Name: Billy Elliot The Musical
Start: 2027-02-15T19:00:00.000Z
End: 2027-06-30T20:30:00.000Z
Location: Adelphi Theatre

BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL is heading on a UK tour, and will be playing at London’s Adelphi Theatre in 2027

Seen by almost 12 million people across five continents and honoured with more than 80 awards worldwide, BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL is one of the most successful and beloved British musicals of all time. 

Ten years after it last played to audiences in its original home of London and the UK, this landmark production returns at last.

Annette McLaughlin will play ‘Mrs Wilkinson’, Deka Walmsley ‘Dad’, Jack Bandeira ‘Tony’ and Lesley Joseph ‘Grandma’.

This is the musical that took the nation by surprise and went on to conquer the world. Praised as ‘Breathtaking. 

A dazzling 40-carat gem of a show’ (Daily Mail), ‘Dazzling. A triumph’ (Independent on Sunday) and ‘Pure magic’ (Sunday Express), BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL returns as exhilarating, hilarious and unforgettable as ever, a defining British production finally coming home.


What is Billy Elliot the Musical about?

Set in a northern town during the miners’ strike of 1984/5, the show follows Billy’s journey from the boxing ring to the ballet class, where he discovers a passion for dance that will change his life forever. 

As Billy dares to dream, his courage unites his family, inspires his community, and proves the transformative power of art. 

Brought to life by the award-winning creative team behind the film, with iconic music by Elton John, Billy Elliot is an extraordinary theatrical experience that has captivated audiences around the world.

Adelphi Theatre

Billy Elliot The Musical

The Adelphi Theatre is co-owned with the Nederlander Group. 

Throughout its fascinating 200-year history, the theatre’s gorgeous art deco interiors have hosted Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard, Phantom-sequel Love Never Dies, the record-breaking One Man Two Guvnors, gloriously glam-drag Kinky Boots, and Sara Bareilles‘ hit Broadway musical Waitress. Currently, the Adelphi is home to the stage adaptation of the classic Hollywood film Back To The Future – winner of the 2022 Olivier Award for Best New Musical.

The original theatre, the Sans Pareil (‘Without Compare’, for you non-French speakers) was launched by businessman John Scott in 1806, primarily so he could show off the talents of his daughter. 

Luckily, writer and pianist Jane Scott actually had the skills to show off and proved to be a massive success over the next 14 years. 

She not only wrote and appeared in more than 50 pieces ranging from farces, melodramas, comic operas and pantomimes, she also changed the face of British theatre forever by putting on works that appealed to all classes, instead of just catering to the privileged few. 

Jane finally retired in 1819 at which point her father sold the theatre for a very healthy profit.

The next owners, Jones and Rodwell, changed the theatre’s name to The Adelphi and swiftly turned it into the place to be. 

They understood that nothing puts bums on seats like a spot of controversy. 

Their production of Pierce Egan’s Tom and Jerry; or Life in London (described as the Beggar’s Opera of its day) caused outrage and complaints from angry Methodists, who objected to its louche characters and bawdy exploits.

Naturally, audiences queued round the block.

The Adelphi has changed hands – and name – many times since Jones and Rodwell sold the theatre in 1825, but its reputation has endured. 

Terry and Frederick Yates found a smash-hit success with one of their first major productions, The Pilot, which broke Tom and Jerry’s record by playing a whopping 200 times.

Its current co-owner, Andrew Lloyd Webber (you may have heard of him) bought the Adelphi in 1993 and gave it another major facelift ahead of the world premiere of his musical Sunset Boulevard, starring Patti Lupone. 

It was the first of several major successes of his at the theatre, with the legendary stage later seeing revivals of Evita (2006) and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (2007), as well as the world premiere of Love Never Dies in 2010.

But Lloyd Webber’s musicals weren’t the only ones to chime with audiences. 

The Olivier Award-winning Chicago opened in November 1997 at the Adelphi and became the longest-running production in the theatre’s history – as well as the longest running American musical on the West End – finally transferring to the Cambridge Theatre in 2006. 
That’s quite an achievement, and surely no small thanks to a long list of celebrity castings including Brooke Shields, Alison Moyet and, of course, iconic TV superstar David Hasselhoff.


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