Billy Elliot The Musical
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BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL OPENS TO RAVE REVIEWS IN SYDNEY
December 2007
Elton John and Lee Hall's multi award-winning Billy Elliot's the musical premiered at Sydney's capitol Theatre on 13 December to a fantastic response from audiences and critics alike.
'Billy Elliot will knock your socks off sideways' - Daily Telegraph
'The show is powerful, moving, comic and visually striking' - The Dominion Post
'The cast is excellent' - Sydney Morning Herald
'Billy Elliot the Musical lives up to the hype, making the leap from screen to stage with spectacular success... The entire cast is terrific.' - Sunday Telegraph
'Stephen Daldry's respectful, gutsy, inventive, deliberately rough-edged spectacular, that seldom puts a foot wrong in three hours.' - Sunday Herald
'Sometimes 5 stars aren't enough. Sometimes you see a show that moves, entertains, and enthralls its audience so completely it defies normal rules...If you only see one life-changing musical this year, you must see Billy Elliot.' - Sunday Mail Adelaide
'Open your heart, get out the tissues and surrender. Had the crowd screaming for more' - The Australian
'You will laugh, you will cry and you will roar with approval' - Herald Sun
The Sydney production is the first to open outside the UK and casting is already underway for a Broadway production opening in Autumn of 2008.