Last week, Oli, a whole bunch of ex-pats and I went to see Billy Elliot the Musical - which was FANTASTIC. Bizarrely, although we have already seen it, the premiere was this week as Elton John was in town - he did the music.




As Tor who organised the night for us had bought the tickets months ago, we were about five rows from the front - thankfully there was not repeat of what happened at Swan Lake - sweat being thrown off the lead dancer!

In case, you don't know the story, it is set during the miners' strike, hence the Maggie Thatcher songs. As it is set around Newcastle, there were translations in the program for those that didn't understand the accents and slang.

I know it is only showing in London and Sydney, and then eventually New York, but if you get the chance, you should definitely go - I am thinking of going again.