Valin Shinyei will play Michael and is the Understudy for Billy. He will play Billy at 2 shows, although we don't know which ones.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEZqG15KYBx ... linshinyei
https://twitter.com/Valin_TS/status/722159400467587073
https://twitter.com/Valin_TS/status/723282039491829760
Valin Shinyei - Michael (and Billy u/s), Vancouver
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Re: Valin Shinyei - Michael (and Billy u/s): Vancouver
His dad's facebook wall has an April 5 posting that cites June 25 (Sat) and 29 (Wed) matinees as the two shows his son is slated to go electric.CJ-Rochester wrote:Valin Shinyei will play Michael and is the Understudy for Billy. He will play Billy at 2 shows, although we don't know which ones.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEZqG15KYBx ... linshinyei
https://twitter.com/Valin_TS/status/722159400467587073
https://twitter.com/Valin_TS/status/723282039491829760
A Michael understudy has been cast as well.
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Valin shared on his Instagram this video of what it's like to fly from Billy's perspective. Very cool video!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BH-xYrdABHT ... linshinyei
https://www.instagram.com/p/BH-xYrdABHT ... linshinyei
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Re: Valin Shinyei - Michael (and Billy u/s), Vancouver
Valin has posted this amusing short film on Vimeo in whick he portrays a rather strange young man.
vimeo.com/184638228
vimeo.com/184638228
Re: Valin Shinyei - Michael (and Billy u/s), Vancouver
http://www.tricitynews.com/entertainmen ... -1.9591105A Port Moody student at Eagle Mountain middle clinched an Ovation award last night (Sunday) for his performance in Billy Elliot last year.
Nolan Fahey was named Outstanding Newcomer for playing the lead role in the Arts Club Theatre Company production, which ran in Vancouver. The 14-year-old shared the accolade with Valin Shinyei, who portrayed Michael in the same show.
Re: Valin Shinyei - Michael (and Billy u/s), Vancouver
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/th ... e35080329/In the supporting actor category, Erickson is up against Scott Bellis and Andrew McNee – both for Romeo and Juliet, 16-year-old Valin Shinyei for Billy Elliot and Sanjay Talwar for The Men in White.
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Re: Valin Shinyei - Michael (and Billy u/s), Vancouver
While best known as a very funny “Michael” in Vancouver’s large regional production of BETM presented by the Arts Club Theatre Company in 2016, Valin Shinyei also understudied the role of Billy and appeared in the title role several times during the course of the production’s 79 performance run.
Find out what he’s been up to since in the Life After Billy segment of his profile: https://betm.theskykid.com/meet-billy-e ... n-shinyei/
Find out what he’s been up to since in the Life After Billy segment of his profile: https://betm.theskykid.com/meet-billy-e ... n-shinyei/