Billy
Elliot, the multi award-winning smash hit Billy Elliot The Musical started
yesterday at Milton Keynes Theatre and runs until 17th June.
We caught
up with the four boys cast as Billy Elliot; Adam, Emile, Haydn and Lewis during
their jam-packed day to talk about their experiences so far, rehearsals, the
show, school and even passing on some zealous advice to others their age keen
to get into musical dance and acting. Here’s what they had to say:
What do
they love most about musical theatre?
The
atmosphere from the audience! It’s not something normal kids do, starring in a
musical and that feeling of getting on stage after doing all the rehearsals and
seeing everything and everybody come together on stage at the same time, is
great!
Why musical
theatre?
Getting to
go on stage every night and see the audience’ reaction – on TV/film you don’t
have anything to feed back on and we love seeing the audience. On film, if
you’re having a bad day you can do it over and over again to get it right – in
theatre you can’t do that, if it goes wrong then it goes wrong and that’s the
fun of it! Theatre is never perfect! (We love their drive and confidence)
If not
musical theatre, what would they be doing?
They’re
musical, dancing actors through and through – a bit of athletics and acting on TV
thrown in but they seem completely at home on the stage.
How do they
find school with working at the same time?
Sometimes
it’s difficult but when they’re working/touring they have a small class of
about 8 students and a tutor. They have 3 hours of school a day followed by
rehearsals then a show in the evening, managing to get all of their school work
done in those 3 hours and can even take time off if they’re caught up (or vice
versa if they’ve missed some school hours!) They can often each be studying a
different subject at the same time which certainly keeps their tutor busy but
they get much more focus and attention than they would in a class of 30+ and
they feel they learn more.
Their
advice to all kids their age no matter what they want to do?
Try hard,
don’t give up. If you give up then you’ve lost your chance (if we’d given up
during auditions we wouldn’t be here now). Just do what you love and if you
love it, carry on with it. If anyone tries to bring you down, don’t listen to
them and carry on. Probably many of the kids here on this show have had
somebody at the school try to bring them down, but look where we are now? Those
people are likely at home playing on their Xbox.
It’s
wonderful to see how proud they are of themselves and what they’ve achieved in
their lives so far – it really goes to show how hard work, dedication and
passion for something can make your dreams come true. For tickets, visit
www.atgtickets.com
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