night? But, as mentioned already, Liam does seem to do a lot of Thursday matinees, so, of course, wouldn't do Thursday nights as well. Perhaps he needs his beauty sleep more than the others!

#3037

Which Billy?

Posted: 3/26/06 at 10:10am

Liam used to do lots of Thursday matinees, but doesn't seem to have done any since there have been five. I think Colin is scheduled to do this week. I guess the reason he doesn't do Thursday evenings is historic - if he performed the matinee he'd not be scheduled to do the evening performance unless circumstances made this unavoidable. As for Saturday evenings, the buzz is he'll make his final performance as Billy on Saturday 3rd June in the evening.

#3038

Which Billy?

Posted: 3/26/06 at 11:07am

It's a pity WestEndPro is not still around. He worked on the show and started this thread (see Page 1!). He always knew the answers to questions such as these and was willing to enlighten us as far as confidentiality allowed. He disappeared last October and his inside knowledge is a great miss. Does anyone know where he went?

#3039

Royal visit

Posted: 4/2/06 at 7:03am

I hear the Queen went to see the show last week. Were any of you there that night? If so, please post an account of what happened and who performed. Presumably she didn't need ebay to get her tickets!

Updated On: 4/2/06 at 07:03 AM

#3040

Billy Videos

Posted: 4/2/06 at 9:16am

Hi all,

Sorry I haven't been here for awhile.

For those that are new, I welcome you to visit my Multimedia Updates list showing all the known Billy Elliot video and audio clips available on the Internet.
http://www.billyelliotthemusical.me.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=776

To access the Members Only videos, join the forum
http://billyelliotthemusical.me.uk/forum/profile.php?mode=register
and then PM Lin for the password
http://billyelliotthemusical.me.uk/forum/privmsg.php?mode=post&u=2
There you will find clips such as the Colin Bates interviews on CBBC last Monday (pictured above).

I also have a shorter version of my list at http://www.billyelliotfans.com, but the whole site is down right now so I don't have the exact address.

If you only plan to watch one clip, I highly recommend this newly-discovered promotional piece from Theatre.com called STREET CRITIC:
http://www.theatre.com/video/id/3000712

Accy
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PS. Although I would dearly love to go to the May 12 Gala, I'm already booked in for June 3 (highly speculated to be Liam's final performance). I think there will be nearly 100 people fom the fan sites, including at least five of us from North America who are flying over specifically for the big night. Check out Yam's seating chart and look for me in Stalls C24-25.
http://www.abarmstrong.com/billy/june3_730.htm

Visit the Multimedia Updates List

Updated On: 4/2/06 at 09:16 AM

#3041

Finally... Billy again!

Posted: 4/7/06 at 10:48pm

Phew... I'm a bit worn out after reading so many pages of this topic, but it was worth it! Takes me back to last December, when, on holiday, I saw the show for the first time. A glorious, dare I say, life-changing evening with Leon Cooke on stage. He was absolutely brilliant, and the play moved me beyond words.

I'm returning to London, finally, and will be in town starting Monday for two weeks... I'm going to see the show at least once more, probably a couple times, and would desperately like to see Leon again. If anyone has any insight as to which day(s) he's currently on (or NOT on stage, as the case may be) that information would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, everyone, for all the valuable (and passionate) information and opinions you share here. It's a pleasure just reading it all!

Updated On: 4/8/06 at 10:48 PM

#3042

Finally... Billy again!

Posted: 4/8/06 at 7:31am

A report of the Royal visit can be found under March reviews and the chat section of billyelliotthemusical.me.uk. Liam was Billy and Ryan was Michael

#3043

Photo Gallery

Posted: 4/23/06 at 1:34pm

Hi all,

I've not posted on here for ages but thought I would let those of you who are new to the world of Billy Elliot, know about the galleries that are available showing photos of the cast:

The Fansite Gallery:
http://www.billyelliotfans.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=7

* Need to register

The Forum Gallery:
http://www.simply-the-best-online.me.uk/gallery/index.php

If you have any photos yourself that you wish to share with others, please email them to me at:

admin_img@billyelliotfans.com or gallery@billyelliotthemusical.me.uk

All the best,

Electricity

"All you have to do is learn to care less..."

Updated On: 4/23/06 at 01:34 PM

#3044

Photo Gallery

Posted: 4/25/06 at 1:58pm

I'm having trouble accessing the forum at http://billyelliotthemusical.me.uk/forum/ - is anybody else having this trouble?

#3045

Forum Site down

Posted: 4/25/06 at 3:25pm

Der Cris T,
Obviously the BETM forum site has been already down for two days now - can't get access either. Their gallery is working though:
http://www.simply-the-best-online.me.uk/gallery/>http://www.simply-the-best-online.me.uk/gallery/
as well as the screen-saver page:
http://www.simply-the-best-online.me.uk/
and Lin's - password protected - video clips' page:
http://www.simply-the-best-online.me.uk/billy/
Let's hope for the best - and for wonderful Lin,
that the forum will be back online soon!
(PaulWilly) Paul

Updated On: 4/25/06 at 03:25 PM

#3046

Forum Site down

Posted: 4/25/06 at 3:53pm

I understand the forum will be back very soon, and is nearly ready to go live again.

Thanks go to everyone involved in getting the forum back on line,

Updated On: 4/25/06 at 03:53 PM

#3047

Forum Site down

Posted: 4/25/06 at 4:02pm

That's great news. I'm missing my Billy fix.

#3048

Forum Site down

Posted: 4/26/06 at 3:51am

As Yam has already mentioned there have been a few major problems on the forum site but the guys are hoping for it to go LIVE sometime this morning.

"All you have to do is learn to care less..."

#3049

Updates to my Multimedia List

Posted: 5/7/06 at 2:14pm

Hi all...I know I always say this, but I really should come here more often.

At my Multimedia Links - TV/Videos list , there are a number of new entries, including the missing first interview with Colin Bates on CBBC (pictured) and even some TV alerts this week surrounding the one-year anniversary, including:

PAUL O'GRADY (Tuesday at 5:00 pm on Channel 4) with Elton John to discuss the success of BETM
GMTV (Thursday at 6:58 am on ITV1) with Liam Mower

To see the latest version of the list, please visit:
http://billyelliotthemusical.me.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=776

As well, if anyone is interested, I have extra front row seats for June 1 evening and a second row centre seat for June 3 matinee.
http://billyelliotthemusical.me.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2046

Accy
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#3050

Photo Galleries - May 12th Gala

Posted: 5/14/06 at 11:26am

Hi everyone,

Just to let you all know that there are a couple of Gallery sites that you can visit to see photos from the Gala Performance of Billy Elliot which took place on Friday 12th May.

Forum Gallery: http://www.simply-the-best-online.me.uk/gallery/

Fansite Gallery: http://www.billyelliotfans.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=7 (Need to register)

Happy viewing.

Electricity

"All you have to do is learn to care less..."

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