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The Society of London Theatre and Westminster City Council have announced further shows and performers for their free annual event West End Live 2025.
2025 marks the 20th anniversary of the free celebration of West End theatre, once again taking place in Trafalgar Square, this year on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 June 2025.
Announced today, Rachel Zegler and the cast of Jamie Lloyd’s new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber classic Evita will perform at West End Live.
Evita joins shows including The Addams Family, Back to the Future the Musical, Bat Out of Hell, The Book of Mormon, Brigadoon, Burlesque the Musical, Cabaret, Calamity Jane, The Choir of Man, Clueless, Coven, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Devil Wears Prada, The Diana Mixtape, Disney’s Hercules, Disney’s The Lion King, Fiddler on the Roof, The Frogs, The Great Gatsby, Hadestown, Hamilton, Just for One Day, Lovestuck, Magic Mike Live, Mamma Mia!, Matilda the Musical, Les Misérables, MJ the Musical, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, My Neighbour Totoro, Oliver!, Operation Mincemeat, Oscar at the Crown, Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby, The Phantom of the Opera, Pop Off, Michelangelo!, The Producers, Roles We’ll Never Play, Sabrage, Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, Sing Street, Six, Starlight Express, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical, Titanique, Westway Presents, and Wicked.
New shows and groups also confirmed to appear include 101 Dalmatians, Janie Dee’s Beautiful World Cabarets, the National Youth Music Theatre, Ride the Cyclone, and This Is My Family.
See the full line-up of shows at West End Live 2025
Special 20th Anniversary Concert
Additionally, a special concert will take place at the event on Sunday afternoon to celebrate West End Live’s 20th anniversary, featuring a host of theatre stars curated by Westway Music, including Madalena Alberto, Aimie Atkinson, Cassidy Janson, Jenna Lee-James, Kayleigh McKnight, Lee Mead, Johndeep More, Natalie Paris, Tobias Turley and Marisha Wallace.
The concert will take a look back at shows that have featured across West End Live’s 20-year history, including Beautiful, Carousel, Dreamgirls, Frozen, Heathers, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, & Juliet, Once, Rent and We Will Rock You.
Presenters of West End Live
Presenting this year’s West End Live is drag queen, singer and actor Divina de Campo (RuPaul’s Drag Race, The SpongeBob Musical, Chicago) and West End star Hannah Lowther (Heathers, Six The Musical) on Saturday 21 June; and Pop Idol winner and West End star Zoe Birkett (Tina – The Tina Turner Musical, The Bodyguard) and West End star Oliver Tompsett (A Knight’s Tale, & Juliet) on Sunday 22 June.
What is West End Live?
Thousands of theatre fans show up for the free musical theatre event, which always runs over a weekend every June. The timings of this year’s event are: Saturday 21 June, 11am – 5pm; and Sunday 22 June, 12 midday – 5pm.
This year, West End Live is partnering with Nimbus Disability and the Access Card, and changing their accessible viewing areas and entrances.
West End Live is organised by Westminster City Council and the Society of London Theatre, with support from the Mayor of London.
Last year’s West End Live 2024 was a big success, including performances from The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button; Hadestown; Mean Girls; and MJ The Musical.
Also see: Shows to book in London during West End Live weekend
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