A spokesperson for the department said it was providing £36.5m across the music and dance CAT schemes this academic year. "We ...

County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of ...

Meet the talented cast and crew behind 'Billy Elliot (2000)' on Moviefone. Explore detailed bios, filmographies, and the creative team's insights. Dive into the heart of this movie through its stars ...

CHICAGO — In the new and endearing movie “Billy Elliot,” an 11-year-old boy from northeastern England decides, against all odds, that he wants to be a ballet dancer. His widowed father and older ...

The depiction of British working-class life in films, beginning in the late-1950s, emerged full-bloom in the 1990s. It has taken a particular resonance in the aftermath of the Thatcher regime. Even ...

London — Stephen DALDRY has long maintained that he tries never to repeat himself. Anyone who has met and interviewed Daldry over the years is likely to have heard his mantra: “It’s good to change.” ...

“Billy Elliot” certainly belongs on any list of the greatest British musicals of all time, eclipsed by “Les Miserables” for sure, but right up there with “Matilda,” “Mamma Mia!” and “Blood Brothers.” ...

Follow your dreams — against all odds, no matter what the cost, don’t let anyone stand in your way — such is the message of “Billy Elliot.” The musical “Billy Elliot” comes to the Paramount Theatre in ...

In Durham, northern England, a boxing and a ballet group must share the local gym. This leads young Billy Elliot to discover the world of dance and start taking lessons. However, he must keep this a ...

Ever since Stephen Daldry’s film about a young boy who dreams of being a ballet dancer bowed in October, industry watchers have been talking about the film’s Oscar chances. The Working Title pic set a ...