Billy Elliot
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Billy Elliot is a 2000 British coming-of-age film directed by Stephen Daldry and written by Lee Hall. Set in County Durham in North East England during the 1984–1985 miners' strike, the film is about
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Terraced homes on Avon Street, Easington Colliery, were used for filming, where Andrew and Alnwick Streets once stood.
Jamie Bell (pictured in 2015) won the BAFTA Award for Best Lead Actor, becoming the youngest winner in the category.
Advertisement for the Billy Elliot musical on a lorry in London
Billy Elliot the Musical
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Billy Elliot: The Musical is a coming-of-age stage musical based on the 2000 film of the same name. The music is by Elton John, and the book and lyrics are by Lee Hall, who wrote the film's screenplay
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…and Best Actress in a Supporting Role. In 2001, the film was adapted as a novel by Melvin Burgess. The story was also adapted for the West End stage as Billy Elliot the Musical, first produced in 2005. It opened in Australia in 2007 and on Broadway in New York City in 2008. In 1984, Billy Elliot is an 11-year-old from the…
Five years of West End Billys performing in the 5th Birthday Show at the Victoria Palace Theatre on 31 March 2010
Billy Elliot advertisement on a Routemaster bus in London, 2007
Cesar Corrales in a scene from the Chicago production.
Billy Elliot sign in West End