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With his new highly-anticipated film Challengers bowing this weekend, Mike Faist looks to have found a new agent and manager as he as signed with WME and Brillstein Entertainment Partners for representation. He will continue to work with former agent Samantha Stoller, who transitioned to management in February.

Faist can next be seen in Luca Guadagnino’s tennis drama Challengers alongside Zendaya and Josh O’Connor in theaters April 26, 2024. His breakout role came as Riff in Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of West Side Story. His other credits include The Grief of Others, The Atlantic City Story and Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game.

Also an acclaimed stage actor, Faist originated the role of Connor Murphy in the international megahit Dear Evan Hansen, which earned him a Grammy Award and a Tony nomination. Last summer, Faist starred as Jack Twist in Brokeback Mountain at London’s Soho Palace featuring songs by...

Wyoming is headed to West End. Brokeback Mountain — Annie Proulx’s short story made popular by the 2005 film — is getting a stage adaptation set to premiere in London, starring Lucas Hedges and Mike Faist as closeted cowboys Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist. It marks both actors’ West End debuts.

Variety reports that the West End adaptation of Brokeback Mountain is slated to premiere at the venue @sohoplace, and will play from May 10th through August 12th, 2023. Although there’s no Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger in this go around, Proulx said in a statement that the “script is fresh and deeply moving, opening sight lines not visible in the original nor successive treatments,” which seems like a promising co-sign.

The play Brokeback Mountain was written by Ashley Robinson, with songs by Dan Gillespie Sells. Jonathan Butterell directs, and it’s produced by Nica Burns with Adam Blanshay Productions, Lambert Jackson Productions...

A stage adaptation of Brokeback Mountain will come to the West End this spring, starring Mike Faist and Lucas Hedges.

The adaptation, which calls itself “a new play with music,” is based on Annie Proulx’s short story, which was later adapted into the 2005 film. The stage version was written by Ashley Robinson and features direction by Jonathan Butterell and songs by Dan Gillespie Sells.

The show will make its world premiere at London’s Soho Place and run from May 10 through August 12.

Hedges, who was Oscar-nominated for his role in Manchester By the Sea and has performed on Broadway, will play Ennis, the role portrayed by Heath Ledger in the film adaptation. Faist, who recently appeared on Broadway and in the West Side Story film, will play Jack, the role portrayed by Jake Gyllenhaal. Both actors will make their West End debuts with the show.

The plot of the...

Brokeback Mountain is transitioning into a stage adaptation on London’s West End.

Originally a short story by Annie Proulx, Brokeback Mountain achieved notoriety in 2005 after making its way to the silver screen in an Oscar-winning film starring Jake Gyllenhaal and the late Heath Ledger.

The plot centers around an intimate and secretive love story between Jack and Ennis, who bond at their remote job at Brokeback Mountain.

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Proulx spoke highly of the staged reenactment of her story, saying: “Brokeback Mountain has been recreated in several different forms, each with its own distinctive moods and impact. Ashley’s script is fresh and deeply moving, opening sight lines not visible in the original nor successive treatments.”

The book’s West End adaptation will star Mike Faist and Lucas Hedges, who have accrued...

“Brokeback Mountain” is set as a stage production.

Almost two decades since the acclaimed 2005 film starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger debuted, “Brokeback Mountain” is confirmed as a West End play. Oscar-nominated star Lucas Hedges (“Manchester on the Sea”) will play the part of Ennis Del Mar, with BAFTA-nominated “West Side Story” breakout Mike Faist cast as Jack Twist.

“Brokeback Mountain” is based on the New Yorker short story by Annie Proulx. Producer Nica Burns stated that the play is inspired solely from the 1997 short story and not Ang Lee’s film, according to Deadline. Production will be a play with music and debut at the Sohoplace Theatre in the West End for a 12-week season starting May 10.

“Brokeback Mountain” centers on two cowboys who fall in love in Wyoming. Ashley Robinson adapted the script, with “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie” director Jonathan Butterell helming the play with collaborator Dan Gillespie Sells...

