Layton Williams looks back: ‘For the first decade of my life I was not being myself. I had a straitjacket on’
Actor Layton Williams on becoming the first black Billy Elliot, Strictly stress, and being a proud Bury lad
December 2023
Strictly Come Dancing: the final – as it happened
Bobby Brazier, Ellie Leach and Layton Williams had three dances to seal their win. But on a night of Cher cameos and Eurovision news, who would lift the glitterball trophy?
Favourites Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola win this year’s Strictly Come Dancing
The ex-Coronation Street actor grew and grew over the series, while her partner went one better than his runner-up placing last year
Strictly Come Dancing final: who will hoof their way to glitter ball glory?
Strictly Come Dancing: semi-final results – as it happened
Strictly Come Dancing: the quarter-final results show – as it happened
October 2023
Strictly Come Dancing: week five results – as it happened
‘It’s not easy for me!’: Layton Williams on Strictly, joy, glitter – and the myth of his unfair advantage
Strictly Come Dancing: week four results – as it happened
Strictly Come Dancing: week three results – as it happened
September 2023
Strictly Come Dancing: week one – as it happened
Strictly Come Dancing: launch show – as it happened
August 2023
Strictly Come Dancing 2023: the contestants – ranked!
This year’s 15 celebrity hopefuls include a 78-year-old former newsreader, a clutch of soap stars and some serious West End talent. Who will waltz off as the winner?
January 2023
TV review
Bad Education series four review – at least this lazy sitcom got rid of Jack Whitehall
This pointless revival of the awful BBC comedy sends its one-time star behind the camera and is slightly better for it. But it’s still a clumsy, slapdash show packed full of weak jokes
October 2020
'I needed knee surgery after it!' The return of barnstorming musical Rent
The Pulitzer-winning show about gender-fluid bohemians in a time of pandemic is back. As Rent hits Manchester, the original cast remember its barrierbusting magic – and its tragic, visionary creator
August 2020
Remote controller
Layton Williams: 'Snog Marry Avoid was ridiculously bad TV'
The star of Bad Education and Everybody’s Talking About Jamie on the show he is glad to see the back of, and why Queer Eye’s Fab Five make him cry
March 2020
'Bringing love to your front room': Layton Williams' unexpected debut concert
As performers across the world see gigs cancelled, the former Billy Elliot star will be facing the unknown with a shake and a shimmy
January 2019
He acts, sings, dances – and calls out racial profiling: why everybody’s talking about Layton Williams
As a child, he was chosen from 4,000 hopefuls to play Billy Elliot on stage. Now he’s starring in a musical about a young drag queen and using his profile to challenge homophobia
August 2018
'I am furious': Actor accuses security staff at Edinburgh festival venue of racial profiling – video
Actor accuses security at Edinburgh festival venue of racial profiling
