Billy Elliot the Forum

Not throwing away their shot: Hamilton cast ready for Melbourne move.

The Melbourne move will see some turnover among the 35-strong cast, with five new ensemble performers arriving including three from Melbourne.

The newcomers include Dayton Tavares – a familiar face to Australian musicals fans. As a child prodigy, he played Billy Elliot in the original Australian production and then on Broadway: in the US he also performed at the White House for Michelle Obama and sang the American National Anthem at an NFL game. He’s no stranger to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s music: he was in the cast of the 2019 production of In The Heights at Sydney Opera House.