Billy Elliot The bus station, from where Billy leaves his father and brother for London, is the now-demolished Gallowgate Bus Station in Newcastle. The performance of "Swan Lake" takes place at the Theatre Royal in Haymarket, London. On 22 May 1999, it was announced that Jamie Bell would play the lead role in the film, while Adam Cooper and Julie Walters were in early talks to join the cast. On 3 June 1999 it was reported that Gary Lewis, Jamie Draven, Jean Heywood, Stuart Wells, Merryn Owen, Nicola Blackwell, Colin Maclachlan, Mike Elliott, Billy Fane, Janine Birkett, Charlie Hardwick, Matthew James Thomas
Billy Elliot the Musical Viernes alternating as Billy, with Armand Schultz as Billy’s Dad, Cynthia Darlow as grandma, Patrick Mulvey as Tony and Jim Ortlieb as George "'Billy Elliot' Dances Into Chicago March 18" . Playbill.com, 18 March 2010</ref> The production closed early on 28 November 2010 and transferred to Toronto. The show ran for 37 weeks and 288 performances. The production had been slated to run through July 2010 but was extended to the middle of January 2011, by popular demand. By September, however, ticket sales were growing bleak. According to the "Chicago Tribune", "Weekday attendance had been especially poor in recent weeks,