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#426

Amazing

Posted: 9/3/05 at 6:48pm

It was indeed James on Friday night.

All great things must come to pass. We know the first will soon be last and in the ground we may be lain , but a seed is sown to rise again.

#427

Cast Recording & James and Ashley At Last!

Posted: 9/4/05 at 9:05am

Great post West End Fan 2. I completely agree. Fingers crossed that the right people read these messages.

In terms of the Billy's, Michael's and Debbies that don't get onto the final cast recording, what you all bring to the show is outstanding, just keep it up :o)

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

#428

Cast Recording & James and Ashley At Last!

Posted: 9/4/05 at 9:16am

I fully endorse the sentiments of the last 2 posts.
If indeed the decision is made to use one Billy, Michael,etc I hope that as much as can be done will be done to redress the balance and achieve a sense of fair coverage for all performers in the promotional blurb that will inevitable accompany any CD.

#429

Tickets for the 17th September

Posted: 9/4/05 at 9:19am

Well, I can't believe how lucky I've been. I was checking out tickets for October and put in September by mistake and found a ticket on sale for 17th September Evening showing, that I've now bought. I did notice however by going in again that they still have at least one left (actually, I think it probably is only one as they had two listed the first time I went in). It's not a great seat.. Stalls T37 but anyone still trying to get a ticket should try out www.londontheatredirect.com.

Good luck!!

All great things must come to pass. We know the first will soon be last and in the ground we may be lain , but a seed is sown to rise again.

#430

Tickets for the 17th September

Posted: 9/4/05 at 5:46pm

Hi everyone,
I'm new to the site having just registered today and like yourselves i'm a hugh Billy Elliot fan.
I managed to see all 8 performances last week and had a great time and met some wonderful people,from the friendly Victoria staff to fellow fans in the queue-indeed everday was something different! Hello to anyone i spoke too,especially Electricity and West End Fan 2 from this board.
I've now been lucky enough to see the show 13 times (mmm thats unlucky ain't it,have to go back and watch it again then!!!) seeing James 5 times and Liam and George 4 times each and can honestly say EVERY time has been wonderful and just as good as the last.
The boys are very friendly even when someone turns up every day for a week-scary!! I know at least 1 of the boys looks at this board so cheers for a great week chaps,can't wait to come back. It was especially nice to see James on the Sat night as i will now be out of the country for a few weeks so will miss his final shows,really gutted about missing the 17th-all those lucky enough to be going enjoy yourselves.
Please check out my site for Billy Elliot fans on http://www.billyelliot-themusical.com
As i said i'm away for a few weeks but will get it up and running when i get back so if you have ANYTHING you would like to put on the site or would like to see there please e.mail me.
Through reading through these threads i've noticed there is also another fan site starting so if your reading this i will get in touch when i return and we can hopefully work together to get the word out about this great show.
So once again hello to everyone and i'm looking forward to being an active member on the board.
Cheers,
Steve

Billy Elliot Fan Site

"i can't really explain it"********************************************* "but he could be a star"******************************************* Be a BE*liever! Feel the Electricity

#431

Tickets for the 17th September

Posted: 9/4/05 at 6:15pm

Regards the cast album i am in TOTAL agreement with WestEndFan2 it would be an absolute tragedy not to have some permanment record from all 3 original Billys. I suppose they could record 3 shows and mix each of the boys but as they sound so different it's hard to see how it could work. The only real answer is 3 cast albums,this is a unique show and there as never been anything like it before so why not try something different and release all 3?
Also i would like to see all 3 have their shows videod,even if it's years before we get any sort of releaese it would be a shame if the originals were just allowed to fade away.
On a personal note if i had to pick a favorite Billy it would be Liam but that in no way distracts from James and George who are both INCREDIBLE. As a Michael my favorite would probably be Ashley though only just as Ryan and Brad are also excellent(in fact as i type i'm thinking maybe it's Ryan after all!!-thats how good they all are). And at the risk of repeating myself with the Debbies the same applies there but if pushed i would go for Emma. Well lifes all opinions and it would be boring if we all thought the same way!
We WANT 3 cast albums,come on someone please listen.

Billy Elliot Fan Site

"i can't really explain it"********************************************* "but he could be a star"******************************************* Be a BE*liever! Feel the Electricity

#432

Tickets for the 17th September

Posted: 9/4/05 at 6:18pm

wow 8 times in one week...that is dedicated...thanks for giving us the link to your site its always good to have something new too look at about something your interested in.

