Celebrating its 20th year, West End LIVE returned this weekend on Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 June, with a packed line-up of top London shows. Hailed as ‘Glastonbury for theatre lovers’, West End LIVE is Europe’s largest free musical theatre festival and showcases outstanding performances from top West End musicals, live and free in Trafalgar Square.
Saturday’s line-up included performances from brand-new shows, including Burlesque The Musical, Clueless The Musical, Disney’s Hercules, Evita, The Great Gatsby, Just For One Day and The Producers, as well as West End LIVE fan favourites such as Cabaret, Hamilton, Les Misérables, Magic Mike Live, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical and Wicked.
Sunday’s line-up of exciting performances included shows such as 101 Dalmations, The Addams Family, Bat Out Of Hell, Burlesque The Musical, Calamity Jane, The Diana Mixtape, Disney’s The Lion King, Fiddler On The Roof, The Frogs, The Great Gatsby, Magic Mike Live, My Neighbour Totoro, Oliver!, The Producers, Sabrage, Six and Titanique.
Sunday afternoon also saw a special concert celebrating 20 years of West End LIVE, featuring stars including Madalena Alberto, Aimie Atkinson, Cassidy Janson, Jenna Lee-James, Kayleigh McKnight, Lee Mead, Johndeep More, Tobias Turley and Marisha Wallace. The concert featured songs from 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.
