For Colleen and Charlie’s last night in London we went to see Billy Elliot at the Victoria Palace Theatre. The show is based off the movie and is a very dance heavy piece-it took 23 weeks for all the actors to prepare for the show. The entire cast was huge and included not only the stars, but an ensemble of neighbors, 12 different adults that played the miners and police and over a dozen little girls in the ballet class. There are 4 different boys that play Billy depending on the night, but all of them are either 12 or 13 years old and can do intense backflips and dance moves. The cast was full of talented kids and was very impressive.
Sucker Punch was an amazing show. This new play by Roy Williams premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in Sloane Square on June 11th and its run time has been extended because it has been so successful. Sucker Punch is set during London in the 1980s and addresses issues of racism through the story of a boxer named Leon. The stage is a boxing ring and the audience is seated like they're surrounding the fights. This marks show #14 and was definitely one of the best plays I've seen here.
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