And my thoughts on the casting

I would love there to be three differnt recordings released but somehow dont see that hapening so i therefore think it is only fair that James gets to have his voice on the recording as George got all the posters and Liam got the electricty video whereas so far apart from 'Strictly Dance Fever' James has not had much publicity. And plus i do find his voice truely amazing and the strongest of all three. But that is just my opinon and its not my choice of what happens but that is what i hope for

And 'WestEndFan2' i compeltly agree how many versions of Peachtree Road do we need i havnt bothred to perchase one yet just incase antother version with extra songs pops up on our shelves

P.S: Sorry if there is a few spelling mistakes i have been away for a few days so i am a bit rusty on the old keyboard

Updated On: 9/4/05 at 06:18 PM

#433

Tickets for the 17th September

Posted: 9/4/05 at 7:15pm

Cheers L_L_L
Yes i agree James is due a spot in the limelight,Liam also got the opening night as well as Electricity. I will be happy with whoever we get but at the same time disappointed for the other 2.
Yes 8 shows in a week was an interesting experience! I worked out i spent 22 hours queuing for the tickets over the week!! Tell you what though i have missed the show tonight,it's strange but it's feels odd NOT watching the show!

Billy Elliot Fan Site

"i can't really explain it"********************************************* "but he could be a star"******************************************* Be a BE*liever! Feel the Electricity

#434

Tickets for the 17th September

Posted: 9/4/05 at 7:29pm

Wow,8 shows a week. That would be quite an experience.
I should try it next time.

Nice website, btw.

(P.S.your profile says Lis Mis is also your favorite show. I wonder whether you've seen the current cast. It's marvelous.)

#435

Tickets for the 17th September

Posted: 9/4/05 at 7:42pm

Yes i went to the Wednesday matinee (nice of Billy Elliot to have theirs on a Thu,worked out perfect!!).
I agree the new cast is the best for years,Hayden Tee was the best Marius i've seen since Michael Ball. Didn't see Cornwell John as he was off but his understudy was superb and i hardly noticed Michael McCarthy was no longer Javet at all! Also great to see JOJ and Barry James(superb)back.
Thanks for your kind words.
See you all in a few weeks when i return but NYC and Spamalot etc are calling me.
Billy Elliot Fan Site

"i can't really explain it"********************************************* "but he could be a star"******************************************* Be a BE*liever! Feel the Electricity

#436

Tickets for the 17th September

Posted: 9/5/05 at 3:06am

I can't believe that I wasn't the only one nuts enough to go to all 8 shows last week.

To be honest, there was madness behind by method. During previous trips I had always failed to see James and Ashley perform and I really wanted to see them before they finished. I figured that if I saw all the shows in a week I was almost certain to catch them.

All great things must come to pass. We know the first will soon be last and in the ground we may be lain , but a seed is sown to rise again.

#437

8 Performances a Week!

Posted: 9/5/05 at 4:30am

Billy Elliot and Billy Fan 2 - that will take some beating to go to the show 8 times in one week!
Did you go to the stage door each night? I bet the kids and cast started to wonder if you were part of the production :o)

So did either of you have any photo's taken which you can share with us?

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

#438

8 Performances a Week!

Posted: 9/5/05 at 5:50am

you guys are all sooooooooo lucky to have seen them all at least once. i have only seen liam and i would love to see james,,,, but unfortunatly i cant!

has anyone seen westendpro?

#439

8 Performances a Week!

Posted: 9/5/05 at 5:58am

All the "Billy's" are wonderful and each is different and that, to me, is one of the things that makes the show so special. It's a real shame you won't get a chance to see James and Ashley, the show they put on is brilliant. If you do get a chance to go and see it before December I hope you get a chance to see George and Brad. George's "Angry Dance" is superb.

All great things must come to pass. We know the first will soon be last and in the ground we may be lain , but a seed is sown to rise again.

#440

8 Performances a Week!

Posted: 9/5/05 at 7:18am

Wow some of you guys must have seriously healthy bank balances or indulgent bank managers! The theatre should have given you a by 2 and get one free discount! Perhaps you can share with us any changes you noted as each Billy must have their own individual signature interpretations.
George deserves a rest. His angry dance (which is an absolute stonker and so brilliant) must take one hell of a lot out of him night after night. He seems so fit. Maybe all that golf is paying off.
I hope James and Ashley are well. They will experience a serious sense of loss once they return to what we understand as ´normality´. Maybe they should be retained in some sort of consultancy role for the new Billys.

#441

stage door again-sorry!

Posted: 9/5/05 at 8:16am

heyy again. quick question. do the billies come outside to the stage door after matinee performances as well or is it just the night ones?

Also, i live in Birmingham UK and I was watching Midlands Today, the regional news programme and there was a report on "elmhurst school of dance" and there was a boy called Ashley Morgan-Davies (don't bother looking anywhere on the net) and he said he had been "called back to be Billy, sometime next year." So we have one of the next Billies. I think he's style is more ballet like Liam's cos he is connected to Birmingham Royal Ballet somehow.

#442

stage door again-sorry!

