The Princess Theatre in Launceston, Tasmania will host a production of Billy Elliot The Musical (BETM), presented by the Encore Theatre Company, from March 13-29, 2025.
The Theatre
A proscenium arch theatre built in 1911, the Princess has staged a wide range of performances including plays, opera, ballet, music/rock concerts, comedy shows, dancing eisteddfods, nostalgic film nights, school concerts and graduations, and even a circus or two! It seats 939 patrons.
The Theatre Company
Encore Theatre Company was founded in Tasmania in April 2008 to create top quality community shows built with creativity, innovation and excellence.
Encore successfully debuted in 2008 with their production of The Sound of Music. Many wonderful theatrical experiences followed, including the critically-acclaimed Strictly Ballroom and Les Misérables, the sold-out season of Fawlty 
Towers and the crowning achievements of presenting Jon English in Jesus Christ Superstar and Sue Hodge in The Vicar of Dibley, to the awe-inspiring spectacle and thrill of The Phantom of the Opera, Strictly Ballroom and Wicked.
The creation of this vibrant community arts company in Launceston has generated significant interest and provided a powerful means to motivate and inspire young people throughout the region, with Encore entertaining 200,000+ theatre patrons across more than 37 productions since 2008. A listing of those past productions can be found here.
Billy Elliot the Musical
In July 2024, it was announced that Encore Theatre Company would be presenting the Tasmanian premiere of BETM the following March. Auditions were then held in August 2024, where they cast two talented boys to play the role of Billy. They are George Boyle and Zeb Peters. Rehearsals then began soon after, in October 2024, continuing right up until the first performance on March 14, 2024.
To learn more about the Tasmanian Billys, click on the Billy Profiles button (below) to be taken to their detailed profiles.
To see a complete listing of the rest of the Tasmania cast, just click on the Cast Information button.
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