Here’s what Everybody’s Talking About Jamie say about themselves.

Winner of Best New Musical at the What’sOnStage 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 on a major 2023/24 UK Tour.
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!
With an original score of catchy pop tunes that will blow the roof off the Theatre, Mail on Sunday, by lead singer-songwriter of The Feeling, Dan Gillespie Sells and writer Tom MacRae, Doctor Who, this ‘Sparkling 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.
Starring Ivan Turco, Camelot : The Musical, Cinderella and Fangirls, as Jamie New, Kevin Clifton, Dirty Dancing, Singing In The Rain and Strictly Come Dancing, as Hugo/Loco Chanel, Sam Bailey, Chicago, Fat Friends and Vampires Rock, as Miss Hedge, Sejal Keshwala, Anita and Me, Bend It Like Beckham and Trident Moon, as Ray, Rebecca McGinnis, Dear Evan Hanson, Wish You Were Dead and Viva Forever, as Margret New, and Tania Palamathanan, Cages, Pump Up The Volume and Teenage Dick, as Pritti Pasha.

What happened when I went to see Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at the Alhambra Bradford.

Once we had finally arrived in Bradford, and had done a little bit of Shopping, we eventually headed to the Alhambra Bradford, which is located next door to Bradford Live on Morely Street in Bradford City Centre.
Then once we had walked into the beautiful Foyer, we looked around for a couple of minutes before Jamie eventually found a sign that said Stalls on it with a very long queue in front of it. Then after about five or so minutes of us queueing, we finally reached the front, where a really nice Woman said hi and took our Tickets. We said hi back and asked if it would be possible for someone to show us to our Seats as neither of us can see very well in the dark, and after handing us our Tickets back, she said that would be fine and that there should be an attendant at the end of the corridor to help us. We then said thanks and headed down the very long corridor to try and find the attendant. Then once we had reached the bottom of the corridor, a really nice Woman said hi and asked us if she could help us. We said hi back, and asked her if she could help us to find our Seats, and after she had looked at our Tickets, she showed us to some really comfy Seats that were right in the middle of the Front Row opposite the Stage..
Then after we had gotten comfy and had been chatting for about ten or so minutes, a really loud recording of a Teenage Boy with a very thick Yorkshire accent welcomed us to the show and reminded us to turn our Phones off before the show eventually started.

What I thought of the Show.

It’s opening.

I really liked that they opened the show with all of the students and Miss Hedge having a Careers Lesson while Jamie daydreamed about becoming a Drag Queen and them singing a really lively version of And You Don’t Even Know It, as I thought that it introduced us to most of the characters that we would see throughout the first act.

Everyone’s performances.

I really liked everyone’s performances, as I thought that they all embodied the mix of people that you would find at a very working-class city in Sheffield in the mid-nineties, from the very awkward and insecure Jamie who wants to be a Drag Queen but doesn’t want to admit it to anyone in fear of being ridiculed, to the very jaded Loco Chanel who just wants to take Jamie under his wing and help him achieve his dreams, to the very driven and bookish Pritti who just wants to finish her GCSEs and become a Doctor, to the very protective Maggie who just wants to support her Son at any cost, to the very confident Ray who just wants Maggie to get over her ex-husband and have some fun, to the very trendy Miss Hedge who is constantly flipping between supporting Jamie and trying to keep him down to earth, and even the very confident but homophobic Dean who is constantly telling Jamie that he’s a freak.
I also really liked the chemistry between everyone, as I really believed that Jamie and Pritti were best friends, that Jamie and Maggie had a very close Mother-Son relationship, that Maggie and Ray had been friends for most of their lives, that Loco Chanel saw part of himself in Jamie and just wanted to be his mentor, that Mr New was totally disgusted by his son, and that Jamie and Dean hated one another.
I also really liked everyone’s accents, as with this being set in Sheffield, everyone had to talk in a very thick Yorkshire accent, and I thought that everybody pulled it off seamlessly.

The Songs.

I absolutely loved all of the songs, as I thought that they were all performed beautifully, especially some of my favourites including And You Don’t Even Know It, the Legend of Loco Chanel and the Blood Red Dress, Work of Art, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Prom Song, and Finale. But the ones that really stuck in my Mind definitely had to be If I met Myself Again, He’s My Boy, and It Means Beautiful, as it show just how brilliantly both Rebecca McGiness and Tania Palamathanan can sing.

The Story.

I really liked the story of Jamie overcoming all of the obstacles to become a Drag Queen as well as go to his Prom wearing a Dress, Maggie eventually getting over the end of her marriage and realising that her ex-husband wants nothing to do with her Son, Pritti being quite shy and bookish before eventually coming out of her shell, Loco Chanel taking Jamie under his wing and helping him realise his dream, and Dean eventually been put in his place and getting his comeuppance.

Even though it was called a coming of age Drama Musical, it did have a few sad moments in it, including when Jamie gets attacked by a gang of homophobic boys, and when both Jamie and Maggie have a blazing argument because he found out that she had been lying to him for his whole life.

My overall thoughts.

Overall I would have to rate Everybody’s Talking About Jamie a nine point five out of ten. I absolutely loved it and thought that it was a fantastic show that had some dramatic, some funny, and some sad parts to it that was performed brilliantly. The only thing that I didn’t particularly like about it though was that it contained quite a few visual only sequences, which with me being Visually Impaired kind of passed me by. But other than that, I thought that it was a brilliant show that I highly recommend everyone go see whilst they still can.
If you would like to find out more about Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, including where you can buy your Tickets from, then you can find them online here.
Then once the Show had finally finished, we headed off back into Bradford to grab some Food.
Have you seen Everybody’s Talking About Jamie Yet? What did you think of it? What’s some of your favourite LGBTQ+ Musicals? Please let me know down below.

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