Photo Flash: First Look at Tade Biesinger, Harrison Dowzell, Redmand Rance & More in BILLY ELLIOT

Billy Elliot the Musical is now booking at the Victoria Palace Theatre until 21 June 2014. Now in its ninth year, Billy Elliot the Musical was recently awarded its fifth Laurence Olivier Award - the BBC Radio 2 Audience Award voted for by the theatregoing public and has been seen by over 4 million people in the West End. Check out photos of the new cast in action below!

Based on the Oscar nominated film, Billy Elliot the Musical is an inspirational story of one boy's dream to realise his ambitions against the odds. Set in the North East of England against the background of the historic 1984/85 miners' strike, Billy pursues his passion for dance in secret to avoid disapproval of his struggling family.

Tade Biesinger (13 years old from Utah, USA), Harrison Dowzell (13 years old from Nottinghamshire), Redmand Rance (12 years old from Fareham, Hampshire) andAli Rasul (12 years old from Hartlepool) alternate the role of Billy. Zach Atkinson (11 years old from Manchester), Joe Massey (14 years old from South Wirrell) andThomas Moore (11 years old from Armthorpe, Doncaster) alternate the role of Billy's best friend Michael and Dayna Dixon (11 years old from Newcastle upon Tyne),Francesca Mango (14 years old from Northumberland) and Millie Thornton (11 years old from Sunderland) play Debbie.

The adult cast is lead by Anna-Jane Casey who plays Billy's dance teacher Mrs Wilkinson, Deka Walmsley who plays Billy's Dad and Kevin Wathen as Billy's brother Tony, with Howard Crossley as George, Alexander Loxton as Older Billy, Kay Milbourne as Dead Mum, Simon Ray Harvey as Mr. Braithwaite, and Ann Emery who created the role of Grandma on stage when the show premiered in 2005. Ensemble members are Craig Armstrong, David Bardsley, Paul Basleigh, Claudia Bradley,Spencer Cartwright, Lucinda Collins, Matthew Dale, Gillian Elisa, Helen French, Lee Hoy, Ruri James, Dean Maynard, Alan Mehdizadeh, David Muscat, Ryan O'Gorman, Steve Paget, Charlotte Riby, Edmund Shaw, Spencer Stafford and Mike Scott.

Productions of Billy Elliot the Musical have been staged on Broadway, as well as in Sydney, Melbourne, Chicago, Toronto and Seoul, South Korea and the show has now been seen by over 9 million people. The touring production, which began in 2010, continues to play across North America and will travel to São Paulo, Brazil, for a three week engagement in August, the first time Billy Elliot will have played in South America. Further international productions are planned including Holland and Germany.

Billy Elliot the Musical features music by Elton John, book and lyrics by Lee Hall, is directed by Stephen Daldry with choreography by Peter Darling. The production features scenic design by Ian MacNeil, the associate director is Julian Webber, costume design is by Nicky Gillibrand, lighting design by Rick Fisher and sound design by Paul Arditti. Musical supervision and orchestrations are by Martin Koch.

Billy Elliot the Musical is presented in London by Universal Stage Productions, Working Title Films and Old Vic Productions in association with Tiger Aspect and is based on the Universal Pictures/ Studio Canal film.

Photo Credit: Alastair Muir

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