Billy Elliot The Musical — Page 16

As I understand it, the production company and the boys have been offered to buy the addresses stated before, and this will probably not happen.

Concerning the differences in the boys' performances, there are the obvious differences in choreography in "Electricity" and some other minor places, but when it comes to acting, these are the main differences: James' acting is filled with teenage anxiety, George is very expressive, both funny and furious on stage, Liam is very sweet and makes a somewhat vulnerable Billy. All of them are very good at what they are doing.

Updated On: 8/25/05 at 03:09 AM

Me too , I am so desperate to know where all westendpro's info comes from . They must keep there ear close to the ground !

Is anyone there..........?
Apparently there are three teams at Billy Elliot . George , Liam and James . I have seen liam twice so far , looking forward to seeing the others

is anyone going to see james and ashleys last night? i love all the billys but ashley as mike is a little super star (and looks like such a darling in the dress! :P) its gonna be so sad to see him gone i think its criminal! also gutted about the loss of some of the ballet girls! one of the girls in the team i saw with ash and james is so funny, dont know her name but she runs around with her hair in her mouth - classic. i hope shes staying on does anyone know which ballet girls are? im guessing we will have to queue up for ages ont he 17th right? hmm ive been lucky with who i have seen other than m still to see george! went to see him on the 22nd and he disappeared half way through act one bless his little cotton socks. never mind ay plenty of time to see him later i now need to mourn the loss of ashley and said ballet girl. all seats for the 17th better not have been allocated thats not nice!

love to everyone, look after my boys for me people
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Updated On: 8/25/05 at 07:26 PM

yeah! bless them they did so well though and everyone was smiles and cuddles after the show, wasnt planning on getting to close to george though incase his sore throat was catching! is he feeling any better now? also does anyone know when james is back?

speaking of understudys, as i was watching it i was just wondering... what do they do if one of the ballet girls is sick?! because i know they have two billy, micheals and debbies incase of emergency but what happens if a ballet girl cant go on? surely its not sensible to have two whole teams of girls in the theatre at once so how do they manage? suppose they must have a stand by girl who does most shows. lol sorry about that ive rambled myself into the answer :) but if anyone knows if im right?

god bless
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Yes, they're waiting in the wings (theatre expression, sorry), but they don't actually have to be at the theatre. They do not have the same contracts as the leading kids. The leading kids have a duty to be at the theatre, while the ballet girls have a duty to be accessible and in the city, or at least able to come in on a very short notice should the corresponding girl be unable to perform. Hope that clarifies matters.

Updated On: 8/26/05 at 06:29 AM

hi

I am new to this board and i found it when i was searching billy elliot the musical.I have came to say that i was in the london final between me and lucy stephenson to play the part of debbie.It was really strange because i was at my stage school academy of performing(same school that emma and brooke go to,but i dont know them,because I am in the saturday class and they are in the sunday)and i thought it was just going to be a normal day at sage academy.Then lucy sage asked me and my friend how old we were(we were 12 at the time)and told us that we had to go into studio 2 and thats were jessica and julian were.And they told us that they were searching for another girl to play the part of debbie.And then we went through the audition process and then were told if we were through to the next step.Me and my friend got through that one,and by the end of the day they had to pick three girls out of about 10 to go through the next big step.At the end of sage academy Lucy sage told me,my friend and another girl to stay behind.i knew why,and i was sooo excited!The next day on the sunday we had to go back to sage and audition with other girls from all over the north east and there was about 20 to start off with and we were told who got to the next step.Unfortunatly my friend didnt get through.And then jessica told us she would ring us to tell us who got through and who didnt.And two girls outof that audition had to be picked.It was in december and i had a really bad day at school,angry at my friends and upset.Just when me and my mum were talking about it we got a phone call from jessica and some very very good news!me and another girl that i met had got through!!I was told to take a day off school(BRILLIANT!)to come down to the London finals,to meet one of the billys,stephen daldry,lee hall,and the creative team!Jessica then post the script i had to learn,the scene when debbie says'if you want i'll show you me fanny'!!it was great going down to london for the first time,and doing the script with one of the billys!I went to the NationAL Youth Theatre and worked with george!!I was ment ot be working with liam,but he couldnt make it After working with george on the script,i had to go into another big room and sing 'happy birthday billy' all by myself in front of the camera(scary)Then do a song from the musical.At the end of the audition Jessica said she would let us know if me or the other girl got through.About a week and a half later,we got the phone call,saying a had got through to the very last audition!!!!And again i missed another day of school(yeeyyy!!)It was really funny,because on the train back down to london,Lucy was sitting right behind us,and didnt even know it was her!But me mam said'i am pretty sure the girl behind us is auditioning with you.'And when we got off at kings cross lucy mam came up to us and said 'are you going to the audition for debbie?'hehe,Lucy's mam had the same thought as my mam.So then me and lucy started chatting about billy elliot and the auditions we had done,and we all got a cab together.We were all an hour early,so jessica told us about this christmas market.We had a really great time,we were talking about school and that,and me mam and lucy's mam was getting on great aswell.When we went back to the audition we were thier to help audition and audition at the same time.We were there to help audition the boys for the part of the posh boy and it went on for hours!Then we had help audition the next lot of boys(are blessss they were soo cute,only 7 and 8 years old!)for the part of the small boy.We had to help them with there lines and do bits of drama with the people for the posh boys.we were there for a total of 7 hours!Flipping tiring like! Me and lucy kept whinging about missing The X Factor finAL hehe.At the end of the day we were told that one of us would be dissapointed and that,but we had tried really hard and done brilliantly.We sat next to each other on the train,talking about our day and will miss your friends and family,stuff like that.At newcastle trAIn station we we got each others mobile numbers,gave each other hugs and said our goodbyes and goodlucks.So we all became really good friends on the day.Then a week later we got the call.I could tell by my mams voice i hadn't got it,because everytime she heard the good news she was bubbly and laughing on the phone.Me dad knew it aswell and shoke his head and held out his arms for a hug,i kind of just fell into them and burst into tears careful not to cry to loud just in case jessica heard in the background on the phone.I was absoultly devesated.But Lucy also deserved to get the part.I couldnt face going back to school the next day.SOme of my friends felt sorry for me,and some didnt care a less.But i am still proud for getting that far even though i didnt get the part.But a month or so ago Jessica came back to sage academy to see if she wanted me to audition again for the second casting.She watched me doing a drama performance in my class,and then lucy told me and some other girls that We were asked to audition again!!i was over the mooooooooonnn!!!!Me family were aswell!i practised so hard again.then on the saturday i done the audition with girls from around the north east,and we done the scene when debbie is in the Changing rooms asking if billy was nervous for the audition.i tried my very very very best because i didnt want to be let down again.And then 2 weeks later a got a letter...not a very good one either:'( I was told that i was now to old(am 13 now)and by the time they would need me i would be to old for the role of debbie.I was sooooooo GUTTED...AGAIN.I Cried and cried that i cried myself to sleep,i fell asleep on the friday as soon as got home from school and heard the news and i didnt wake up till Half past 2 in the afernoon on the saturday!!But they still want to keep in contact with me!! But on the whole experience was BRILLIANT!!!!