WORK OF ART, WORK OF ART, YOU'RE A PERFECT WORK OF ART! A coming of age musical full of sass, drag and overcoming the challenges of society is Everybody’s Talking About Jamie: Teen Edition, coming to the Courtyard Stage in April 2024.

Production Dates: W/C 10th April 2024

Rehearsals: Friday's 5:30 - 8:30pm in Hereford (Between The Courtyard & The Tomkins Theatre

Audition Date: Friday 17th November 2023 at the Courtyard Hereford

Audition Time: Individual time slots to be sent out separately & a group dance audition

Participation Fee: £95 & a £10 script fee (scripts will need to be returned after the last show)

Please fill out ONE audition registration form per child.

*REGISTRATION NOW OPEN*

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (Teen Edition) is a coming of age musical with music by Dan Gillespie Sells and book and lyrics by Tom MacRae. The show is based on 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 into the spotlight to become a fearless, fierce drag queen!

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.

Sixteen: the edge of possibility. Time to make your dreams come true.

CHARACTERS

MISS HEDGE – a teacher 

BECCA – a school pupil 

VICKI – a school pupil

 

CY – a school pupil

 

BEX – a school pupil 

SAYID – a school pupil 

FATIMAH – a school pupil 

PRITTI – a school pupil

DEAN PAXTON – a school pupil 

LEVI – a school pupil 

MICKEY – a school pupil 

JAMIE NEW – a school pupil 

MARGARET NEW – Jamie’s mother 

RAY – Margaret’s best friend 

HUGO / LOCO CHANELLE – a faded former drag queen and his retired alter ego 

LAIKA VIRGIN – a drag queen 

TRAY SOPHISTICAY – a drag queen 

SANDRA BOLLOCK – a drag queen 

JAMIE’S DAD YOUNG LOCO* – Hugo’s younger self during "The Legend of Loco Chanelle" 

THE OTHER WOMAN* – a woman from Hugo’s past during "The Legend of Loco Chanelle" 

JOHN* – a man from Hugo’s past during  "The Legend of Loco Chanelle" 

LAD 1** – a local lad 

LAD 2** – a local lad 

LAD 3** – a local lad