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JOHN MCCREA, London’s hottest young star, who leads a company that includes Josie Walker, Tamsin Carroll and Lucie Shorthouse in the musical everyone’s talking about — Everybody’s Talking about Jamie.

The show, with music by dan Gillespie Sells, book and lyrics by Tom MacRae and direcion by Jonathan butterell, will extend its un at the apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury avenue, until october 6. The new block of tickets — with dates rom april — will go on sale on Monday. The musical, about a Sheffield schoolboy (McCrea) whose heart’s desire is to wear a dress to his school prom, has become an unlikely smash success. Producer nica burns decided to extend because she felt the show, which started life at the Sheffield Crucible last February, deserved to be shared with as many people as possible. ‘but there is no Sheridan Smith, no Michael ball, no amber Riley. no box-office star or broadway accolades to sell tickets in advance. So, it’s a huge risk,’ she told me. That may be, but it’s a major brand new british musical that is already generating interest where i am right now: on broadway.