Everybody’s Talking About Jamie - UK Tour & Peacock Theatre

Called this one. Short London season too. Great cast.

Looking forward to this!

Ivano as Jamie 

I think he looks fabulous. He has only dyed his naturally long hair blonde. The makeup is identical to previous Jamies 

Yeah it's confusing isn't it! I think Sam is doing pretty much the same run as Kevin though 😁

How are the accents?

I watched this yesterday and really enjoyed, much prefer Ivano in the role than Leighton.  

Here's the bows...

Yes, Oxford last week. It was very good. 

I made the trip over to Oxford last Friday evening to see the new tour. A fantastic deal as well, as all single seats were reduced to £13 on the day (there were very few other empty seats) and I just managed to slot myself into the second row of the Stalls.

This used to be one of my favourite shows when it was in London, although I didn't take to the tour cast quite so well. The new tour is very much on form and I got chills during the performance. Plus, the pupils all seemed age appropriate (and I must flag up that Joshian Angelo Omana is a fabulous dancer).

There are a lot of alumni back in lead roles and they know exactly what they're doing. Rebecca McKinnis was born to play Margaret New. Darren Day was serviceable as Hugo too. Harriet Payne was back as Miss Hedge, and it's incredible really to think that she dates right back to being a pupil at the start of the show. She's really aged into the Miss Hedge role well. Different shoes (quite literally, based on the red "Jimmy Choos" she was wearing).

There are a lot of wording changes for the latest tour. The Covid references have all gone. There are updates like Jamie wanting to marry Harry Styles, rather than Prince Harry (although somehow in 2023/24, he still isn't allowed his own mobile phone). The football references have gone and Jamie's dad's motivation has changed a bit. Hugo's speech to Jamie near the end is completely rewritten. And there's more. A lot of the Margaret/Ray jokes seem sped up, but the show still ran until 22:25. The show didn't start late and the interval didn't seem long, so I'm not sure where the extra time went. Thankfully, I didn't have to run for the last train.

Finton Flynn was on as Jamie. I do want to see Ivano, but I'll get that opportunity in London, so very happy to have seen Finton. He was excellent, great voice, just the right level of campness, and the line about big feet applied more to him than most. I hope to see Finton again as well.

5 stars from me. Will see how John Partridge and Giovanna Fletcher do in London. I also see that Rebecca McKinnis and Shobna Gulati are leaving after the London dates, so will await the news about who is going to be replacing them.

Only thing i've seen would be a UK Tour poster, with Ivano on it.

Merch list that i've seen at a few venues so far is: UK Tour Poster, Pen, Water Bottle, Script Book, Original London Cast Album, Concept Album, Jamie Pin Badge, Everybodys Talking About Jamie T-Shirt and the Loco Channelle T-shirt.

Let's hope so, anita. I don't think I've ever mentioned that I've got a small part!