Ashcon Rahmani and Rebecca Trehearn cast in ‘Jamie’ ETAJ

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is pleased to announce that Ashcon Rahmani and Rebecca Trehearn will be playing the much-loved roles of Jamie and Margaret New for the 10th Anniversary tour commencing in January 2027. Following a record-breaking three-year West End residency, two sold-out UK & Ireland Tours and Amazon Studios award-winning film, the smash-hit critically acclaimed musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie will feature a brand-new song from Dan Gillespie Sells and Tom MacRae. The tour will open in Leeds 10 years after the original opening at the Sheffield Crucible prior to the West End, national tours and playing across the world including USA, Korea, Japan and Italy. Jamie is coming home to the UK again for possibly the last time.

The 10th Anniversary tour of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie opens at Leeds Grand Theatre on 15 January 2027 before visiting Chester, Shrewsbury, Sunderland, Edinburgh, Wolverhampton, Wycombe, Sheffield, Manchester, Wimbledon, Liverpool, Truro, Eastbourne, Glasgow, Southampton, Cheltenham, Birmingham, Aylesbury, Cardiff, Nottingham, Oxford, Woking, Bradford and Newcastle.

Nica Burns, Producer, said, “We are absolutely delighted to be celebrating the tenth anniversary of this joyous contemporary musical, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie which has been such a success all over the world. Ashcon Rahmani making his stage debut as Jamie is a three-strike talent – he can act, sing and dance – and is real find. Rebecca Trehearn as his mother Margaret is a much-loved staple of the West End. We are so lucky to have these talented players in the central roles of mother and son.”

Jonathan Butterell, Director, said, “We could not be more thrilled and delighted to celebrate the announcement of our 10th Anniversary tour with Ashcon and Rebecca as Jamie and Margaret. Our story tells of the courage of a glorious 16-year-old stepping out into the world. How fitting that this is Ashcon’s debut and he will be held in the arms of the extraordinary Rebecca Trehearn. We are so excited to send them off together on their journey around the country spreading the joy of our show.”

Ashcon Rahmani said, “I am beyond thrilled to be making my professional debut playing Jamie in the 10th Anniversary tour of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. I grew up with this show, it was the representation I needed as a young queer boy from the north of England to know this could all be possible for me one day, so to step into those stilettoes and become the representation I once had is truly a dream come true. Jamie is iconic and I feel incredibly grateful and excited to start this journey and be sharing the stage with the wonderful Rebecca Trehearn playing my onstage mum.”

Rebecca Trehearn said, “I’m thrilled to be joining the UK tour cast of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie to play Margaret, and to be reuniting with a creative team I adore. The relationship between Margaret and Jamie is truly special and I’m so looking forward to performing alongside Ashcon and the rest of the company. The musical’s celebration of courage, acceptance and being unapologetically yourself feels as relevant now as it did 10 years ago and I can’t wait to be part of this beautiful and uplifting show.”

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 (Rebecca Trehearn) and surrounded by his friends, Jamie (Ashcon Rahmani) 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.

Music by Dan Gillespie Sells
Book and Lyrics by Tom MacRae
From an idea by Jonathan Butterell
Directed by Jonathan Butterell
Tour directed by Matt Ryan
Design by Anna Fleischle
Choreography by Kate Prince
Lighting design by Lucy Carter
Sound design by Paul Groothuis
Musical Supervision by Theo Jamieson
Casting by Will Burton

Tour dates

Leeds Grand Theatre
Friday 15 – Saturday 23 January 2027

Storyhouse Theatre, Chester
Tuesday 26 January – Saturday 2 February 2027

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury
Tuesday 2 – Saturday 6 February 2027

Sunderland Empire
Tuesday 9 – Saturday 13 February 2027

Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Tuesday 16 – Saturday 20 February 2027

Wolverhampton Grand
Monday 22 – Saturday 27 February 2027

Wycombe Swan
Tuesday 2 – Saturday 6 March 2027

Sheffield Lyceum
Monday 8 – Saturday 13 March 2027

Manchester Palace Theatre
Monday 15 – Saturday 20 March 2027

New Wimbledon Theatre
Monday 23 – Saturday 27 March 2027

Liverpool Empire
Tuesday 30 March – Saturday 3 April 2027

Hall for Cornwall, Truro
Tuesday 6 – Saturday 10 April 2027

Congress Theatre, Eastbourne
Tuesday 13 – Saturday 17 April 2027

King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Tuesday 27 April – Saturday 1 May 2027

Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Tuesday 4 – Saturday 8 May 2027

Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
Tuesday 11 – Saturday 15 May 2027

The Alexandra, Birmingham
Tuesday 18 – Saturday 22 May 2027

Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury
Tuesday 25 – Saturday 29 May 2027

Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Tuesday 1 – Saturday 5 June 2027

Theatre Royal, Nottingham
Tuesday 8 – Saturday 12 June 2027

New Theatre, Oxford
Tuesday 22 – Saturday 26 June 2027

New Victoria Theatre, Woking
Monday 28 June – Saturday 3 July 2027

The Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
Tuesday 6 – Saturday 10 July 2027

Theatre Royal, Newcastle
Monday 19 – Saturday 24 July 2027