Based on the Academy Award-nominated 2000 film and featuring music by Elton John,Billy Elliotis the story of its namesake star, a young boy in a depressed working-class mining town in the north of England.
Set during the history-making 1984 miners strike, the show follows Billy, the youngest child of a blue-collar family that has recently lost its Mum, as he stumbles out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class.
While Billys father and brother take to the picket lines of the violent and life-changing strike, Billy secretly begins to study the art of dance with the help of a hard-drinking, chain-smoking local dance teacher.
But as Billy blossoms and thrives, the world around him continues to witherand his only escape may be the prestigious Royal Ballet School, a place no working-class boy has ever gone, or been allowed to go to, before.
Presented by Broadway Across Canada, Billy Elliot the Musical is on now at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre until April 7. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.ca or toll-free 1.855.985.5000.
