<Tr> <Th> Awards </Th> <Td> Olivier Award for Best New Musical Tony Award for Best Musical Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical </Td> </Tr> <P> Billy Elliot the Musical is a musical based on the 2000 film Billy Elliot . The music is by Elton John, and the book and lyrics are by Lee Hall, who wrote the film's screenplay . The plot revolves around Billy, a British motherless boy who trades boxing gloves for ballet shoes . The story of his personal struggle and fulfillment are balanced against a counter-story of family and community strife caused by the 1984--85 UK miners' strike in County Durham, in North Eastern England . Hall's screenplay was inspired in part by A.J. Cronin's 1935 novel about a miners' strike, The Stars Look Down, to which the musical's opening song pays homage . </P> <P> The musical premiered at the Victoria Palace Theatre in London's West End in 2005 and was nominated for nine Laurence Olivier Awards, winning four, including Best New Musical . The production ran through April 2016 . Its success led to productions in Australia, on Broadway and elsewhere . In New York, it won ten Tony Awards and ten Drama Desk Awards, including, in each case, Best Musical . It has also won numerous awards in Australia including a record - tying seven Helpmann Awards . </P> <P> A live recording of the musical was released on DVD and Blu - ray on 24 November 2014 in the United Kingdom . </P>

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