This spectacular event, which brings together theatre’s biggest West End and touring shows for a night of fantastic entertainment, will be held at the AO Arena Manchester on 27th January 2025.

Hosted by comedian and musical theatre star Jason Manford, the show will feature performances from no less than 10 musicals. We’re excited to announce additional shows such as Cabaret, featuring Marisha Wallace, Chicago, Mary Poppins and Titanique, featuring Layton Williams, will perform at the spectacular event, joining previously announced shows such as Calamity Jane with musical theatre legend Carrie Hope Fletcher and the Tony and Olivier award-winning Dear Evan Hansen.

Other highlights include performances from the UK tour of Jim Steinman’s Bat Out of Hell The Musical and Here & Now – The Steps Musical. You’ll also see a performance from the West End’s Mean Girls and a sneak peak of Hercules, a brand-new show from Disney. More performances will be announced so keep your eyes on this page.

The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals serves as a huge thank you to our players who, over the last 30 years, have helped support more than 20,000 theatre related projects to the tune of £1.3BN. National Lottery funding has helped restore theatres as well as enabling hundreds of performing arts projects.

Thousands of free tickets were first made available to National Lottery players earlier in December. Now, the final FREE** tickets (subject to a £2 booking fee per ticket) will be made available to players on a first-come, first-served basis from 10am on Friday 10th January. To get tickets, National Lottery players need to head to bignightofmusicals.com

Jason Manford said, “It’s an honour to be back hosting The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals for the fourth time! It’s always a pleasure to host in Manchester to give a northern audience the chance to see some spectacular performances and appearances from the stars of the West End – and this year’s line-up is stronger than ever. Once again, one of the best aspects of the show is that tickets are free** as a thank you to National Lottery players who help ensure the performing arts industry thrives by playing each week.”

The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals will be broadcast on BBC One, BBC Radio 2, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds later this year, with further details to be announced soon.

For more details about this incredible event go to bignightofmusicals.com

**Book from Friday 10th January 2025. Tickets are free for National Lottery players subject to a £2 booking fee per ticket. Players can reserve up to 4 tickets. Proof of purchase required. Subject to availability. Full Ts&Cs apply and can be found here. Players must be 18+.

Originally published 12th December 2024. Updated 12th December 2024 and 9th January 2025.