Billy Elliot: Musical Review

                                          Catalina Grau

                                             8B

                                           

Billy Elliot, a life changing musical

  On our UK tour in September 2013 we went to many places, including the Victoria Palace Theatre where we went to watch Billy Elliot: The musical. At the beginning we thought that it was just a boring musical but by the time it began it was amazing the lights, the acting and specially the dancing that by the time it began you were already into the show.

    This musical is mainly about a 11 year old boy called Billy (interpreted by Ali Rasul) who lives in a northern mining town where the miners, including his dad and his older brother Tony (interpreted by Deka Walmsley and Kevin Wathen) are on strike. Billy's father wants Billy to box, like all his other past generations but he suddenly discovers that he has a passion for ballet and he wants to follow his dream. Dad disagrees to this because he thinks it's just for girls and it could change his life forever. It's an inspiring story that changes the way of thinking of the whole community and his family.

  The actors and actresses did a good job interpreting their characters, they had a lot of talent specially the main character Billy interpreted by Ali Rasul, his dancing was wonderful, all the flips and spins impressed me for his age. I also liked the acting of Joe Massey, who interpreted Michael. I think he made it even funnier than the book or the movie, every time when he appeared I'd always laugh. Even though some actors were better than others I don't think that I didn't like the acting of anybody, they were all great.

   What I really liked from the musical was the dancing and singing, everybody was so coordinated that it looked extraordinary. I also loved the effects and decorations that they had on every scene, it was related to what was happening and it caught your attention. What I disliked about the musical was that some scenes were very hard to understand because they mixed two different things and it got me a little bored but the rest was magnificent.

  As I said at the beginning Billy Elliot the musical is a life changing story that taught me and my classmates that you have to follow your dreams and never give up even though if the rest don't agree with you, you can always make a change. I think this story has inspired many people in the world to follow their dreams and it may have taught other people that they have to accept people by who they are.

    Even though it's an inspiring musical and it is wonderful I don't recommend it to small children between the ages of 0 until 10 because it does have some inappropriate vocabulary and actions that little children shouldn't learn. But besides that I recommend it to everybody who is interested because I don't think anybody would dislike it. It’s a wonderful show to watch with friends or with family.

   Rating: 4 out of 5