RINGWOOD School students performed to sell-out audiences when they staged hit musical Billy Elliot.
Tickets for the production, which took place from February 14 to 18, sold out in record time.
More than 120 students, from backstage crew through to lead roles, staged Billy Elliot six times, culminating in a black tie gala performance.
The production was supported by the Ringwood School Arts Foundation (RSAF), an organisation that works within the school and the local community to promote a lifelong love and experience of the Performing Arts.
Ringwood School students Tom Selby and Ben Hoole, who shared the role of Billy Elliot, and Albert Gulliford and Jacob Skipper, who shared the role of Michael Caffrey, also got the opportunity to visit the cast at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton who recently staged the hit musical.
The students picked up some top tips from actor Martin Walsh, who plays Billy’s Dad and also got to perform some dance routines on stage.
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