Culture: Surfing Wave of Success ; the Creator of Billy Elliot has Returned to a North-East Mining Community for Inspiration. David Whetstone Talks to Lee Hall About His New Play.
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SOMEONE at Live Theatre, who would probably prefer to remain nameless, describes Lee Hall as resembling Harry Potter. It is an affectionate comparison and it's true that they share amiable but owlish looks and an apparent immunity to the passing of the years.
The creator of Billy Elliot - another lad with an ordinary name who now requires no introduction - turned 40 last year but he could still pass for a sixth former.See the full content of this document
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Culture: Surfing Wave of Success ; the Creator of Billy Elliot has Returned to a North-East Mining Community for Inspiration. David Whetstone Talks to Lee Hall About His New Play.
He is also a wizard with the pen, having produced a string of hits for stage, screen and radio. But we don't need the Potter analogy to make Lee Hall interesting.
He is back on Tyneside because he has written the play which will reopen Live Theatre after its hugely impressive expansion and revamp.It was at the Newcastle Quayside venue that he first cut his teeth as a dramatist and it is clear that he regard...See the full content of this document
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