Full Line-Up for WEST END LIVE in Trafalgar Square June 23-24 Including MATILDA, LES MIS, JERSEY BOYS & Much More

West End LIVE is back for its 8th year, playing this weekend 23-24th of June in Trafalgar Square. Check out the full programme below, which features Matilda, Wicked, Les Mis, and indeed every single West End musical currently running in London!

The event, which attracted over half a million people last year, is free and takes place in the iconic setting of Trafalgar Square on Saturday 23 June 2012, 11am – 6pm, Sunday 24 June 2012, 12pm – 6pm. Featured will be long-running classic musicals Blood Brothers, Les Misérables and The Phantom of the Opera, alongside other event newcomers Dreamboats and Petticoats, Horrible Histories, Matilda The Musical, Ragtime The Musical, Singin’ in the Rain, Sweeney Todd and Top Hat. Plus the return of West End LIVE favourites Billy Elliot The Musical, Chicago, Disney’s The Lion King, Ghost The Musical, Jersey Boys, Mamma Mia!, Rock of Ages, Shrek The Musical, Stomp, Thriller Live, War Horse, We Will Rock You, Wicked and The Wizard of Oz.

Award-winning musical theatre actor Daniel Boys will host West End LIVE on the Sunday.

Julian Bird, Chief Executive of the Society of London Theatre, said: “London is truly the theatre capital of the world. West End LIVE will showcase exactly why nearly 14 million Londoners and visitors flocked to our theatres last year and give a taste of the world-class musicals they can enjoy this summer.”

West End LIVE is one of the highlights of the opening weekend of the London 2012 Festival, the spectacular 12-week nationwide celebration running from 21 June until 9 September 2012 bringing together leading artists from across the world with the very best from the UK. The annual festival – organised by Westminster City Council and the Society of London Theatre, in association with MasterCard – is the largest of its type in the UK.

For more information visit the West End LIVE website www.westendlive.co.uk

 

The timetable for Saturday June 23 is:

11:00 Top Hat The Musical

11:10 Ragtime The Musical

11:20 Wicked

11:35 Billy Elliot The Musical

11:45 Sweeny Todd

11:50 Singin' In The Rain

12:00 The Phantom of The Opera

12:10 Les Misérables

12:25 Ghost The Musical

12:35 Chicago

12:50 We Will Rock You

13:10 Mamma Mia!

13:25 Jersey Boys

13:45 Rock of Ages

14:05 Thriller Live

14:25 Blood Brothers

14:35 Dreamboats and Petticoats

14:45 Monty Python's Spamalot

15:00 The In-Between

15:10 Angelina Ballerine The Mousical

15:35 Horrible Histories

15:40 Big Zumba Dance

15:55 Everything's Rosie

16:05 Sylvia Young Theatre School

16:20 National Youth Music Theatre

16:35 Dan and Laura Curtis

16:50 Big Dance

17:05 Drag Divas

17:15 The Sunny Side of The Street

17:30 One Man, Two Guvnors - The Craze

17:45 Stomp

18:00 Show Ends

The timetable for Sunday June 24 is:

12:00 Stomp

12:15 The Wizard of Oz

12:25 Shrek The Musical

12:35 Havana Rumba!

12:50 Disney's The Lion King

13:00 Thriller Live

13:35 Billy Elliot The Musical

13:40 Matilda The Musical

13:50 Horrible Histories

14:05 Everything's Rosie

14:10 Mamma Mia!

14:25 Louise Dearman

14:40 Mark Evans

14:55 Alex Gaumound

15:05 Daniel Boys

15:15 Jersey Boys

15:40 Angelina Ballerine The Mousical

15:55 Big Zumba Dance

15:10 Mark Jermin Stage School

16:25 West End Kids

16:40 The In-Between

16:55 National Youth Music Theatre

17:30 Congo Faith Healers

18:00 Show Ends