"Arriving just five years after the Stephen Daldry directed, Lee Hall-written film about a young lad from County Durham who dreams of becoming a ballet dancer at the height of the miners' strike, Daldry and Hall returned with the addition of songs from one Elton John. They made for somewhat unlikely bedfellows on paper, but in reality the move to musical was an unalloyed success, with the medium allowing Billy Elliot to seesaw ever more wildly between kitchen sink northeastern life and full on fantasy."
"There's a little while to wait, though: the show will tour to Sunderland, Manchester and Edinburgh at the end of this year and start of next before it heads to the Adelphi. There's no word on casting, though the nature of the beast is that the youthful lead actor is likely to be a star of tomorrow, not a household name already."
Billy Elliot the Musical, adapted with songs by Elton John, expanded the original film's blend of northeastern kitchen-sink realism and fantasy and became a major hit. The production ran at the Victoria Palace Theatre for over a decade, closed in 2016 for a refurb to accommodate Hamilton, and enjoyed a four-year Broadway run that won 10 Tony Awards. The show launched Tom Holland's career as he rose to the title role. A new revival will tour Sunderland, Manchester and Edinburgh before opening at the Adelphi Theatre Feb 12–Jul 31, 2027, with casting yet to be announced.
Read at Time Out London
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