‘Billy Elliot the Musical’ will return to Australia in April 2019.
‘Billy Elliot’ features music by Elton John and is based on the book by Lee Hall
Elton John said in a statement, “Billy Elliot for me is one of the most rewarding and creative works of my career. I have very fond memories of the Sydney production in 2007 as it was the first city outside of the UK we mounted the show and found many incredibly talented children who would go on to carry the show through its successful Australian run. It is truly the most heart-warming show and I am so grateful that new generations of Australians will continue to experience its joy and inspiration.”
Eric Fellner, the show’s producer, said, “We are thrilled that Billy Elliot is finally able to return for this Australia wide 10th Anniversary Tour, a decade after it was so loved and supported by audiences in Sydney and Melbourne. We hope that the rest of the country will enjoy it as much now as those audiences did then.”
The first run of the musical in Australia was in 2007. It was the first production of ‘Billy Elliot the Musical’ outside the UK and before it went to Broadway.
The original production ran from 13 November 2007 to 14 June 2009.
Billy Elliot the Musical will open at Sydney Lyric Theatre in October 2019 followed by planned seasons in Melbourne at the Regent Theatre from February 2020, Crown Theatre Perth from June 2020, QPAC’s Lyric Theatre in Brisbane from July 2020 and the Festival Theatre at Adelaide Festival Centre from September 2020.
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