Layton Williams
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Layton Williams (born 13th September, 1994) is an English stage actor and one of the boys who plays the lead character of Billy Elliot in Billy Elliot the Musical at the Victoria Palace Theatre in London's West End,mixed race Layton is known to be the first black boy and the second non- white skinned (after Matthew Koon, who was born to Chinese parents), to play the part.[1][2]
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[edit] Biography
Layton is from Wren Drive, Bury, Greater Manchester. He lives with his step dad, Curtis and his mother, Michelle. Layton has two brothers, Joshua and Regan, and one sister, Renee. [1][2][3]
[edit] Career
Layton premiered in Billy Elliot the Musical on Monday 26th February 2007, coming before to the Billy Elliot Academy in Leeds, which is the last audition step for boys who aspire to play Billy Elliot. Layton has also studied street dance and drama at Carol Godby's theatre workshop in Bury. He also studied ballet at Centre Pointe, Manchester.[1][2][3]
He appeared in the The New Paul O'Grady Show on May 25, 2006.
Layton has recently been awarded a scholarship to Sylvia Young Theatre School in Marylebone, London; one of Britiain's most celebrated centres for vocational training.
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[edit] Footnotes
- ^ a b c Billy Elliot the Musical Press Information from M+R (accessed July 22, 2006)
- ^ a b c Born to Boogie with Billy (accessed July 22, 2006)
- ^ a b "Layton is learning his way to stardom" from the Lancashire Evening Telegraph (accessed July 22, 2006)
