Enjoy the Music and Dance with a Boy in a Dress “Everybody's Talking About Jamie”  Returns to London’s West End!

After its debut in Sheffield in 2017, as well as two hugely successful UK tours in 2019 and 2020, the multi-award-winning Everybody's Talking About Jamie returns to London’s West End.

Jamie New is a sixteen-year-old who doesn’t quite fit in. He’s terrified about the future and has no interest in pursuing a traditional career. He wants to be a drag queen. He knows he can be a sensation. With support from his brilliant and loving mum and encouragement from his friends, Jamie overcomes prejudice, beats the bullies, and steps out of the darkness, into the spotlight. Adapted from a real story, it is a musical about self-identification, teenage trauma and self-breakthrough, which can bring a lot of resonance!

This joyous underdog story is packed with ‘songs that have the wow factor’ (Dan Gillespie Sells in The Times). It is a ‘hilarious’ book and the lyrics have a ‘delightful punch’ (Writer Tom MacRae in Whatsonstage). This funny and fabulous multi-award-winning musical has been wowing audiences and critics alike. It has also been nominated for BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film.

 Ivano Turco (Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella) will play Jamie New, he will be joined by John Partridge (Eastenders) as Hugo/Loco Channelle, Talia Palamathanan (Everybody's Talking About Jamie UK tour and film) as Pritti, with returning cast members Rebecca McKinnis as Margaret New, and Shobna Gulati as Ray.

 Tom MacRae (Doctor Who) writes the book, with a score by Dan Gillespie Sells, choreography by Kate Prince(Into The Hoods, Some Like It Hip Hop, SYLVIA, Message In A Bottle), direction by Matt Ryan, design by Anna Fleischle, lighting design by Lucy Carter, and sound design by Paul Groothuis.

If this sounds like a musical you would enjoy, book the tickets for Everybody's Talking About Jamie at the Peacock Theatre now (it is 7-weeks limited!)

Written by Shurui Guo

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