Harms, Talaura (16 August 2021). "Layton Williams and Bianca Del Rio Will Reprise Their Everybody's Talking About Jamie Roles in L.A." Playbill . Retrieved 16 August 2021.

West End shuts down after PM's coronavirus advice". BBC News. 17 March 2020 . Retrieved 16 September 2020. Best known for playing Sunita for 12 years on Coronation Street, Gulati says that diversity in this film is something truly worth celebrating. The full script for Dan Gillespie Sells and Tom MacRae's British musical hit is available to buy, so you can recite your favourite moments. Everybody's Talking About Jamie is a coming-of-age stage musical with music by Dan Gillespie Sells and book and lyrics by Tom MacRae. The musical is inspired by the 2011 British television documentary Jamie: Drag Queen at 16 directed by Jenny Popplewell. [1] The musical follows and is based upon the true-life story of 16-year-old British schoolboy Jamie Campbell, as he overcomes prejudice and bullying to step out of the darkness and become a drag queen.

Everybody's Talking About Jamie isn't the first modern musical to celebrate drag (that honour, arguably, goes to 1983's La Cage Aux Folles), and it isn't the first show to centre its plot around an upcoming drag event, either – that would be Australia's Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, adapted for the stage in 2006. Everybody's Talking About Jamie to reopen in the West End with socially distanced audiences | WhatsOnStage". www.whatsonstage.com. 23 October 2020 . Retrieved 23 October 2020. Margaret has been working double shifts to give Jamie his dream 16th birthday present: a pair of red-sequinned heels. The ruby slipper comparisons are intentional; these heels are Jamie's gateway to a bright, transformative world. It's the sign he has been waiting for to follow his dream of being a drag queen. Why not, he decides, wear a dress to his school prom? D'Alessandro, Anthony (20 August 2019). "Amy Adams 'Woman In The Window' Will Now Open In Early Summer, 'Cruella' Moves To 2021". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 20 August 2019. Four actors; 2AM's Jo Kwon, NU'EST's Ren, Astro's MJ, and musical theatre actor Shin Joo-hyup shared the role of Jamie. [32] Japan (2021) [ edit ]

Masso, Giverny (5 December 2018). "WhatsOnStage Awards 2018: the nominations in full". The Stage . Retrieved 31 January 2019. Gulati is a special member of the film's cast, having previously performed the musical in the West End as well as currently touring the UK with it. Billington, Michael (14 February 2017). "Everybody's Talking About Jamie review – drag musical from the Feeling frontman". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 20 April 2017.Dan Gillespie Sells and Tom MacRae's New Musical EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE Gets Concept Album". BroadwayWorld.com . Retrieved 20 April 2017. 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. The show went on hiatus on 17 March 2020 as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. [21] The show returned on 12 December 2020, [22] with social distancing measures being implemented on the audience. [23] [24] The show closed just four days later. [25] The show reopened with social distancing measures still in place on 20 May 2021. [26] The show went on a break from 26 September 2021. [27] UK tour (2020–2022) [ edit ] The next day, the school is buzzing with news of Jamie's drag debut ("Everybody's Talking About Jamie"). Jamie comes into school in bright blue eyeshadow and long eyelashes. Miss Hedge once again tells Jamie to "get real", and Dean taunts Jamie, but Jamie kisses him in retaliation, leaving Dean confused.