Final Ticket Release For Billy Elliot

FINAL TICKET RELEASE FOR BILLY ELLIOT

The final release of tickets for the Melbourne season of Billy Elliot the Musical will go on general sale on Monday, March 23 from 9.00am.

Melbourne will be the final Australian city to host this production, which will have been seen by close to a million people in Australia by the time is closes on June 14.

Now a global phenomenon, Billy Elliot the Musical opened in London's West End May 2005 to rave reviews. The Australian production opened in Sydney November 2007, where it ran for a year one of only three shows in the last decade to play a season of this duration or more. The 26 week Melbourne season, which opened on New Year's Eve, immediately followed the Broadway production, which opened in November to extraordinary reviews and was recently named Time Magazine's '#1 Show of 2008'

Melbourne audiences have embraced Billy Elliot the Musical. The show broke Her Majesty's Theatre's box-office record, becoming the venue's most successful show ever in terms of sales revenue taken in one week.

Critics around the world have been united in their praise for Billy Elliot the Musical. In the UK, The Mail on Sunday wrote, "Truly electrifying...this heart-stopping show is a must-see" The Sunday Express raved, "*****! Pure Magic." And The Daily Telegraph proclaimed it simply, "The greatest British musical I have ever seen." The New York Post hailed Billy as "The best show you will ever see."

The Australian wrote, "Billy Elliot should come with a warning: abandon cynicism all ye who enter. Open your heart, get out the tissues and surrender." The Sydney Morning Herald raved, "Joyously entertaining, Billy Elliot bursts into starry-eyed showbiz magic A rapturous pinnacle of self-expression and fulfilment."

Melbourne's Age raved, "2008 saved the best for lastBilly Elliot the Musical...a near perfect performance of a brilliant production", and the Herald Sun said, "Billy Elliot makes you think anything is possible."

Set in the North East of England, Billy Elliot the Musical is based on the film of the same name and is a funny, heart-warming and feel-good celebration of one boy's dreams set against the historic British miners' strike of 1984/85.

Directed by Stephen Daldry, with music by Sir Elton John and book and lyrics by Lee Hall, Billy Elliot the Musical is the 'must see' show of 2009 and will play it's final performance on Sunday, June 14.

BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL
Her Majesty's Theatre
Bookings through Ticketek: 1300 555 593
www.billyelliot.com.au
Tickets now on sale for all performances to June 13. No extension possible.
PLEASE NOTE: Contains some strong language. Not advised for children under 10.

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