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    Meet Billy Elliot: Lachlan Stirling

    Note:  Lachlan Stirling’s final show as Billy in Billy Elliot the Musical (BETM) in Engadine, NSW, Australia, presented by the Engadine Musical Society at the Engadine Community Centre, was on October 27, 2024.

    Debut: October 19, 2024 (Engadine, NSW, Australia)

    Total Performances as Billy:  5 (No partial shows)

    Lachlan Stirling is a year 6 student.  He studies dance at KRS Dance (Kirrawee & Engadine Studios), takes vocal training with Laura Garrick and acting lessons with John Posey at The Hollywood Initiative. He also studies musical theatre with Musical Makers Club. 

    Lachlan’s love of musicals began when he saw Hugh Jackman live on stage.  He aspires to emulate Jackman’s career and in the future he hopes to perform in the West End in London or in Hollywood.

    Lachlan has an array of performing credits on his resume already, including:

    • Luke in Camp Rock (Miranda Musical Theatre Company)
    • Sultan in Aladdin Jr (Miranda Musical Theatre Company)
    • Hans in Frozen Jr (Miranda Musical Theatre Company)
    • Buttons in Newsies Jr (The Regals)
    • Finding Nemo Jr (Rockdale Musical Society)
    • Sir Bors in Spamalot Young@Part (The Regals)

    Lachlan has loved getting the opportunity to play Billy Elliot and has enjoyed every aspect from the first audition to learning the complex dance routines, to speaking and even swearing in a Geordie accent.

    With his debut performance as Billy on 19-Oct-2024 Lachlan becomes 364th young actor to play the role worldwide in a professional, regional or community theatre production of the musical.

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