Billy Elliot the Musical 2014
- Director: Brett Sullivan (live stage version)
- Seen by this director: I Robot, The Crow
- Based on the book: no
- Cast: Elliot Hanna, Ruthie Henshall, Deka Walmsley, Ann Emery, Chris Grahamson, Zach Atkinson
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- None of them. They’re mostly stage performers.
- Why? Need you ask?
- Seen: On stage in London. On DVD six or seven times previously. Now: 23 December 2021.
Nobody can match Jamie Bell, Julie
Walters or Gary Lewis in these roles. Billy Elliot is one of the
absolutely best films ever made.
But when we saw this musical at the
Victoria Theatre in London we were lost at ‘The Stars Look Down’ and in
complete thrall until ‘Once Were Kings’, with many a tear in between. And many
a laugh.
When it was filmed and released on DVD our
bliss was complete.
This time we’re including it in our
Christmas film watching because of the wonderful ‘Merry Christmas, Maggie Thatcher.’
Like the film, this production gets
10* of 10.
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