I went to drama school, which was many years ago, we didn’t really get much dancing. The biggest challenge for me has been the dancing. What have your biggest challenges been with this show? There’ll be bad times and hard times when you think, ‘I simply can’t go on’, but you never know what’s around the corner. It’s not asking very much really, is it? No pressure.īut, I’m sure there are people listening to this saying, ‘I want to try, I really do…’, and you know what never, ever give up. You have to be an actor, a singer, be able to dance and do acrobatics. You can’t have any fear of doing these acrobatics, they’re not frightened of doing the twists and the backflips.
What do you think it takes to be Billy Elliot? It’s an extraordinary feat of theatre, I think its gobsmacking, really. I love all the numbers, I think they are wonderful, but Solidarity for me has got to be the stand out number of the show because of the different things that are going on. My favourite number is Solidarity, I’ve got to say. What’s your favourite scene or musical number? It all fits in and it’s like a machine, it’s like the sets on a stage that piece together like a puzzle. There are so many different factions and you just watch in utter amazement because they seamlessly fold into each other. The other pieces are choreographed and integrated so well with whatever the current scene is. It’s simple, it’s effective and it’s explanatory. In that dance it’s perfect for explaining a lot about Grandma. What do you find interesting with the choreography? The dance is to a waltz type song where she reflects on her life and if she had her time over again what she might have done.
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It was a release for her, they were free from the people they had to be. That was what Grandma loved best in her life – the moments that she got to go dancing with her husband. I have a dance with six men, all representing my husband.
What dancing do you have to do in the show? In fact, I often like young children better than grownups because they’re more interesting a lot of the time and they’re interested in you as well, because as you get older you have more stories to tell. Yes, there are elements of Grandma in me – I have nieces and nephews so I know what it’s like to be around young children. Everybody, at some point in their life, must have said ‘I can’t do that, I’m too scared.’ The musical shows you that you just need the courage to recognise the opportunity and to go for it, and Billy does that. If you come to Billy Elliot the Musical you will not be disappointed because it’s a show for everyone. It’s a feel-good musical it’s inspiring, it’s awesome. The miners all love her and all flock to her for breakfast and eat her out of house and home! But she’s got a heart, a real soul and she’s very much loved by everybody. Grandma’s name is Edna – and everybody loves Edna – she tells it like it is. Billy’s troubled, he’s a lost boy and he gravitates toward Grandma.
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Grandma’s relationship with Billy is so important because she provides stability – he’s lost his mum, his dad is stressed and doesn’t know how to deal with Billy. What is her relationship with Billy and why is it so important? She had children Billy’s dad is the only surviving one and she lives with Billy and his dad and elder brother. Grandma is a typical grandma of the time, she married very young, which is what you did then.
Then I was asked back for four recalls, which spanned for what seemed longer than a school term and then they offered me the job. My agent sent me for an audition and in the initial audition you just get the last part of Grandma’s song to learn.
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