Oliver Taylor (actor)
Oliver Taylor (born 1994) is an English stage actor and dancer, best known for playing the title role in ''Billy Elliot the Musical'' at the Victoria Palace Theatre, London. Career Taylor is from Paignton, Devon. He began dancing at the age of 3 when his sister's dance teacher invited him to join in. He attends the Buckingham Dance Studios in Paignton. In 2006, Taylor won the Fonteyn Nureyev Young Dancers Competition (Junior level) run by the Royal Academy of Dance and was awarded the Young Dancer of the Year title. He has performed in a few theatre productions near where he live. He played the part of the Boy in ''The Snowman'', the Nutcracker in ''The Nutcracker'', and Franz in ''Coppélia''. He was featured in ''Ready Steady Cook'' (2006) and took part in a children's BBC programme ''Take a Bow (TV series), Take a Bow'' (2007). Taylor successfully auditioned for ''Billy Elliot the Musical'' in September 2006. After training since January 2007, he gave his first performance ...
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