London
Cast Information
The Billys
Original
Past
Final
Supporting Cast
Michael
Debbie
Mrs. W
Dad
Tony
London
Dead Mum
Older Billy
Mr B
George
Liam Mower (original London Billy) and Ann Emery (original London Grandma) in Grandma’s Song:
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Tall Boys
Original
Past
Final
Small Boys
Original
Past
Final
Ballet Girls
Note: Past Casts of Ballet Girls have been divided into six charts. If you’re looking for a particular group, the legend is as follows:
P-1 = Fall, 2005 to Fall, 2007
P-2 = Fall 2007 to Fall, 2009
P-3 = Fall 2009 to Fall, 2011
P-4 = Fall, 2011 to Fall, 2013
P-5 = Fall, 2013 to Spring, 2015
P-6 = Spring, 2015 to Fall, 2015
Original
P-1
P-2
P-3
P-4
P-5
P-6
Final
Ensemble
Note: Past Ensemble Casts have been divided into two charts. If you’re looking for a particular group, the legend is as follows:
P-1 = Leave Dates: December, 2005 to November, 2011
P-2 = Leave Dates: January, 2012 to May, 2015
Original
Past (Part 1)
Past (Part 2)
Final
 of both the boys who currently portray the role of Billy at the Victoria Palace Theatre and those past Billys who have starred in but have since left the show.){kind=link}
John,
Record keeping in the earlier days of the show was very haphazard if it existed at all. At the original Billy Elliot Forum, there may have been records kept from 2005 to early 2009, but if any such information did exist it was lost when that Forum shut down. The current Forum has information from 2010 on, but mainly the Billys, Michaels and Debbies were reported (although there are gaps in that information as well.)
Given the above as background, here’s what I can share with you:
October 18, 2007: The Billy was Corey Snide. No other information on the child cast was reported. The adult cast principal roles were generally single cast. You can go to the following link and look up who was playing those roles at the time of this show: http://betm.theskykid.com/meet-billy-elliot-london/3/
July 21, 2010 (Matinee): Billy was played by Aaron Watson, Michael by Jake Pratt and Debbie by Francesca Mango. No other information on child cast performers for this show was reported and no adult understudies were reported for this show, so you can again go to the above link to look up who of the adult cast would have been playing the principal roles at the time of this show.
Sorry I couldn’t be any more specific than this. Good luck!
Gary (porschesrule)
Hi Tom,
You can find the current London show count here: http://www.billyelliottheforum.me.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=114441#p114441 The count at the end of January, 2016 can be found at the bottom of that chart in the monthly summary. Please note that this count is the actual number of shows presented with a paid audience. I’ve found it’s a few off from what the BETM company has announced in the past as it is their practice (and may very well be the practice of the West End as a whole) to count all scheduled shows, even if they are cancelled and not actually presented. There have been several of those over the years. But the number shown will get you close. Hope that helps.
Gary (porschesrule)
P.S. The method of counting we use at the BE Forum directly ties the number of shows performed by all of the Billys in London (42 to date) to the total number of show count that I cited above. In other words, if you added up all the Billy performances, it will add up to the total number of shows. Of course, the “official” London number they give won’t do that as you can’t give credit to a Billy for a show performed if the show didn’t actually take place :p All the information on London Billy performance tracking can be found at http://betm.theskykid.com/billy-elliot-the-musical-tracking-the-billys/