BAFTA-nominated Mike Faist and Oscar-nominated actor Lucas Hedges will star in a London stage adaptation of Annie Proulx’s short story Brokeback Mountain.

The production is described as a play with music and will run at the Sohoplace Theatre in the West End for a 12-week season beginning May 10.

Theater owner and producer Nica Burns stressed that the play is based on Proulx’s short story originally published in the New Yorker in 1997 and not on Ang Lee’s acclaimed 2005 film that starred Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal.

Faist, who landed a BAFTA nom for West Side Story, will play the part of Jack Twist. Hedges, whose Oscar nom was for Manchester By the Sea in 2016, will play Ennis Del Mar.

The story of two lonesome cowboys who fall in love in the big, wide open spaces of Wyoming touched a chord with those who read the story and caught the movie.

Exclusive: Brian Cox (Succession), Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton), Oscar winner Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out) and Emilio Villa-Muhammad (The Man Who Fell to Earth) are heading up the all-star cast of Audible Original title Oliver Twist, produced by Oscar winner Sam Mendes (1917).

Released today on Audible, the adaptation of Dickens’ classic will also star Kit Connor (Heartstopper), Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You), Julia Davis (Gavin & Stacey), Nick Mohammed (Ted Lasso), Patricia Allison (Sex Education) and Diane Morgan (Motherland).

The classic story follows a young orphan born into the grimmest of 19th century English workhouses, faced with a life of grinding poverty. Despite this, Oliver (Villa-Muhammad) is a fighter and after being evicted from the workhouse for asking for “more” and surviving a stint as an undertaker’s assistant, he walks many miles to London and finds a whole new life with a gang of young pickpockets led by the Artful Dodger...

Exclusive: Max Harwood, who recently made his acting debut as the lead in Amazon’s adaptation of the stage musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, has signed with WME for representation.

In the film currently streaming on Prime Video, Harwood stars as the Sheffield high schooler determined to attend his prom in drag. He appears in Jonathan Butterell, Dan Gillespie Sells and Tom MacRae’s screen version of the London musical, alongside Richard E. Grant, Sharon Horgan, Sarah Lancashire, Adeel Akhtar and more.

Harwood was nominated this year for a BIFA in the Breakthrough Performance category for his turn in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. He will next be seen as the lead of the independent feature The Loneliest Boy in the World, which is billed as a modern fairytale with zombies.

The actor continues to be represented by Independent Talent in the UK.

Composer Dan Gillespie Sells says he wanted to tell the story of young Jamie Campbell in “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie” because the central protagonist is heroic and not victimized.

In the film — now streaming on Amazon Prime Video — Jamie (Max Harwood) is a 16-year-old who dreams of becoming a drag queen. Sells, who worked on the music for the West End production and movie, says, “There are none of these victim tropes that we often get in LGBT stories.” Instead, it is a hopeful and inspiring tale of a character confident in himself.

“We put a lot of ourselves in him,” Sells says of his collaboration with director Jonathan Butterell and Tom McRae who wrote the music and lyrics. “That’s what allows me to be able to write these songs for him because I connected with him.”

Sells, who is also a member of the band the Feeling, talks...

Everybody’s talking about Jamie, and with good reason. For one thing, he’s gorgeous. For another, he’s totally magnetic. The third reason, which ostensibly gives the movie its title, is that 16-year-old Jamie wants to be a drag queen. “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie,” a glitzy movie musical based on the West End hit, gives only a passing glance of Jamie’s actual drag performance, but this is plenty entertaining. Following on the heels of “The Prom,” which debuted its movie version late last year to mixed reviews, “Jamie” is a glittering addition to the fast-growing sub-genre of the queer teen musical. Finally, musicals are playing to their audiences.

Set in the Yorkshire town of Sheffield, England, “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie” revolves around aspiring teen drag queen Jamie (Max Harwood). Though he’s comfortably out at his stuffy high school, he still incurs the wrath of the occasional bully...

Distributors releasing titles before James Bond takes screens.

Musical adaptation Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, action thriller Gunpowder Milkshake and Mark Cousins’ documentary The Story of Looking are three of 19 new films landing in UK-Ireland cinemas this weekend, as distributors look for screen space in advance of No Time To Die in two weeks.

