EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE and you’ll find out why as you listen to this exclusive interview with two of the brightest new stars on the horizon, MAX HARWOOD and LAUREN PATEL.
SYNOPSIS: Adapted for the screen from the smash-hit West End stage and “inspired by true events, EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE follows Jamie New (Harwood), a teenager from Sheffield, who dreams of life on stage. While his classmates plan their livelihoods after they leave school, Jamie contemplates revealing his secret career ambition to become a fierce and proud drag queen. His best friend Pritti (Patel) and his loving mum (Lancashire) shower him with endless support, while local drag legend Miss Loco Chanelle (Grant) mentors him toward his debut stage performance. But Jamie also has to contend with an unsupportive father (Ineson), an uninspired careers advisor (Horgan), and some ignorant school kids who attempt to rain on his sensational parade. In rousing and colourful musical numbers, Jamie and his community inspire one another to overcome prejudice, be more accepting, and to step out of the darkness into the spotlight.”
EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE is written and directed by Jonathan Butterell, Dan Gillespie Sells, and Tom MacRae, based on the stage musical, and stars Max Harwood, Lauren Patel, Richard E. Grant, Sarah Horgan, Sarah Lancashire, Shobna Gulati, Ralph Ineson, Adeel Akhtar, and Samuel Bottomley.
This fabulous new musical is fun-filled and fantastic and Max and Lauren are like a breath of fresh air on the cinematic canvas – as is their film. Candid and enthusiastic, you’ll fall in love with these young talents who make their feature film debuts with ETAJ! Covering everything from drag fashion to walking in heels and ruby slippers, to doing justice to real-life counterparts, learning intensive choreography and lyrics (this really is all singing, all dancing!), developing their onscreen chemistry, reflecting on their own real-life educational experiences, and more. . . One thing is for certain, we haven’t heard the last of MAX HARDWOOD and LAUREN PATEL!
TAKE A LISTEN. . .
by debbie elias, exclusive interview August 12, 2021
EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE is available on Amazon Prime Video.
