FOUR best friends have danced their way to the bright lights of the west end.

The girls, all pupils of Kreate dance school based in Bowlers Croft, Basildon, have all won parts in the smash hit London musical Billy Elliot.

The youngsters have been picked to be the “ballet girls” in the show, currently running at the Victoria Palace Theatre.

Georgia Apted, 10, Amy Barker, 13, Amy Munden, 12 and Lizzie Cooper, 13, all from Basildon, have been rehearsing for their parts for two months now and will begin at the end of November.