The number of releases each week has been steadily increasing throughout the summer, with just eight on June 4, two weeks after cinemas reopened in England. This has risen to 15 last weekend, and jumped further to 19 this time out.

The increase is a welcome sign for the theatrical industry,...

This review of “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie” was first published after the film played at Outfest Los Angeles 2021.

If you were among those left with a sour aftertaste following last year’s “The Prom,” a star-studded treacle about clueless adults helping small-town lesbian teens, then “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie” may come as a welcome palate cleanser. The high-spirited “be yourself” celebration, adapted from the British stage musical, is similarly saccharine, but the sweetener in this one has a notably less artificial flavor.

A delightful if predictable display of unabashed queer joy, the film brings back director Jonathan Butterell, who developed the theater version with musician Dan Gillespie Sells and writer Tom MacRae (also the screenwriter). That original production was in turn based on the subjects from the documentary “Jamie: Drag Queen at 16.”

Forgoing the actors who previously played the lead role of Jamie New on stage, the filmmaking team cast...

Max Harwood is a self-proclaimed “theater geek” living the dream. Not long ago, he went to see one of London’s hottest musicals, “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.” Loosely based on the documentary “Jamie: Drag Queen at 16,” the show (with music by Dan Gillespie Sells and book and lyrics by Tom MacRae) tells the story of a teenage boy who aspires to be a drag queen and the prejudice he faces on his journey. Now, Harwood is starring in the film adaptation, set for a Sept. 17 release on Amazon Prime Video.

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I’ve always loved performing and did loads of amateur dramatic shows growing up. When I was 18, I met two teachers who did my A-level drama program, and they encouraged me to pursue acting. So I thought I’d study musical theater at drama school. Now, that’s easier...

Unlike most of the kids in his class, 16-year-old Jamie New knows what he wants to be when he grows up: a drag queen. And unlike most of the fabulous aspiring female impersonators who’ve strutted on-screen before him, he has surprisingly few obstacles in his way. Jamie has an understanding mom, a supportive best friend and a school full of closed-minded students who don’t take much to come around, which makes this glittery big-screen adaptation of 2017’s well-liked West End tuner an unusually festive affair. “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie” is to queer teens what “High School Musical” was to, well, their more closeted peers: an upbeat, be-yourself pep rally for self-questioning young adult audiences.

Pre-pandemic, the feel-good musical was snapped up by Fox for big-screen release, where it would have followed in the footsteps of the studio’s “Love, Simon” — a second unapologetically gay, refreshingly nonjudgmental coming-out and...

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Channel 4 in the U.K. have commissioned Flicker Productions to produce “Football Trolls” (working title), an hour-long documentary on the relationship between social media, racism and soccer, hosted by former Newcastle and Tottenham midfielder-turned BT Sport pundit Jermaine Jenas. The commission comes amid outcry about racial abuse suffered by England players Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka following England’s loss to Italy in the Euro 2020 final. Many Black players in the English Premiere League have suffered targeted, racial abuse on social media for years.

“This film is incredibly important to me and something I’ve been working on for a while. there has been an ongoing conversation surrounding racism and football for as long as I can remember, and the reactions to the Euros has been heart-breaking,” said Jenas in a release. “I’ve felt sick to my stomach reading the comments and chants and promise...

Musicals are mounting a major return to a platform near you — nearly a dozen are set to release by the end of the year. Why are there are so many lined up? It’s both flukes of timing and market forces. Some are big-budget studio efforts held back until the pandemic was “over,” others are smaller scale films, some are strictly online events. Not all will make it to theaters, especially after Jon M. Chu’s movie adaptation “In the Heights”, a less-well-known Broadway musical from “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, nabbed stellar reviews but disappointed in theaters after launching the Tribeca Festival. How it performed on HBO Max is less clear.

But there’s still a lot of Miranda — among other musical talents — in the 2021 pipeline. See below. Here’s what’s going on.

1. Studios are chasing pre-branded hits.

Despite the disaster of “Cats” ($75.5 million worldwide), global smashes like “Mamma Mia!...

