Sign up to the free MyBury newsletter to get the best stories direct to your inbox When Layton Williams stood on the West End stage for his first performance in the title role of Billy Elliot back in 2007, something hit him.
He realised, for the first time, that this had been something he had been waiting his whole life for. “I never really had dreams to be an actor to be honest, it kind of stumbled upon me,” Layton, from Bury, tells the M.E.N. Read more: Dozens of colourful statues have arrived in Manchester city centre for a new public art installation “It just immediately became clear to me that getting on that stage was something I wanted to do and enjoyed.