Posted: 9/5/05 at 9:14am

Hi winsax
Yes you can usually see the Billys and other cast members at the stage door and at the pub across the road after matinees.
What you say about the Royal Birmingham Ballet does not surprise me as I believe the new Billy Leon Cooke has a background with this ballet company as well. This raises the interesting question I have already noted with Liam. Billy has to come across as totally confused by Mrs Wilkinson and her girls initially. Sometimes the transition from confused boy to ballet boy with potential is harder to achieve if you have a ballet background. There is a tendency to seem ´too good´at this point of the story. This is where I think George in particular comes across so well as a confused, angry, stroppy Billy Elliot in these early scenes.

#443

stage door again-sorry!

Posted: 9/5/05 at 9:39am

I really like Liam at that stage in the story. Occasionally he does have a habit of doing one or two things too well at this stage but on the whole he does this part really well and some of his facial expressions while he is being pushed around by the ballet girls are really comical. By the time "Solidarity" comes around Billy is showing that he has something special and it is one of my favorite numbers.

To be honest though, I don't mind what background the boys/girls come from. Having seen how well the back stage crew have moulded and trained Liam, George and James, I will trust them to do the same with Leon and all that come after.

All great things must come to pass. We know the first will soon be last and in the ground we may be lain , but a seed is sown to rise again.

#444

stage door again-sorry!

Posted: 9/5/05 at 2:32pm

sorry kinda goign off the subject of the billy's here but do we know the name of the new Michael that will be taking over Ashley yet?

And also i know this is really random but when we talk about James George and Liam as the Billy (ies)('s) is it correct to spell it

Billies or Billy's i have never known so i change it from time to time but i always wonder so would some one please be able to let me know

#445

stage door again-sorry!

Posted: 9/5/05 at 3:18pm

Hi, I probably get it wrong a lot as well. I suspect that the plural of Billy is Billys. Billy's is possesive and I don't think you replace the y with ies on names so it's probably Billys. I could of course be completely wrong.

edit - Just took a check on websters and...

*********************************************************
With words that end in a consonant and a y, you'll need to change the y to an i and add es.

more than one baby = babies

more than one gallery = galleries
(Notice the difference between this and galleys, where the final y is not preceded by a consonant.)
more than one reality = realities
This rule does not apply to proper nouns:
more than one Kennedy = Kennedys
*********************************************************

So as Billy is a proper noun it should be Billys. I think....

All great things must come to pass. We know the first will soon be last and in the ground we may be lain , but a seed is sown to rise again.

Updated On: 9/5/05 at 03:18 PM

#446

stage door again-sorry!

Posted: 9/5/05 at 3:50pm

Thanks for doing the research for me and setting the spelling stright... it just has bugged me for so long i thought who better to ask than Billy Fans themselves
Thanks again BillyFan2

Also does anyone know what songs are going to apear on the cast recording i know we do not yet know who is going to be singing what but is 'what' going to be just the songs that are currently in the show or are there to be extras as well? Does any one know? WEP?

Updated On: 9/5/05 at 03:50 PM

#447

stage door again-sorry!

Posted: 9/5/05 at 11:14pm

I dunno. I just hope it's soon!!! Also, will it be in the stores here in the U.S.?

This anticipation is killing me!!!

"Hey, you! You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" -Family Guy

#448

Cast Recording

Posted: 9/6/05 at 3:07am

I have no real idea but given the timescales so far I doubt we'll see it much before November.

All great things must come to pass. We know the first will soon be last and in the ground we may be lain , but a seed is sown to rise again.

#449

Cast Recording

Posted: 9/6/05 at 2:20pm

hi, ive been watching this board for quite a while but have only just got around to signing up and posting for myself..!
I saw it way back on the 1st june and saw liam - it was absolutely amazing!!
i love musicals in general but Billy Elliot is the only one to totally stay in my mind so clearly for so long. I've only seen it once but remember it completely! Would LOVE to get the chance to see it again! Maybe once the new Billys are here. *fingers crossed!*
It hit me more than most musicals I've seen - something about the determination of Billy and the exceptional talents of the boys playing the part just hits me. i love being on stage myself and it just gives me such determination to keep going and doing what i love.
The songs are awesome in themselves, let alone the dances to go with them! Is there an official release date for the cd? or just rumours so far?? whenever i hear the songs it takes me right back to sitting watching in the theatre and it kinda hits me - those boys went from practically nothing to being on stage in the Westend - it IS possible!
It is the best musical out in a long long time and would give anything to go and see it again and hopefully meet the Billys at the stage door afterwards!
If anyone could reply about the cd..?

Oh, and WEP - what is your position in the production? (i dont mean to be nosy) you defo seem to know exactly whats going on - its great - keep the updates coming! :)

"I support the Billy OCR campaign for 3 Billy recordings!" "No Mixes!"

#450

Cast Recording

Posted: 9/6/05 at 2:21pm

oops - i just saw that someone said that not before November.. missed that..!

"I support the Billy OCR campaign for 3 Billy recordings!" "No Mixes!"

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