About Billy Elliot
The story of Billy Elliot is a spectacular one that revolves around three themes:
  • Pursuing your dreams
  • Discovering and developing a special talent
  • Overcoming obstacles

The Billy Elliot Story
Billy Elliot the Musical has been described as a modern-day fairy tale. It is the heartwarming story of a young boy whose life is changed forever when he discovers an unexpected passion for dance.

Set against the turbulent background of the 1984-1985 miners' strike in the northern pit village of Easington, Billy himself naturally is expected to become a miner like his brother Tony, his father Jackie and his father's father before him. Despite the ravages of the strike, the family scrapes together 50p (approximately $0.79) per week for Billy to go boxing. But, left to pass the hall keys on to the leader of a dance class, the exuberant Mrs. Wilkinson, Billy finds himself connecting with the power of the music, which, quite literally, moves him in a way that he would never previously have thought possible. Billy secretly joins the ballet class, without being able to tell anyone. His family, after all, would never understand - boxing, not ballet, is for lads. The only person who Billy does confide in is his friend Michael, who is happy to listen in between dressing up in his sister's dresses, a pastime he can explain very simply: "Me dad does it all the time." Sparks fly when Jackie Elliot discovers that his son has been frittering away his hard-earned money on ballet instead of boxing. Nevertheless, Billy takes up Mrs. Wilkinson's secret offer of free private classes in preparation for an audition for the Royal Ballet School.

The strike, meanwhile, is getting more and more heated. There are pitched battles between the police and the miners that split friends and spur Tony Elliot to take the law into his own hands, as he raids his father's toolbox for a weapon to use against the police. When Jackie Elliot unexpectedly stumbles upon his son Billy expressing his deepest emotions through dance, he heads off to see Mrs. Wilkinson to find out about the audition. "Going back to work to earn travel money for the trip to London..." It may mean breaking the strike, but Jackie is determined.

In the pit communities, solidarity is a watchword and Tony and the strikers agree to pool together what little money they have to help Billy go to London and audition. Money from a strike breaker (a 'scab') is unwelcome, but that's what makes the difference and Billy and Jackie head to the bright lights of London.

This is the story of a young boy who reaches beyond "his place in the world" to follow his heart's desire and fight for his dreams.


 
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