Billy Elliot 2019/2020 meet the rest of the cast

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KELLEY ABBEY - Mrs Wilkinson in Billy Elliot Australia Tour 2019/20
Kelley is one of Australia’s most accomplished performers, an internationally renowned choreographer and an award winning creative director for stage & screen.
Kelley began her career in musical theatre and is renowned for her portrayals of Charity in Sweet Charity, Rizzo in Grease the Arena Spectacular and Carmen in Fame the Musical. Kelley has won Greenroom, Mo, Variety Heart and Helpmann awards for her performances.

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JUSTIN SMITH - Dad in Billy Elliot Australia Tour 2019/20.
Justin Smith has starred in numerous stage productions, most recently in Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam at the National Theatre of Parramatta, The Long Forgotten Dream, directed by Neil Armfield for Sydney Theatre Company, A Strategic Plan for Griffin Theatre Company, and A Flea in Her Ear and Arcadia for the Sydney Theatre Company. Justin has appeared in many notable productions for Belvoir, Bell Shakespeare, Griffin and the STC and musical theatre productions including Billy Elliot the Musical and Jesus Christ Superstar.
In 2019, Justin will reprise the role of William Vaughan in the much anticipated second season of Foxtel’s Secret City alongside Anna Torv and Jacki Weaver and in the second season of the award-winning ABC comedy The Letdown. Justin recently played Glen McNamara in the Seven Network drama Blue Murder: Killer Cop opposite Richard Roxburgh. Other notable television credits include Foxtel’s Deadline Gallipoli, Underbelly: Badness, The Straits and Bastard Boys, for which he was nominated for an AFI Award for Best Supporting Actor.

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ROBERT GRUBB as George in Billy Elliot Australia Tour 2019/20.
Robert graduated from NIDA in 1978. He has worked on many productions with State Theatre Company South Australia, Sydney Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company. Other theatre credits include Yes, Prime Minister, Madame Butterfly, Enoch Arden and A Murder Is Announced. His musical theatre credits include MAMMA MIA!, Shane Warne: The Musical, Sunset Boulevard, Company, Into The Woods, A Little Night Music & My Fair Lady with Opera Australia and Strictly Ballroom The Musical. He was awarded the Helpmann Award for his performance in We Will Rock You and received further Helpmann Nominations for My Fair Lady and most recently for his work in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

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DREW LIVINGSTON — Tony in Billy Elliot Australia Tour 2019/20
Drew toured Australia in the National Theatre’s global phenomenon War Horse. Theatre credits include Bell Shakespeare’s Henry V (for which he also composed the music earning him a Sydney Theatre Award); Sport for Jove’s Macbeth, Cyrano de Bergerac, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It, The Tempest, Romeo & Juliet; Hot House Theatre/Sport for Jove’s The River at the End of the Road; Ensemble Theatre’s Taking Steps and Good People;Titus Andronicus for Cry Havoc. Drew was also part of the cast in the highly acclaimed Sydney Theatre Company’s Under Milk Wood. He has also performed at the Sydney Opera House, playing ‘Terry’ in The 52 Storey Treehouse and Babies’ Proms for CDP Theatre Producers. On television, Drew has appeared in Channel 9’s Tricky Business. Drew is also an accomplished musician and composer. He graduated from the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) with a BA in Acting in 2010.

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Vivien Davies Grandma
Born in Wales, Vivien came to Australia in 1968. In 1972, her first acting role was with Theatre 62 in Adelaide playing the role of Tilly in Man in the Moon Marigolds. She moved to Melbourne in 1973 to do children’s theatre projects and studied at VCA.
She joined the Melbourne Theatre Company to play Mary Mooney in Once A Catholic, followed by roles in A Dolls house, The Matchmaker, Macbeth and many other plays. She also worked with The Queensland Theatre Company in Playboy of the Western World.
Her Musical Theatre shows include; Les Misérables, Scrooge, The Boy from Oz, Sideshow Alley, Menopause the Musical, Hair, Buddy and Dusty.
She has most recently been involved with children’s literacy programmes through Wyndham Libraries in Melbourne’s West.

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DANIELLE EVERETT — Dead Mum / Ensemble in Billy Elliot Australia Tour 2019/20

Danielle is a veteran of the stage having appeared in various musicals and corporate shows across the globe. Graduating with Honours with a Bachelor of Creative Arts from the University of Wollongong, she made her professional debut in the original Sydney season of The Phantom of the Opera taking over the lead role of Christine Daaè for the Australasian tour. Danielle’s other musical theatre credits include Hair (The Production Company/David Atkins) and Singin’ in the Rain (David Atkins). Most recently Danielle appeared in Funny Girl: The Musical in Concert for the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

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DAMIEN BERMINGHAM - Big Davy in Billy Elliot Australia Tour. His professional career began as a cast member of the national tour of Fiddler on the Roof. He was a founding cast member of Priscilla Queen of the Desert – The Musical where he understudied the role of Miss Understanding and was the alternate Bob. He has since gone on to play Amos Hart in the international touring production of Chicago. For this role he was nominated for a Helpmann Award as well as winning the Sydney Theatre Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical. Damien spent 2 years overseas performing his solo cabaret show as well as being a voice–over artist for several animated TV series. He returned to Australia to cover and play the role of Carl Denham in King Kong and played Merv in the Australian Premiere of Strictly Ballroom The Musical. Damien produced and appeared as Father in the Sydney Theatre Award winning, Australian Premier Production of the Musical Violet and was most recently seen playing Tony in the National tour of The Bodyguard – The Musical.

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AARON SMYTH — Older Billy / Ensemble in Billy Elliot Australia Tour.

Aaron left his home in Australia at age 17 to chase his dream to be a professional ballet dancer and has since been a company member with the American Ballet Theatre II In New York, The Royal Ballet in London and The Joffrey Ballet in Chicago, as well as being an original cast member in London’s West End production of An American In Paris.

He’s also performed on TV, appearing on two series of the “Got Talent” franchise (coming third in Australia and making the quarter finals in America) and featuring in the ballet documentary First Position.

He won the Gold Medal and ‘Audience Choice Award’ at the prestigious Genee International Ballet Competition and has won five medals at other International ballet competitions as well as recently receiving the ‘Special Jury Prize’ for Best Performer at the Shanghai International Ballet Competition.

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DEAN VINCE — Mr Braithwaite / Ensemble - Billy Elliot Australia Tour
Dean graduated from WAAPA with a Bachelor of Arts (Musical Theatre) in 2002.
His credits include: Standby Jafar/Sultan in Aladdin, Wreck in Wonderful Town, Sergeant of Police in The Pirates of Penzance, Bobby/Giorgio in Sondheim on Sondheim, Officer Krupke in West Side Story, The Narrator in Into the Woods, Mr Marks/Scott in The Producers, Mayor of Merano in Chess, Stan in Promises, Promises, Plato/Macavity in Cats, Smokey in Damn Yankees, Fogarty/Judge in Chicago (Greenroom Award – Ensemble Performance), Pancrazio in The Venetian Twins, Sheriff Vallon in Showboat, and the world premiere productions of Dirty Dancing as Stan, Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical and KING KONG Live On-Stage as Zekey.
Dean also played Munkustrap in Harvest Rain’s record breaking Arena production of Cats.
Dean played Gangle in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies (Greenroom Nomination) and features in the hugely successful film version of the production. He can be heard on the Original Cast Recordings of Dirty Dancing, Priscilla and Love Never Dies.