Meet Nat Sweeney – the 41st Billy in Billy Elliot

Billy Elliot

Victoria Palace Theatre

Nat Sweeney, 12 years old from Birmingham, will make his West End stage debut this evening (3 July 2015) when he becomes the forty-first boy to play the title role in the iconic British musical Billy Elliot the Musical at the Victoria Palace Theatre. Now in its eleventh year in the West End, the show recently extended booking at the Victoria Palace Theatre until 17 December 2016. In addition, the first UK and Ireland tour of Billy Elliot the Musical begins in February 2016 with tickets now on sale for performances at the Theatre Royal Plymouth.


Nat Sweeney makes his West End debut in Billy Elliot the Musical. He previously performed in Mathew Bourne’s Lord of the Flies at the Birmingham Hippodrome. He trained at the Sparkles School of Dance and was a Junior Associate with Elmhurst School of Dance. Nat is a keen gymnast and has trained, competed and won various competitions with the Revolution Gym Club.


Current children playing Billy
Nat Sweeney
(12 years old from Birmingham)
Brodie Donougher (12 years old from Blackpool),
Thomas Hazelby (10 years old from Doncaster),
Ollie Jochim
(13 years old from Chelmsford, Essex)
Bradley Perret (13 years old from Juan les Pins, France)


Current children playing Michael (Billy’s best friend)
Todd Bell (12 years old from Whitehaven, Cumbria),
Tomi Fry (12 years old from Swindon) and
Nathan Jones (12 years old from Prudhoe, Northumberland)


Current children playing Debbie
Kyria Cooper (11 years old from Hartlepool),
Connie Fisher (10 years old from Brompton, North Yorkshire) and
Demi Lee (12 years old from Middlesbrough) alternate the role of Debbie.


For further details about adult cast and booking details click here


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