Billy Elliot the Forum

I saw Colin only once as well, and that was at his last performance. Made a special trip to see it since I had missed him every other time I was in London. I couldn't let the very first American London Billy leave without my ever having seen him. Thank goodness I had dividend miles that I was able to use for the trip.

I extended 2 trips to no avail since he was injured:( I took a break from London after Travis left, though I don't remember if I had enough notice.

Here's an updated bio at a glance on Colin:

http://cvjr.blogspot.com/2012/08/colin-bates.html

Hmm... looks nothing new to report. Find some photos from various places around the web, pick up some info from Wikipedia, and you have yourself an entry.

Seems Colin paid a visit to Australia - like just up the road from where I live (50kms). Here is the article from the local rag and I mean rag they can't even spell "Elliot" and ther eis even a mine on the outskirts of the town - which is called Orange and yes they grow fruit there!!!

http://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/s ... e/?cs=103'

Brad wrote:Here is the article from the local rag and I mean rag they can't even spell "Elliot"

They also have a caption under the picture in the article which says Colin was "THE original star of the stage show Billy Elliott in London..."

I wonder if he showed the writer his Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical which was awarded to the three original stars of the show there?

Thanks for that link. Nice to see that Colin is doing well and enjoying his time in Oz.

ERinVA wrote:Thanks for that link. Nice to see that Colin is doing well and enjoying his time in Oz.

Can ou do anything other than enjoy a visit to Oz And by the looks of the pic - he certainly seems to be trying to get his skin to match the colour of his shirt - it has been very hot

According to public posts and photos on his facebook page, it seems that Colin has been traveling to some amazing places:

https://www.facebook.com/colin.bates.39

We haven't heard anything about Colin in a while. Here is a new video from Elton John's site featuring Colin and his real father in honor of Father's Day. There is also a good interview with Colin and Toby Wosskow, the director of the video.

http://www.eltonjohn.com/we-celebrate-f ... way-video/