Billy Elliot The Musical — Page 8

Hello everyone. This is the first time I’ve ever posted something on a forum before so please forgive me while I get into this!
I really like your comments that you’ve all written about the show and similar to me I take it that you are quite big fans! You all know so much information…
I’ve been lucky enough to see this show three times now and to say I was blown away is an understatement! I have seen Liam perform twice and George once. Both different in their individual ways and both a credit to the show.
I’m hoping to go again sometime this week and have my fingers crossed that I get the opportunity to see James in the role, especially after finding out that he leaves in September…. Unfortunately I won’t be able to catch his last performance, as I will be away on holiday.
I realise that it’s potluck as to who will be playing the role of Billy but is anyone able to find out the rough schedule for this week?
Much appreciated.

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if i were in there shoes i would be glad for the rest. doing 2 or 3 shows a week must be tiring work for 13-15 year olds (i get tired having to be up ready for school in the morning so they must b absolutly shattered) so i would think they are glad of the rest there must be a nice conffy chair or something in there dressing room where they can sit and have a little sleep.

Hi everyone!

I had the great fortune of seeing Billy Elliot the Musical for the first time last Thursday, and I have absolutely fallen in love! It's such a powerful piece! I'm trying to go once more before I head back to the states, and I had a few questions about rush tickets. I'm sure some of you have experience with those, so I thought it would be best to pose my questions here:

1 - What time should I arrive to be *absolutely* sure I get tickets?

2 - How many tickets can each person purchase - 2, right?

Thanks so much! It's fantastic to chat with so many other devoted fans!

It's nice to read that you appreciated th show. That's means a job well done for those involved.

To answer your questions:

1) You can never be absolutely sure to get tickets. However, if you queue by the theatre from 9 or even before that, you have a good chance of getting a ticket. It is easier to get tickets for mid-week shows, but not by a whole lot.

2) You can get as many tickets as you like, but out of the cheaper tickets released at noon, for which people usually queue for hours, you can only buy two per person.

PM me for more details.

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WEP

Updated On: 8/8/05 at 06:16 PM

As you can see from this magazine article that WEP has posted, it must be a really tiring job for the young "Billy" stars to not only perform in the show on a weekly basis but also land up having to do interviews for the media and photo shots etc and to think they must fit in school work at the same time... what an experience and opportunity they have (even though it is hard going) but I guess some people would dream to be in their shoes!

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OMG! James' leaving! SO soon! I wanna see him! I have a recording of him (oops!) and he sounds SO different to Liam! more mature! I REALLY wanna see him... plz don't leave! *CRIES!*
btw, when is the cast recording out? I heard it's out at the end of autumn!

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Saw the show last week and it was excellent. I really hope that they seriously consider bringing it to NYC but I also hope that they don't Americanize it. It will lose its charm if they do that. Saw James as Billy and he was adorably great! :)

When I first got interested in the show, I visited a couple of British boards along the lines of this one, but couldn't find very much about it. It's kind of interesting that some of the Billy fans have found a home on BWW - and of course we're glad to have you here.

Although it is a very English show, the one thing about it that struck me as somewhat American is it's basic optimism. Despite all the difficulties you see the characters go through, I came away with a feeling of hope.

I'm really glad to have been one of the lucky Americans to see this.

"Isn't the basic optimism universal?"

I would hope so, but America has often been portrayed as more than usually inclined to look on the bright side. If the show does come here, I'm thinking that element will help overcome any difficulties with accents and national politics.

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Following a family emergency several hundred miles away, I found myself last night having to drive 300 miles home having had 4 hours sleep in the previous 48. Actually more like 60. This meant driving back was a bit of a nightmare, it's nearly all motorway and staying awake was going to be a problem, even with all the coffee and diet-coke.

Well, I have a 6 CD autochanger in the boot and I tend to have 5 CD's by various artists and then a made up CD of the best songs from the other 5. At the moment I have some Avril Lavigne, Green Day, Robbie Williams, Meatloaf and of course Peachtree Road with the 3 bonus "Billy Elliot" tracks. Most of the CDs I've played to death and on the way back I was listening to the combination disc over and over again singing my head off all the way home, especially "Electricity", "Merry Xmas Maggie Thatcher" and "the Letter". I was getting very strange looks from some of the other drivers. Especially at one set of roadworks where I also happened to have the windows wide open.

With about 100 miles to go even this wasn't working well to keep me awake, I'd sung the songs too many times. I stopped again for an injection of caffeine and then put on the final spurt up the M6 for home. I decided that rather than listen to the CD again, I would sing songs from "Billy Elliot". I've seen it six times now so know most of the tunes, but not all of the lyrics. I started working my way through the songs, starting with "The Stars look down" which I absolutely love. Kind of avoiding "Shine" and "We'd go dancing" as I don't really know those at all apart from the chorus's. Next I reached "Solidarity" which was brilliant. I couldn't remember some of the interplay between the miners and the police so made up some of my own on the spot:

Oi, you, white van man.
You're gonna cause a shunt.
travelling in the fast lane,
driving like a $%^&.

Solidarity, solidarity, solidarity forever,
travelling in the fast lane,
Solidarity forever.

It would have probably gone even better if I could have found a driving word that rhymed with solidarity but it worked for me, keeping me awake for the last hundred miles. I carried on through most of the other songs, but always kept coming back to "Solidarity" when I felt like giving another driver a piece of my mind. Hurling abuse in song really is most gratifying.

I'm not sure how Lee Hall would have appreciated me mangling his lyrics or how Elton would have appreciated me mangling his tunes trying to get my made up lyrics to fit, but it did keep me awake all the way home, giggling most of the way.

I've said it earlier in the thread and in PM's but thanks WestEndPro for this thread, the pictures, and the information. Most of all though, thanks to the cast and crew for a wonderful musical which I plan on seeing a lot more times.

Well, it's time for your normal programming to be resumed.

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Updated On: 8/10/05 at 06:42 AM

I think that if it is true that James Lomas has been asked to leave while George and Liam continue then he should get to do the cast recording. Think how devastated the boy mustve been to be told that he had to stop while his two new best mates could carry on, if there worried about him getting older then its only 3 more months!!!

It shouldnt be liam coz he got to do press night and in my opinion has become nore recognised and gotten more credit for the role. Also, George got to do the posters and billboards for the show, therefore i think James should get the cast recording to make it fair.

I intend to write to him with this comment.

I think they should just share the songs out between all three of them! I can only see the problem between which michael to give expressing yourself too as it is a strong song and i am sure all three of them love it as it is Michael's main part in the show.