Billy Elliot the film becomes a musical with music by Sir Elton John.
One of Britain's most successful films ever gets a stage makeover with music added by legendary tunester Sir Elton John. Billy Elliot is a fusion of the excellent writing of Lee Hall, the wonderful choreography of Peter Darling and the superb directing of Stephen Daldry, all of whom transferred from the film. Billy Elliot the film becomes a musical with music by Sir Elton John. One of Britain's most successful films ever gets a stage makeover with music added by legendary tunester Sir Elton John. Billy Elliot is a fusion of the excellent writing of Lee Hall, the wonderful choreography of Peter Darling and the superb directing of Stephen Daldry, all of whom transferred from the film. The show has catchy music, fun and amusement as well as brilliant dancing. This is life-enhancing stuff. Billy is born in a northern town where men do masculine things such as work in the mines. Men don’t dance. But Billy is a different he doesn’t want to fight, but is attracted by the visual delight of ballet. With determination he works at getting into the Royal Ballet School. Billy Elliot contains some earthy language that some parents may not want to expose their young children to.
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