Lochlan Denholm

Infobox actor


caption = Lochlan at a rehearsal for Urinetown in March 2007
birthname = Lochlan Denholm
birthdate = birth date and age|1993|12|10
birthplace = Melbourne, Australia
spouse =
yearsactive = 2007–present
awards = awd|Sydney Theatre Awards for Best Actor|2008|Billy Elliot The Musical

Lochlan Denholm (born December 10, 1993, Melbourne) is an Australian gymnast, dancer, and actor. He is one of the 4 boys playing Billy in the current production of "Billy Elliot the Musical" now showing at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney, Australia.

Early life

Lochlan attended Koonung Secondary College, where, in 2007, he featured as Hot Blades Harry in Urinetown the Musical. His father, Andrew, is a musician and he has one older sister. Lochlan represented Victoria in gymnastics in 2005, began dancing at the Gay Wightman School that year, and in 2006 began classical ballet.

Lochlan made his debut as Billy Elliot on 14th November 2007. He was sidelined for a few weeks in February and March 2008 with an injury. Corey Snide temporarily rejoined the Australian cast to stand in for him.

Awards

The other three Australian Billy Elliots are Nick Twiney, Rarmian Newton and Rhys Kosakowski. All four of the original Australian Billy Elliots jointly won the 2007 award for Best Actor in a Musical at the Sydney Theatre Awards on 21 January 2008.

References

External links

* [http://www.billyelliotthemusical.com/ "Billy Elliot the Musical" official site]
* [http://www.billyelliotthemusical.me.uk/forum/ Unofficial Fan Forum]
* [http://www.friendsofbilly.com/index.htm Friends of Billy Elliot: Australia]