Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
Play TrailerFunny, fabulous and feel-good – this coming-of-age musical will leave everybody talking about Jamie!
Best New Musical
WhatsOnStage Awards, London
Following a record-breaking three-year West End residency, sold-out UK & Ireland Tour and Amazon studios award-winning film, the smash-hit and critically acclaimed musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie returns to the West End at the Peacock Theatre.
Jamie New is sixteen and lives on a council estate in Sheffield. Jamie doesn’t quite fit in. Jamie is terrified about the future. Jamie is going to be a sensation. Supported by his brilliant loving mum and surrounded by his friends, Jamie overcomes prejudice, beats the bullies and steps out of the darkness, into the spotlight. This ‘Funny, outrageous, touching’ (Daily Telegraph), musical sensation is to be experienced by all the family and not to be missed!
Casting includes Ivano Turco as Jamie (Get Up Stand Up, Bad Cinderella), John Partridge (Cabaret, La Cage Aux Folles, Chicago, Eastenders) as Hugo/Loco Chanelle, Shobna Gulati as Ray (The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Coronation Street, Brassic), Rebecca McKinnis as Margaret (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Dear Evan Hansen, We Will Rock You, Les Miserables) and Talia Palamathanan as Pritti (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie Tour and film), with further star casting to be announced.
Set to an original score of catchy pop tunes that will ‘blow the roof of the Theatre’ (Mail on Sunday) by lead singer-songwriter of The Feeling, Dan Gillespie Sells and writer Tom MacRae (Doctor Who). Choregraphed by Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Kate Prince (Into The Hoods, Some Like It Hip Hop, SYLVIA, Message In A Bottle). This ‘sparking coming-of-age musical’ (The Times) will have everybody talking about Jamie for years to come.
Sixteen: the edge of possibility. Time to make your dreams come true.
[Image description] In a classroom bathed in blue light, joyful teenagers in blue school uniform seem to explode outwards as they reach for the sky. Only one boy, off to the right, is bent forward, frowning. Behind them, on an upper level, a band plays.
Photography and video features previous cast
Directed by Matt Ryan from original direction by Jonathan Butterell
BSL interpreted Performances
Our BSL performances are interpreted by a BSL signer. They use sign language to communicate what is sung and/or spoken by artists on stage.Captioned Performances
For advice on where to sit in order to view the captions please contact our Ticket Office at tickets@sadlerswells.com or by calling 020 7863 8000.Audio Described Performances
There are a limited number of Stalls seats reserved for partially sighted patrons, and headsets available for those wishing to listen to the audio description, please email tickets@sadlerswells.com if you wish to book these optionsTouch Tour
To accompany the Audio Described performance, visually impaired patrons can go on a Touch Tour before the performance. Your tour guide will take you backstage, or onto the stage itself, to feel costumes and pieces of the set and learn more about the production. To find out touch tour times, please contact our Ticket Office at tickets@sadlerswells.com or by calling 020 7863 8000.What everybody’s talking about
A joyous punch in the air about following your dreams and being yourself
★★★★★ TIME OUT
It’s the real deal. Everyone really should be talking, singing, shouting about Jamie now
★★★★★ THE TIMES
This fizzing musical is a blast of fresh air
★★★★★ THE TIMES
One of the biggest and best shows of the year
★★★★★ ATTITUDE
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is based on the true story of Jamie Campbell who, at 16, decided to wear a dress to his year 11 prom.