Yet an expert team and a specialist training program at the Billy Elliot School meant that the greatest care was taken with their young protégés. Under incredible pressure and with the intense heat of the show’s media glare upon them, it would have been all too easy for show’s young stars to burn bright, burn up and then burn out. The show premiered in London’s Victoria Palace Theatre on, following previews from 31 March 2005 and the show’s title role was shared by three unknown teenagers – Liam Mower, James Lomas and George Maguire. The original intention was to open the show in Newcastle’s Tyne Theatre, but financial pressures on both the venue and from the show’s ballooning budget made that impossible: The production cost a staggering £5.5million – more than the entire budget of the original film. But more of that later… Billy’s original cast grew up fast – James, George (centre) & Liam reunited.
In writing this post, I seem to have unearthed a wiki-leak…the curious case of the two George Maguires. Who can believe ten years have passed since since Billy Elliot fouettéd his way onto the stage of the Victoria Palace Theatre? Back in 2005, three incredible young actors created the stage role of Billy and wey aye man, they’ve grown up.
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