Musicals are mounting a major return to a platform near you — nearly a dozen are set to release by the end of the year. Why are there are so many lined up? It’s both flukes of timing and market forces. Some are big-budget studio efforts held back until the pandemic was “over,” others are smaller scale films, some are strictly online events. Not all will make it to theaters, especially after Jon M. Chu’s movie adaptation “In the Heights”, a less-well-known Broadway musical from “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, nabbed stellar reviews but disappointed in theaters after launching the Tribeca Festival. How it performed on HBO Max is less clear.

But there’s still a lot of Miranda — among other musical talents — in the 2021 pipeline. See below. Here’s what’s going on.

1. Studios are chasing pre-branded hits.

Despite the disaster of “Cats” ($75.5 million worldwide), global smashes like “Mamma Mia!...

“Everybody’s Talking About Jamie,” the adaptation of the popular West End musical, has been acquired by Amazon Studios and will now be released this fall on the streamer instead of in theaters.

“Everybody’s Talking About Jamie” comes from New Regency, Film4 and Warp Films, and 20th Century Studios was meant to release the movie as early as last year, but the release was delayed due to Covid-19. Amazon will now drop it on September 17.

The film stars newcomer Max Harwood as Jamie, a teenager who finds local fame when he pursues dreams on stage and becomes a loud and proud drag queen. Richard E. Grant also stars along with Sarah Lancashire, Lauren Patel, Shobna Gulati, Ralph Ineson, Adeel Akhtar, Samuel Bottomley, with Sharon Horgan.

Jonathan Butterell directs “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie” from a screenplay and lyrics by Tom MacRae and songs by Dan Gillespie Sells. The score is composed by Sells and Anne Dudley.

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, the New Regency-Film4-Warp Films feature adaption of the West End hit musical, will now debut exclusively on Amazon Prime Video on Sept. 17 in over 240 countries and territories.

The pic, which came to Disney via the Fox merger due to New Regency’s attachment, was originally set for a theatrical release a few times under the 20th Century Studios label, but the pandemic upended that with Disney ultimately pulling the LGBTQ+ release off the calendar.

Inspired by true events, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie follows Jamie New (Max 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 (Lauren Patel) and his loving mum (Sarah Lancashire) shower him with endless support,...

“Everybody’s Talking About Jamie,” the film adaptation of the popular West End musical, will debut on Amazon’s Prime Video.

The film was originally set to be distributed on October 23, 2020, by the Disney-owned 20th Century Studios, but Covid scrambled those plans and forced the studio to delay the release. Amazon bought distribution rights for an undisclosed sum. “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie” will now premiere on September 17, 2021, in over 240 countries and territories.

During the pandemic, Amazon has snapped up the rights to several movies that were originally intended to debut theatrically, buying the likes of “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” from Universal and “Coming 2 America” and “Without Remorse” from Paramount. Under the leadership of Jennifer Salke, Amazon is trying to release more broadly commercial fare and is moving away from the arthouse movies that it originally focused on, films like “Manchester by the Sea” and “Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot.

Two of the country’s major theatrical venues announced reopening plans today, with the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles and the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. set to house Broadway productions beginning in November and October, respectively.

In Los Angeles, the Ahmanson’s 2021-22 season will start later than previously announced – instead of an August opening with Daniel Fish’s Tony Award-winning reimagining of Oklahoma!, the venue will now reopen on Nov. 30 with the Jack Thorne-Matthew Warchus staging of A Christmas Carol. (Oklahoma! is now scheduled for September 2022).

Other productions planned for the Ahmanson’s upcoming season are Hadestown, The Lehman Trilogy, and The Prom, among others.

In D.C., the Kennedy Center announced that its new season will kick off on Oct. 13 with Hadestown in the Opera House, followed in December by Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations. At the Center’s Einsenhower Theater,...

“I want to be a drag queen…when I close my eyes it’s all I ever see” confesses Max Harwood as the titular character in “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.” Though the pandemic has pushed big-screen adaptations of the musicals “In the Heights” and “West Side Story” out to far flung release dates, this infectious British tuner is ready to vogue and waack its way into cinemas just in time for this year’s Oscar race. You can check out the newly released trailer for the film above.

