Career
He was involved in the development of the role of “Billy” from the very beginning, and contributed to the overwhelming success of the show by outstanding performances in acting, singing and dancing. He was Billy in the tremendously acclaimed opening night performance 12 May 2005, and continued performing until 17 December 2005, when he left the cast after his voice broke. He was replaced by Travis Yates.
Together with his two original cast mates James Lomas and Liam Mower, he alternated in the role of Billy, and after leaving, performed again in a spectacular first anniversary Gala show of Billy Elliot the Musical on 12 May 2006.
He has won, jointly with Lomas and Mower, the Theatre Goers' Choice Award 2005 for The Most Promising Newcomer, as well as - unique in British theatre history - again jointly with his two castmates, the prestigious Sir Laurence Olivier Award 2006 for Best Actor in a Musical. It is partly due to their outstanding performances, that Billy Elliot the Musical has won several awards: The Evening Standard Award 2005, the Critics‘ Circle Theatre Award 2005, the Theatre Goers‘ Choice Award 2005, and the Sir Lawrence Olivier Award 2006, all for best British Musical 2005.
Maguire was featured as a guest star on Ready, Steady, Cook (he won the episode against his close friend Leon Cooke who also played Billy Elliot) and in several morning TV shows, TV interviews, and short clips related to the musical. From 2005 to 2008 he worked as a moderator, moderating and supporting several Mardi Gras dance shows of British Dance Schools - "The Stars in the Round" in the Royal Albert Hall, and respectively "The Stars in your Eyes" in the Sadler's Wells Theatre, London. He will next be seen in film and television roles.
In April 2009 he appeared in the ITV zombie movie "Renaissance" (starring Kelly Brook and Alan Dale) - playing Tim, the son of Alan Dale’s character. The making of “Renaissance” was at the same time the story for the new 6-part 2009 series of the ITV drama “Moving Wallpaper”. In July of the same year he played St. Just in BBC Two's "Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution," a documentary about the men behind the French Revolution of the late 18th Century.
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