Leah Hocking was in the original Broadway cast of “Billy Elliot” as Billy’s late mother. At the same time, she was understudy to the female lead, Mrs. Wilkinson, and received a Tony nomination as Best ...

I spent a semester studying in London in the winter of 1985, and one of the first concerts I attended was a benefit at Brixton Academy for the striking coal miners, featuring Aztec Camera and ...

In the film Billy Elliot, the son of a striking miner in the north east of England in 1985 is seen to face prejudice because he wants to be a ballet dancer. When it hit cinemas in 2000, Billy's ...

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Paramount Theatre’s production of “Billy Elliot The Musical” is a spectacle in every sense of the word: From set designer Michelle Lilly’s magnificently forbidding mine shaft, whose murky interior ...

Lewis Cope, 30, said his girlfriend Rachel Maya Lopez is supportive of his Strictly Come Dancing journey and always looks after him, even preparing him food before rehearsals ...

Billy Elliot the Musical will search for children to play the roles of Billy, Michael and Debbie in a forthcoming run of the ...

Britain's Got Talent might have found the next Billy Elliot in 14-year-old Jack Higgins. The dancer - who appears on tonight's show with a routine set to the song 'Say Something' - attends a ...

Veteran Australian director Bruce Beresford's new film, "Mao's Last Dancer," feels almost like a remake of the equally heart-warming "Billy Elliot," but this time around, the aspiring dancer is ...