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Hi there,

I would like to introduce myself as a new German member of this forum.

I am here by accident. I didn't even know that there exitsts such a thing as a musical based on the motion picture Billy Elliot until about three months ago. At that time a new neat electronic streaming device had been shipped by this well known American internet mail-order company to me and their video streaming catalogue called my attention to that live recording of that show, I suppose everybody in this forum likes so much.

It broke my heart. I was choked by emotion watching this recording. Never before a recording remembered me of so much what is part of my personality, my experience and my life, good or bad.
This musical demands so much of the talented cast, and especially of the Billy's. And this musical has so much to tell aboud grace, pride, sorrow, despair, ambition and dedication, empathy and love. Tears and laugh are very near when watching it.

Since then, I was lucky enough to see the Dutch production in The Hague. The show was very good, but it was evident that it lacks a couple of years of experience. A decadent one-day-trip to London lead me to the VPT in June and I must confess that I was keen to see Elliott Hanna on his part time return to BETM. My son and I had booked tickets for the matinee on June 13, 2015. It made me only a little bit sad to realize later that I have missed Elliott's second last show by a couple of hours, because we were lucky enough to watch an incredible show starring a fantastic Bradley Perret who performed so different from Elliott Hanna.

This show will definetly not have been my last. And it seems to me to have infected at least three more ready-to-go acquaintances with that virus which makes us being a little bit like a zombie, always requiring that blood called BETM.

Till then

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Welcome to the Forum Then I Saw Her Face. Thank you for posting and I hope it'll be the just the first of many such posts you make here. In the meantime, take some time to explore this site. There is so much information about BETM here.
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Welcome to the forum, Then. Glad you found us, and I hope you enjoy it here. :D
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Then I saw her face wrote:This musical demands so much of the talented cast, and especially of the Billy's. And this musical has so much to tell aboud grace, pride, sorrow, despair, ambition and dedication, empathy and love. Tears and laugh are very near when watching it.
What a wonderful first post! Thank you for taking the time to write this! And welcome! :D

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Welcome!

You missed Elliott Hanna's last show by a week (it was June 20). I was lucky enough to be there. Didn't scream like the teenage girls that were also there, but certainly liked the coincidence, 'cause my experience is similar to yours, having watched the dvd first (last year, about five times, moved me very much!).
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porschesrule wrote:Welcome to the Forum Then I Saw Her Face. Thank you for posting and I hope it'll be the just the first of many such posts you make here. In the meantime, take some time to explore this site. There is so much information about BETM here.
Thanks very much! - deeply voiced

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ERinVA wrote:Welcome to the forum, Then. Glad you found us, and I hope you enjoy it here. :D

I'm sure I will. Thanks.


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angelenroute wrote:
Then I saw her face wrote:This musical demands so much of the talented cast, and especially of the Billy's. And this musical has so much to tell aboud grace, pride, sorrow, despair, ambition and dedication, empathy and love. Tears and laugh are very near when watching it.
What a wonderful first post! Thank you for taking the time to write this! And welcome! :D

Sean

Thank you very much.


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jtsw1 wrote:Welcome!

You missed Elliott Hanna's last show by a week (it was June 20). I was lucky enough to be there. Didn't scream like the teenage girls that were also there, but certainly liked the coincidence, 'cause my experience is similar to yours, having watched the dvd first (last year, about five times, moved me very much!).

Hi jtsw1,

Yes, I am aware of Elliott Hanna's last two shows on June 13 and June 20, 2015. And I am a little bit jealous on your attendance on Elliott Hanna's last show. No, I wouldn't have screamed like the teenage girls and I read some comments that he has grown so much - and maybe a nuance out of the scope. Nevertheless, with just twelve years of age, he is such an incredible performer. Like many others before him and those ones to come. Thank you.

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Welcome to the forum, Then I saw her face

Hope you enjoy the forum as well as the show
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