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Farm boy heads for bright lights Although Stanley Reedy sees his time in Auckland as a way to get out of weekend milkings, he is really a farm boy at heart as he spends time with Jessie the farm dog. PICTURE: Rose O’Connor-Neilsen
by Rose O’Connor-Neilsen in Westport
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Westport youth has the perfect excuse to get out of spring morning milkings on his family’s dairy farm at Nine Mile. Stanley Reedy, 14, is set to miss calving and compulsory weekend milkings when he takes up the coveted role of ‘Michael’ in the Auckland Theatre Company’s (ATC) ASB season of ‘Billy Elliott the Musical’ this September. Stanley is in Auckland during the school holidays for a two week ‘Billy Boot Camp’ where he will learn much of the character of
the role including the dancing component, he will then relocate to Auckland for rehearsals and the production from September until the end of November. Stanley said he would need to learn much of the dialogue and dance for his part prior to his move to Auckland. He is being helped by his Westport dance teacher, Beryl Collins. Stanley has been dancing at the Beryl Collins’ School of Dance since he was eight. He said that he was “pretty excited” to have won the role following initial auditions in Christchurch and a follow-up in Auckland. “It is a good opportunity and a great chance to work and dance with other boys, as there
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are not many boys dancing in Westport — and it gets me out of weekend milkings,” he said. Billy Elliott is set in a northern English mining town during the 1984 miners’ strike. It is the inspirational story of a young boy who struggles against the odds to realise his dream of becoming a dancer. Stanley’s mother Deb Coleman said where Stanley and the two other boys from outside Auckland who had roles in the production would be living had yet to be confirmed, but they would be chaperoned. Overall, six boys have been selected, with three chosen for the role of the main
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character Billy Elliott and three for his best friend Michael. The boys will perform on rotation due to the heavy demands placed on the performers. They will train six days a week with just one day off, while fitting in school work under the supervision of a tutor. “Stanley’s contract includes flights to and from Auckland with some for family to support him during the rehearsal and performances, as ATC recognises how hard it will be for the boys to be living away from home,” Ms Coleman said. Continued on P2
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