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Elizabeth Fortescue is the Arts editor of the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph

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BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL AUST - Wade Neilsen - PIC CREDIT JAMES D. MORGAN

Four boys ready to play the role of dancing Billy Elliot

Four young boys are set to take the stage to debut as Billy Elliot when the new musical hits Sydney next week. The performers — aged from 10 and 12 — will alternate playing the lead role based on the hit movie about a boy who chases his dancing dream.

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Artist Zoe Marni Robertson pictured with Curator Mitch Cairns outside the Museum of Contemporary Art at The Rocks. Her work is titled: Sexualised Workers' Mural (Watchmen and Street Sweepers)Picture: Christian Gilles

October: arts news and reviews

From young artists taking over the MCA, to the astonishing feats of Cirque du Soleil at the Entertainment Quarter, October is another big month in Sydney’s arts world.

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SUNDAY TELEGRAPH - 12/9/19Ensemble members from Chicago the musical pictured at the Capitol Theatre  in Sydney today. L to R, Chaska Halliday, Travis Khan and Hayley Martin. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

Fit and fierce Chicago dancers tear up stage

With barely an ounce of fat to be seen, the energetic and scantily clad cast of the musical Chicago are leaving Sydney audiences gobsmacked. Cast members reveal how they keep fit enough to perform every show at such a fast pace.

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