Everybody's Talking About Tom MacRae

Tom MacRae, well known as the creator of the television series “Threesome,” is getting even more attention as the book author and lyricist of the hit West End, Olivier Award-nominated stage musical EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE, (which will debut as a feature film on Amazon Prime on September 17)written for the screen by MacRae. The film and stage play is about a teenaged Jamie (Max Harwood) who wants to be a drag queen. Richard E. Grant and Sarah Lancashire costar. Original writers Tom MacRae and Dan Gillespie Sells adapted the stage hit, which was inspired by a BBC TV documentary. The stage play will also be making its North American debut at L.A.’s Ahmanson Theatre as part of Center Theatre Group's upcoming 2022 season.

MacRae is entirely self-taught in screenwriting, playwrighting, and scripting for television. MacRae was nominated for a BAFTA early in his career for writing the TV movie Off Limits: School's Out. From there, he’s worked consistently, notably as a writer on the cult hit TV series “Doctor Who,” and he then created and wrote “Threesome,” Comedy Central UK’s first original scripted comedy since the channel was renamed in 2009, which got him noticed in the United States. He also scripted Sky 1’s “Fungus The Bogeyman” which he developed from Raymond Briggs’ classic story.

Tom is also a children’s author and has had three picture books published, including the award-winning “The Opposite,” which has gone into paperback and been published in several languages. His second book for children, Baby Pie, also received a paperback edition. MacRae also wrote the short stories, "Once Upon a Time" and "Cats and Dogs", published in Doctor Who Storybook 2007 and DoctoWho Storyook 2008, respectively 

Up next, MacRae has joined Buccaneer Media for Nevision's live-action/CGI adaptation of MG Leonard’s Beetle Boy children’s books, which he will pen for the screen.