Jamie’s story has had a long journey to get this point. The musical was inspired by true life events depicted in Jenny Poplewell’s 2011 documentary “Jamie: Drag Queen at 16.” Dan Gillespie Sells and Tom MacRae set the tale to songs for a stage musical adaptation which was a hit on London’s West End. It nabbed five Olivier nominations in 2017, including Best New Musical.

20th Century Studios has released a trailer for its upcoming musical drama Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.

Based on the 2017 West End hit and Olivier Award nominee, which is based on a 2011 documentary, the upcoming film doubles as a reunion of the stage show’s creative team, with director Jonathan Buttrell, writer Tom MacRae, composer Dan Gillespie Sells and choreographer Kate Prince all involved. Newcomer Max Harwood stars as Jamie, a 16-year-old gay teen who wants to play his childhood games of dress-up forever through a career in drag performance.

“I don’t just want to be one,” Jamie exclaims. “I ...

20th Century Studios has released a trailer for its upcoming musical drama Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.

Based on the 2017 West End hit and Olivier Award nominee, which is based on a 2011 documentary, the upcoming film doubles as a reunion of the stage show’s creative team, with director Jonathan Buttrell, writer Tom MacRae, composer Dan Gillespie Sells and choreographer Kate Prince all involved. Newcomer Max Harwood stars as Jamie, a 16-year-old gay teen who wants to play his childhood games of dress-up forever through a career in drag performance.

“I don’t just want to be one,” Jamie exclaims. “I ...

Inspired by true events, Twentieth Century Studios’, New Regency’s and Film4’s ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’, a film adaptation of the hit musical, has a handful of first-look images.

Jamie New is 16 and doesn’t quite fit in — instead of pursuing a “real” career, he dreams of becoming a drag queen. Uncertain about his future, Jamie knows one thing for sure: he is going to be a sensation. Supported by his loving mom and his amazing friends, Jamie overcomes prejudice, beats the bullies and steps out of the darkness, into the spotlight.

(Pictured) Max Harwood as Jamie New and Richard E. Grant as Loco Chanelle. © 2020 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

The film stars newcomer Max Harwood, Sarah Lancashire, Lauren Patel, Shobna Gulati, Ralph Ineson, Adeel Akhtar, Sam Bottomley, with Sharon Horgan and Richard E. Grant.

(Pictured) Max Harwood as Jamie New. © 2020 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

The stage production’s director,...

Oscar-nominated actor Richard E. Grant will portray a former drag queen and mentor in “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie,” the movie adaptation of the British stage musical.

“Catastrophe” co-creator and star Sharon Horgan and “Happy Valley” star Sarah Lancashire have also joined the film. Max Harwood will play the titular role of Jamie, a role inspired by the true story of Jamie Campbell.

“Everybody’s Talking About Jamie” follows 16-year-old Jamie, who doesn’t quite fit in and is terrified about the future. He overcomes prejudice, beats the bullies and steps out of the darkness into the spotlight. Horgan portrays his teacher and Lancashire will play his mother, Margaret. Shobna Gulati, from the original stage cast, will reprise her role of Ray.

The film is a Film4, Warp Films and New Regency production and reunites the original creative team behind the stage production with director Jonathan Butterell, writer Tom MacRae,...

Fresh off his Oscar nomination for his work in “Can You Ever Forgive Me,” Richard E. Grant is set to star as a legendary drag queen in the film adaptation of the popular British stage musical “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.”

“Catastrophe” star Sharon Hogan and “Happy Valley” star Sarah Lancashire also join newcomer Max Harwood, who plays the young lead Jamie, in the film.

“Everybody’s Talking About Jamie” is based on the stage production inspired by the true story of Jamie Campbell, a 16-year-old boy who became a drag queen. The musical is originally inspired by a BBC documentary, “Jamie: Drag Queen at 16,” and it explores how Jamie overcomes prejudice and the bullies at his school to become a drag sensation.

