![]() On 3 July 2015, 12-year-old Nat Sweeney from Birmingham became the 41st actor to play the role of Billy, making him the 100th to play the role worldwide. As only three audience members voted against it, the performance went ahead as usual. ![]() After Margaret Thatcherdied in 2013, according to director Stephen Daldry, the audience were given the choice to decide whether the song 'Merry Christmas, Maggie Thatcher' would be included in the performance that day, since the lyrics include the sentence: 'We all celebrate today 'cause it's one day closer to your death'. In 2013, the show won another Olivier Award, the BBC Radio 2 Audience Award (voted for by theatre goers), after many years of being finalists for the award. The three rotated the role during the performance and were joined at the end by Elton John. On, the three original Billys appeared together in a performance of the musical to celebrate its first anniversary. The original cast album was released on 10 January 2006.
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