Billy Elliot The Musical — Page 9

Great photo WEP. Whose the girl? Did you take this yourself or do you get them sent in from fans?

Does anyone else have any good photo's of the show or cast members?

James looks so different to when I watched the DVD and the Billy Elliot diaries.

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Updated On: 8/11/05 at 06:59 AM

The stage door of the theatre I believe.

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Just read and enjoy the thread, Sophie, and check out some of the rest of the message board if you're interested in other musicals too. Congratulations on meeting some of the Billy's!

It's a great show and I'm glad to see all the fans here.

No, I saw George - loved his infectious smile and obvious love for what he was doing. I was only in London for a week, a consider myself very lucky to have gotten into the show.

Yep i saw george also (as i went with Sophie) I am hoping to catch James or Liam when i go to see the show again next week (hopefully James as i want to see him before he goes)

I also cant wait to see what Leon looks like. And hopefully will be able to go and see him

whoa a quick glimps of your picture and thought it was seth from the oc!! Hey lucy how you doing lol talk to you on msn!! I agree was fantastic and was rather tastey too xx

erm no i havnt sorry was i meant to? x

ooh ok cool!! xx

I've promised not to reveal the names of the girls. The boys you already know. This could be you!

It is taken by the stage door outside the theatre. If you go to the Stage Door pub you might run into other actors and crew members.

WEP

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"A more alarming thought is that while this show forges a visceral connection with its audience in a way American musicals were once famous for, "Billy Elliot" may simply be too full of real feeling for the synthetic Broadway of today." - Ben Brantley, New York Times.

(Broadway fans: Please don't kill me for this quote!)

Updated On: 8/12/05 at 06:28 PM

Like you, WestEndFan 2, I was also at the Victoria Palace Theatre last night and what a result! I completly agree with what you've said about the understudy for Mrs Wilkinson and what a star George is to step in like that especially having done the matinee performance earlier on in the day!

I hope you're feeling better today Liam.

One question I wanted to ask (if anyone is actually in the show), can you see us all sitting in the audience while you are performing with those huge spot lights shining on you? Does this get reversed when the miners scene (near the end of the second half) has the guys helmet lights shining onto us?

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Updated On: 8/12/05 at 06:00 AM

I think actors can still see the audiences from the stage, esp the first 2 rows I think... that's what I heard!

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Yes the actors can see the first 2 rows of the audience. They can also see if anybody is doing a video! This is off putting as they can only see a red light flashing. So watch out if you are trying to sneak video!

Updated On: 8/12/05 at 08:37 AM