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Grant stars as a former drag queen and Jamie’s mentor named Hugo, also known as Loco Channelle.

New Regency has joined the project as the film is confirmed to start shooting in Sheffield on June 24.

Richard E Grant, Sharon Horgan, Sarah Lancashire and newcomer Max Harwood will lead the cast of Film4 and Warp Films’ screen adaptation of the stage hit Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.

New Regency has joined the project as the film is confirmed to start shooting in Sheffield on June 24.

The film reunites the original creative team behind the stage production: director Jonathan Butterell, writer Tom MacRae, composer Dan Gillespie Sells and choreographer Kate Prince.

Mark Herbert and Peter Carlton produce for Warp...

New Regency, Film4 and Warp Films are teaming on a feature version of UK stage musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, which will star Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?), Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe), Sarah Lancashire (Happy Valley), and newcomer Max Harwood as the lead. Fox will release worldwide.

Inspired by the true story of Jamie Campbell, the film follows 16-year-old Jamie New who lives on a council estate in Sheffield, England. Supported by his loving mum and surrounded by his friends, Jamie overcomes prejudice, beats the bullies and steps out of the darkness to become a drag queen.

Grant will play former drag queen and Jamie’s mentor Hugo with Horgan as Jamie’s teacher Miss Hedge and BAFTA winner Sarah Lancashire (Happy Valley) as his mother Margaret. Shobna Gulati, from the original stage cast, will reprise her role of Ray.

The film will reunite the original creative...

The hit West End stage show ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’ is getting the big screen treatment thanks to New Regency, Film4 and Warp Films with Richard E. Grant and Sharon Horgan heading up the cast.

Recent Academy Award nominee Richard E. Grant plays former drag queen and Jamie’s mentor Hugo with BAFTA nominee Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe) as Jamie’s teacher Miss Hedge. BAFTA winner Sarah Lancashire (Happy Valley) plays his mother Margaret. Shobna Gulati, from the original stage cast, will reprise her role of Ray.

Inspired by the true story of Jamie Campbell, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie follows 16-year-old Jamie New who 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,...

Hello and welcome back to our roundup of news from across the industry. From stage to screens big and small, we’ve got you covered. It’s everything you need to know and all you can’t afford to miss. Screen adaptation of musical begins talent search. Smash hit musical ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’ is off to the movies. Inspired by the true story of a teenage drag queen in Sheffield, it’s gathering a cast of local talent before leaping from the stage to the screen next year. The film adaptation of the now-extended West End musical is being developed with Warp Films. The critically acclaimed show follows 15-year-old Jamie Campbell who wants to wear a dress to his high school prom, deciding to do so with the support of his mum. The story first appeared in a BBC Three documentary entitled ‘Jamie: Drag Queen at 16’ shown in...

Warp Films is set to produce a feature adaptation of hit West End musical “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie,” the independent British production company has confirmed. It marks the first musical from the Sheffield-based Warp, whose recent productions include Idris Elba’s directorial debut, “Yardie,” which saw its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January, and Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman’s horror anthology, “Ghost Stories.”

The musical, which was nominated for five awards at this year’s Olivier Awards, including best new musical, is based on the true story of Jamie Campbell, which came to public attention in a BBC documentary, “Jamie: Drag Queen at 16,” in 2011. The coming-of-age tale tells the story of an openly gay teenager, living on a council estate in Sheffield, England, who is nervous about revealing his ambitions to be a drag queen to classmates at school. But with the support of friends and his mother,...

Winners of the 42nd annual edition of the Olivier Awards were revealed in ceremony at London’s Royal Albert Hall on April 8 hosted by Catherine Tate. Unlike the Tony Awards, which are showcased live on CBS, the Olivier Awards gets only a clips package on ITV later that evening and a live feed on BBC Radio 2.

“Hamilton” won a record seven Olivier Awards, including Best Musical and for both leading man Giles Terera and supporting player Michael Jibson. “The Ferryman” took home Best Play as well as the combined award for directing (Sam Mendes) and Best Actress (Laura Donnelly).

