Fox Jackson-Keen
in Billy Elliot
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Thirteen-year-old Fox Jackson-Keen will make his West End debut in
Billy Elliot on June 23. He joins Layton Williams, Hogan Fulton and Joshua Fedrick in alternating the title role. Jackson-Keen is the first London native to play Billy in the West End production, which plays at the Victoria Palace Theatre.
Jackson-Keen is trained in gymnastics, has danced at Sadler’s Wells and has appeared on television in Hyper Drive and The Bill.
The London production of Billy Elliot also stars Jackie Clune as Mrs. Wilkinson, Paul Whitchurch as Dad, Chris Lennon as Tony, Ann Emery as Grandma, Trevor Fox as George, Alex Delamere as Mr. Braithwaite, Sara Poyzer as Mum and Barnaby Meredith as Older Billy.
The show will debut on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre this autumn. Performances begin on October 1 and the official opening is set for November 13. The Australian production premiered at Sydney’s The Capitol Theatre last year and will end its year long run in November 2008 ahead of a transfer to Melbourne’s Her Majesty’s Theatre previewing from December 30, opening on January15, 2009.