Everybody's Talking About Jamie - Sheffield Crucible/Apollo

Will this go to Broadway?

Re the film, WARP is still very much a Sheffield production company, albeit with a London satellite office, so I'm confident the project is in safe hands, and will retain it's honesty and gritty authenticity.

Providing it doesn't involve pretending to be a tree, perhaps our BurlyBeaR will make an appearance as an extra! Perhaps I will!!

What did you tell me, @caiaphas? You told me to watch, copy and learn.

And I rather resent being called a 'type', thank you very much!

Hey thanks arrived at 4pm tkts had stalls £43 I came to box office must say lovely staff .... got circle row E for £25 was happy with that looks pretty full so far

Wow 4th time seeing the show 3rd in London audience were with it from the get go ..... circle only had 3 empty seats upper circle pretty much full looked like stalls were too .. Electric atmosphere full standing ovation circle were practically up in one ..... huge cheers for each individual at the bows
Noticed the one girl was missing and no matching prom dress scene is this cut or was the girl just off tonight ?
He’s my boy was a masterclass performance ..... John /jamie is So settled now just amazing vocals on point tonight too
I liked Shobna but must admit I did miss mina early days Though she will find her groove

Hi folks: Have some questions:
I´ll have the chance to see this show, allready heard the music and I think is just simply amaizing. The story seems really moving too (readed on wikipedia, don´t mind to be spoild at all, and I don´t do Drag, but as a gay man, I really identify myself with Jaimie and his jurney) 

First: I´m  tempted to buy the 95 pounds tickets (first time in London after 15 years and I allready don´t know when I we´ll come back. I assume this are the Premium ones, Right? What are the diference between the 75 pounds (most expensive in regular price) and premium??? Just the locaition of the theater and thats it? By the way, I allready saw a map of the auditorium, and they seem almost the same to me in terms of locition, but could certanly be totally wrong. So, why the prices are so diferent? Legroom maybe?

Second: Anyone we´ll have differents opinions, about the next questions but: For the ones that saw it: Is really a upbeat and "good feeling" show like the critics said? Or there is a dark side in the story? I mean, something too depressive or too dramatic?. Do you consider that is very "british" (like Billy Eliot) or the story could happen everywhere and don´t seems very local???. As we´ll be there in London, well, I really want to try to see something that has a very English feeling (I´ll see Harry Potter for example).  

Tthird: I´ll go with my family, they don´t speack english very well (nether do I but they speack a lot less than me). Do you think that if I explin the story to them before the show, they will enojoy it? How visual is it? (Allready saw a video and it seems nice but I don´t know if is it more focussed on the acting and devlopement of characthers than the scenary and dance, like 42 street for example) or is balanced between those aspects?.

All help we´ll be really apreciete. 

Thank you and have a great day!

 
    

Thank you!

Threads merged. Please use the existing thread to ask questions about the show, tickets etc.

Hi and welcome to the forum! 

Given the size of this theatre, you may definitely avoid the most expensive, premium seats and still have a very good view of the stage and overall experience.  There's hardly any difference in terms of legroom... 

I'd definitely call this one a feel-good kind of show, where you leave the theatre in a good mood, energised and with a smile on your face.  Rather than a "dark side" in the story, I would say there are - as in any story that works - hurdles that Jamie has to get over, and antagonists he has to deal with.  As you certainly know, this is based on a real story and as in all real schools bullying is a thing... and not all families are perfect, we don't always have ideal relationships with our parents, etc.  So you won't be smiling non-stop from start to finish, but the more serious notes and more emotional moments are the ones that'll make the smiling and good mood at the end more worthy.  

If your family don't speak English super well, I think it wouldn't hurt to tell them briefly what the story is about.  It's easy to follow, in general, it's not nearly as dance-heavy as 42nd St, but rather about characters interactions.  There are a couple of moments when someone with a lesser command of English may get a bit confused - I'm thinking of the bit where Loco Chanel shares her story with Jamie, for example.  Also, as the story is set in Sheffield, actors speak with a regional accent which may not be immediately easy to follow (because they don't pronounce some words the way you, as a non native speaker, were taught in school), so some preparation will definitely help them enjoy the show even better.  

Hope you all enjoy it!

Awwww noooooooo! Couldn’t do without monkey! 🙈🙉 🍌

X6 is an AMAZING seat. The ushers offered to let me upgrade to further forward in the stalls, and were very surprised when I didn't take them up on it, but why on earth would *anyone* give up a clear 6 feet of legroom for the opportunity to sit immediately behind someone with a giant head or messy topknot?