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Two years after sweeping the Tony Awards, Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s musical “Hamilton” is poised to do the same at the British equivalent, the Olivier Awards. On March 6, it reaped a record 13 bids for these top theater prizes, shattering the record set by the musical “Hairspray” in 2008 and equalled by the play “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” last year. On the play side, the leading contender is Jez Butterworth‘s “The Ferryman,” a dark drama about the Irish troubles which is set to come to Broadway in the fall.

Winners will be announced in a ceremony at London’s Royal Albert Hall on April 8 hosted by Catherine Tate. Unlike the Tony Awards, which are showcased live on CBS, the Olivier Awards get only a clips package on ITV later that evening and a live feed on BBC Radio 2.

“Hamilton” is clearly the frontrunner for Best Musical. Conor McPherson’s “Girl From The North Country,...

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Thanks to everyone for participating! The winner is …

“She used to be Snow White, but she drifted.”

Thanks to John for this week’s winning caption!

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Weekend Birthdays! Mark Patton (above) is 53, Chuck Panozzo is 65, Dan Gillespie Sells is 34, Ricki Lake is 45, Allison Scagliatti is 23, Joan Jett is 55, and Toni Basil is 70.

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The Feeling have announced plans to release their Sophie Ellis-Bextor collaboration 'Leave Me Out Of It'. The London-based five-piece will officially release the track on August 22, when it will become the second single to be lifted from their new album Together We Were Made. Speaking to Digital Spy about the decision to collaborate with Ellis-Bextor, frontman Dan Gillespie Sells explained: "It was part of becoming more experimental that we decided to include the collaborations. "When we've worked with other producers it's always seemed a waste of time because (more)...

The Feeling frontman Dan Gillespie Sells has said that he doesn't feel pressured about the chart placing of the band's new album. The London-based five-piece release their third studio record Together We Were Made this week, but insisted that replicating their previous chart success did not influence their sound when writing the record. When asked whether they felt pressured to top the charts with the new album, Gillespie Sells told Digital Spy: "No, that's record company business - I don't get involved in it. It's only important for us to do well enough for them to let us make another record. "I am concerned with sales figures in respect to the (more)...

The Feeling have asked fans for plenty of "fist-pumping" when they tour with Bon Jovi next month.

The pop five-piece, who support the Us giants at four stadium dates in June, insisted they'll be able to please the band's fist-pumping rock fans.

Frontman Dan Gillespie Sells told Ds: "If you see our live show, it's the same kind of thing. There's quite a lot of fist-pumping going on. That sounds dodgy, doesn't . . .

The Feeling singer Dan Gillespie Sells has discussed the possibility of recording a duet with Sophie Ellis-Bextor.

Ellis-Bextor, who is married to The Feeling's bassist Richard Jones, joined the band onstage for a performance at London's G-a-y nightclub earlier this year.

Gillespie Sells is keen to collaborate with the pop singer again, but insisted that "you have got to let these things . . .

The Feeling have revealed that their fans often send them unusual presents including stamps and cheese.

Singer Dan Gillespie Sells said the group don't have any stalkers, but claimed their followers in Germany, Korea and Japan often post them unusual gifts.

Sells told Orange: "We don't have any stalkers, which is good. We have fans and I'm glad that most of them are quite sane.

"We have quite an interesting sort of crowd because they're . . .

The Feeling singer Dan Gillespie Sells has signed up with modelling agency Models 1.

Sells joins a host of famous supermodels at the company, including Agyness Deyn, Yasmin Le Bon and Amber Valetta.

The frontman insisted that he wasn't picked for his good looks, claiming that he was chosen to fill out the company's "special bookings".

He told The Mirror: "It's not because I'm beautiful and gorgeous, . . .

Actor Kiefer Sutherland is set to direct a music video for British indie-rock band The Feeling.

The 24 star has become a huge fan of the group and meets up with the band every time he is in England.

Frontman Dan Gillespie Sells claims Sutherland, who manages bands under his own record label Ironworks, wants to direct the video for the group's forthcoming tracks Join With Us or Turn it Up.

He says, "He is pretty fanatical about music. He says he like us because he gets where we are coming from.

"He pretty much wants to get involved with it all, which is fine with us."...