{"id":54558,"date":"2024-07-09T18:38:54","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T16:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2069009"},"modified":"2024-07-10T00:02:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T22:02:25","slug":"layton-williams-on-cabaret-strictly-come-dancing-and-representation-in-the-arts","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/layton-williams-on-cabaret-strictly-come-dancing-and-representation-in-the-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Layton Williams on Cabaret, Strictly Come Dancing and representation in the arts"},"content":{"rendered":"

The stage and screen star is back on the West End! <\/p>

By Katelyn Mensah\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 09 July 2024 at 16:38 PM<\/p>

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Layton Williams has been in showbusiness for over 15 years, having first stepped onto the West End stage<\/a> at the age of 12 as the titular character in Billy Elliot the Musical and since then, has gone on to do incredible things.<\/p>\n

Over the course of his career, Williams has been a star on stage and screen, from playing Angel in the 20th anniversary tour of Rent, to Stephen Carmichael in BBC\u2019s Bad Education and Jamie New in Everybody\u2019s Talking About Jamie.<\/p>\n

And now, he is back on the West End in the role of Emcee in Cabaret<\/a>. A character that has been portrayed by the likes of Eddie Redmayne, Alan Cumming and Neil Patrick Harris, but Williams is putting his own spin on things and is loving every bit of it.<\/p>\n

Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com<\/a>, Williams said of his new role: \u201cI feel like it\u2019s ever-growing in this moment and every time I do it I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh this feels good and this feels good\u2019. I\u2019m coming at it from loads of different angles and [putting] my movement and my dance experience into the role as much as possible, which I\u2019ve really enjoyed exploring.\u201d<\/p>\n

The role of Master of Ceremonies, the Emcee is always portrayed in a different way through each actor, whether it be by their performance or how they present the character through costume and make-up \u2013 no Emcee is ever the same, and Williams has enjoyed mixing things up.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201c[And] just really going there with the make-up looks as well\u2026 It\u2019s me! It feels like me in the role which I kind of love.\u201d<\/p>\n