ASHCON RAHMANI AND REBECCA TREHEARN
TO PLAY JAMIE AND MARGARET NEW IN
EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE
10TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR
FROM JANUARY 2027
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 AboutJamie 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.”
Ashcon Rahmani, originally from Rotherham, is a recent graduate of The Urdang Academy.
After training extensively in musical theatre for the past 6 years, he is thrilled to be making his professional debut as Jamie New in the 10th anniversary production of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.
Rebecca Trehearn is an Olivier Award-winning actress. Her extensive theatre credits include Aunt Betty in Ballad Lines (Southwark Playhouse); Gertrude Lawrence in Noel and Gertie (The Mayflower Theatre Trust); Beverly in Indigo (Curve Theare, Leicester); Kath Starr in Becoming Nancy (Birmingham Rep); Mrs Cratchit in A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story (Nottingham Playhouse/Alexandra Palace); The Queen in Cinderella (Gillian Lynne Theatre); Donna/Oolie in City Of Angels (Garrick Theatre/Donmar Warehouse); Belle in A Christmas Carol (Old Vic), Lilli/Kate in Kiss Me, Kate (Watermill, Newbury); Rebecca Hershkovitz in Rags (Hope Mill Theatre); Charity in Sweet Charity (Nottingham Playhouse); Fantine in Les Misérables (Pimlico Opera); Charlotte Goetz in Diary of a Teenage Girl (Southwark Playhouse); Mother in The Night Before Christmas (Salisbury Playhouse); Belinda Fezziwig in A Little of What You Fancy (Salisbury Playhouse); Nellie Collins in Floyd Collins (Wilton’s Music Hall); Julie in Showboat (Sheffield Theatres, Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical); Marcy in Dogfight (Southwark Playhouse); Molly in Ghost (UK National Tour); Martirio in Bernarda Alba (Union Theatre); u/s Jenny Cavilleri in Love Story (Duchess); u/s Rose Vibert in Aspects Of Love (Menier Chocolate Factory); Dirty Dancing (Aldwych); u/s Meat/Killer Queen in We Will Rock You (Dominion); Annie in Alfie the Musical (Palace Theatre, Watford).
Television And Film credits include : Cheryl in Pobol Y Cwm (BBC Wales); Peggy Roberts in The Nan Movie (Great Point Media); Karen McKay in Dim Ond Y Gwir (S4C); Carla Hewson in Casualty (BBC); Angharad in A470 (S4C). Audio work includes: The Warrior’s Princess (2020 recordings); Whispers Of A Scandal (The Audiobook Producers); Violets (Granta); Drift (Penguin Random House UK); Anna in Torchwood: Thirst Trap (Big Finish).
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
★★★★★
Time Out, The Stage, WhatsOnStage, The Times, Financial Times, The Independent
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
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