Everybody, at some point in their life, must have said ‘I can’t do that, I’m too scared.’ The musical shows you that you just need the courage to recognise the opportunity and to go for it, and Billy does that. If you come to Billy Elliot the Musical you will not be disappointed because it’s a show for everyone. It’s a feel-good musical it’s inspiring, it’s awesome. The miners all love her and all flock to her for breakfast and eat her out of house and home! But she’s got a heart, a real soul and she’s very much loved by everybody. Grandma’s name is Edna – and everybody loves Edna – she tells it like it is. Billy’s troubled, he’s a lost boy and he gravitates toward Grandma.
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Grandma’s relationship with Billy is so important because she provides stability – he’s lost his mum, his dad is stressed and doesn’t know how to deal with Billy. What is her relationship with Billy and why is it so important? She had children Billy’s dad is the only surviving one and she lives with Billy and his dad and elder brother. Grandma is a typical grandma of the time, she married very young, which is what you did then. Then I was asked back for four recalls, which spanned for what seemed longer than a school term and then they offered me the job.
My agent sent me for an audition and in the initial audition you just get the last part of Grandma’s song to learn.