Billy Elliot The Musical — Page 23

Well I thought I would post my last message tonight just before I go away on my 2 week cruise in a few hours time…

I have in fact just got back from see Billy Elliot for the seventh time tonight and I wanted to share with you all the absolute brilliance of this show. I felt that this was the best performance I’ve seen to date but then I guess it helps that I’m already in holiday mode!

Both Liam played Billy and Ryan played Michael.

Firstly Liam. I’ve not seen him play the role of Billy for some time now and what a transformation! I thought he was good the first time I watched his performance but tonight just blew me away! Liam’s “Angry Dance” was the best I have seen and as for his “Electricity” choreographed bit, well, what a dancer!

Ryan, you were as superb as ever and once again had the audience gripped and laughing out your hands.

Keep it up boys…

By the way, I did go to the stage door afterwards to try and get some of the signatures from the cast who I’ve not got yet and I bumped into both George and the rest of the gang who must have been the understudies… I wanted to go and chat to say hello but the opportunity didn’t arise.
By the way guys, if you think I’m West End Pro, I’m not :o)

This is me signing off for a bit… till the next time.

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For song - defo the letter or electricity. saying that.. solidarity certainly stayed in my head for ages and ages.. and so did the stars looked down..hmm.. and born to boogie and expressing yourself are great too.. ah i give up - theyre all amazing!! cant choose!
for scene - its always gona depend on who you have seen playing billy. i have only seen liam so i would say his electricity.. but in general i think billy and michaels expressing yourself scene is just magic and dead funny! ahh im too indecisive!

what does every1 else think? someone who has seen all 2 billys - do u have a fav scene for each?

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I have just seen the show for the 14th time Saturday 10th matinee with Liam the star.
I have not seen Liam for some months and what struck me most was what a beautiful voice he now has. His 'Electricity' was sung and danced so well it has to be my highlight and why I love this show. In the early days Liam's voice was a little thin but now it has achieved a degree of confidence in expression that was almost cathedral quality at times. Someone must have been doing some superb teaching with this boy. Liam for the CD he has vote that's for certain. His acting skills have also come on considerably as in the angry dance although for me George still does this best.
It was also great to see Liam bursting with good health after his recent problems and the buzz he left behind at curtain fall left an audience (which had been slow to get going) in raptures.
The show will be mad to let Liam go when he has so much still to offer.
Perhaps we should start a petition now!!

Is anyone here planning to see the show during the upcoming week?

/Johan

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I will sign the petition Alan Roger!

Has anyone noticed that the majority of the pictures in the program are of Liam as aposed to George or James?

Updated On: 9/10/05 at 04:42 PM

Thank you sooo much for the link to the Yahoo group. I'm sitting here in the States waiting not too patiently for the show to come here. I only pray that when it does, it stays 100% British. It can't be diluted in any way, it would destroy the whole story. I saw the film 6 times and bought the DVD, I knew that this was too good a tale to not become a stage show. From what I have found on the net the show has exceeded my expectations. Now please send the album and/or DVD here asap lol.

Hi All,

In response to the point raise by "Ordinary Joe" above.

I'm sure everyone here would agree, that we all think very highly of all the kids who perform in the show, and not just the Billys, Michaels and Debbies.

Your point does raise an interesting issue though. Why isn't there more about them in the programme? I wasn't even aware that team names had been assigned to each, and as said previously, there is nothing in the programme to confirm this.

Is anyone here able to give us more info?

As with any show, and whilst it may seem unfair, the main focus of posts on a forum such as this will always be slanted in favour of the leading characters.

That said, I cannot emphasise enough that we all of us appreciate and respect all of the actors, both young an old, along with the crew, for making "Billy" come alive.

hi guys do any of you know when the cast recording is coming out, know one seems to know x

If you ask at the theatre they will only say late October/November. There is a form at the theatre (with a posting box) where you can fill in your address and e-mail and mobile phone details and then you will be given a direct notification when the cast recording is available plus a chance to win I think 5 copies. You could try e-mailing the theatre with your details and these could be entered on one of those forms for you.
Alan Roger.

if you go onto
www.billyelliotthemusical.com in teh MEDIA section there are clips from electricity and the letter. is that james singing or george? or liam? please helpreally confused.
can anyone help?
cos i ahve only seen liam and i no loads of you have seen james and george so do you know who it is?

hi i_love_billy_elliot.... i read your message about those clips but when i go onto the media section on that website then it is just elton john singing electricity and i cant find the letter anywhere?? please tell me or anyone else who knows!!!
also if anyone has any pics of george that aren't already on here then that would be great!!
the last thing... how did everyone get to meet some of the cast when the went to see the show?? i am SOOOO jealous!!
if anyone has george's msn then plz plz plz give it to me... my email addy is lilbert26@hotmail.com
thanks!

I too would like to know which kid sings in Electricity. Could it be Christopher (from the workshop?)

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whos christopher?
but u see its also on the dvd on teh bonus features disk, so i thought it was james.
anyway who is christopher cso it sounds like a boy singnig