Full Casting and Further Venues Announced for BILLY ELLIOT

FULL CASTING ANNOUNCED

FOR THE UK AND IRELAND TOUR AND LIMITED WEST END SEASON

OF THE ORIGINAL AWARD-WINNING PRODUCTION OF

Universal Theatrical Group and Working Title Films are delighted to announce full casting for the UK and Ireland tour and limited West End season of the original award-winning production of BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL. Annette McLaughlin will play ‘Mrs Wilkinson’, Deka Walmsley ‘Dad’, Jack Bandeira ‘Tony’ and Lesley Joseph ‘Grandma’.

Annette McLaughlin is no stranger to the role of Mrs Wilkinson having played the part in the last UK and Ireland tour of Billy Elliot. Her many West End theatre credits include Marya Dmitriyevna in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Warwick in Player Kings, Mrs Wormwood in Matilda The Musical, Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Olivia in Twelfth Night, Velma Kelly in Chicago and Erma in Anything Goes. Deka Walmsley returns to the role of Dad having played the part to great acclaim in both the West End production and on screen in Billy Elliot the Musical Live. Lesley Joseph is best known for playing Dorien Green in the hugely successful sitcom Birds of a Feather, alongside Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson. Her many theatre credits include Grandma in The Addams Family, Miss Hannigan in Annie and her Olivier Award nominated performance as Frau Blucher in Young Frankenstein.

The company also includes Tanesha Aba, Marc Akinfolarin, Natasha J Barnes, Robbie Boyle, Lydia Bradd, Jack Bromage, Jennifer Caldwell, Alex Christian, Adam Crossley, Natalie Durkin, Nathan Elwick, Ian Gareth-Jones, Shirley Jameson, Jenny Legg, Jay Luca Allan, Charlie R Miller, Lewis Mortier, Perry O’Dea, Matt Overfield, Mark Pearce, Aidan Stuart and Lucy Warway.

Alternating the role of Billy’s best friend ‘Michael’ will be Harper Etienne (10 years old from Derbyshire), Dalton Jones (9 years old from South Yorkshire), Theo Kamande (12 years old from London) and Oisin-Luca Pegg (13 years old from Birmingham). Joining them will be Lola Cant (10 years old from Durham), Paige Cook (10 years old from Durham) and Scarlett Gardener (9 years old from Sunderland) who all alternate the role of ‘Debbie’.

Playing the Ballet Girls will be Vivien Abreu, Ivy-Rae Battams, Chloe Boyle, Mikeila Buljan-Bakotic, Rose Butler, Ella Collins, Willow Crabtree, Amari Dumbuya, Ava Evans, Daisy-Mae Ford, Kyla Fowles, Lux Hardy, Marian Nguema Ndjondjo, Zizha Nguema Ndjondjo, Jessica Pipe, Eva Ramtohul, Mia Raggio and Anabelle Tran.

They join the previously announced Noah Mannion (13 years old from Stockport), Rafferty Smale (12 years old from Leigh-on-Sea), Spencer Collins (13 years old from California) and William Gurney (13 years old from Berkshire) who share the role of ‘Billy’ and Liam Mower who will play ‘Older Billy.’

BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL will open at Sunderland Empire on 4 November 2026 where it will run until 28 November 2026. It will then visit Palace Theatre Manchester (2 December 2026 – 9 January 2027) and Edinburgh Playhouse (19 January – 6 February 2027) ahead of its first return to the West End in over 10 years, playing a limited West End season at the Adelphi Theatre from 12 February – 31 July 2027. New venues announced today are Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff (10 – 28 August 2027), Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Dublin (14 September – 9 October 2027) Alhambra, Bradford (19 October – 6 November 2027) and Bristol Hippodrome (1 – 26 February 2028).

On sale details below with further touring dates to be announced soon. billyelliotthemusical.com

4–28 November 2026
SUNDERLAND EMPIRE
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2 December 2026–9 January 2027
PALACE THEATRE, MANCHESTER
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19 January–6 February 2027
EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE
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12 February–31 July 2027
ADELPHI THEATRE, LONDON
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10–28 August 2027
WALES MILLENNIUM CENTRE, CARDIFF
wmc.org.uk
On sale 9 October 2026

14 September–9 October 2027
BORD GAIS ENERGY THEATRE, DUBLIN
bordgaisenergytheatre.ie
On sale 11 September 2026

19 October–6 November 2027
ALHAMBRA, BRADFORD
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On sale 14 September 2026

1–26 February 2028
BRISTOL HIPPODROME
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On sale 22 September 2026