Sound design
The musical received favourable reviews: "The Daily Telegraph"s Charles Spencer called it "the greatest British musical I have ever seen". It won four Laurence Olivier Awards: Best New Musical, Best Actor (awarded jointly to James Lomas, George Maguire and Liam Mower, the boys who played Billy), Best Sound design and Best Choreographer. It also won the "Evening Standard" Theatre Award as well as the Critics Circle Award and the Theatregoers Choice Award, all for Best Musical.