National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals confirms BBC broadcast date and details
The event returns to BBC One later this month!
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13 March 2025
The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals returned for its fourth consecutive year at the AO Arena in Manchester – and has now locked in its broadcast plans on the BBC!
The musical theatre-infused concert saw Jason Manford continue hosting duties.
On the line-up were performances from West End musicals and touring shows, including Calamity Jane with Carrie Hope Fletcher, the WhatsOnStage Award-nominated new production of Dear Evan Hansen and the UK tour of Jim Steinman’s Bat Out of Hell The Musical.
In addition, there were appearances from Here and Now – The Official Steps Musical, Georgina Castle from Mean Girls, and a first look at Disney’s Hercules.
Marisha Wallace also performed as Sally Bowles in Cabaret and the touring casts of Chicago and Mary Poppins. The West End’s Titanique, featuring Layton Williams, also appeared.
There was also a special performance from Michael Ball with the Our Dementia Choir, Daniel Mays united with Manford to perform a number from Something Rotten! and there were showcases from National Lottery-funded performance groups.
The event marks 30 years of National Lottery support for the theatre and performing arts, having helped support more than 20,000 theatre-related projects to the tune of £1.3 billion. In addition, National Lottery funding has helped restore theatres as well as enabling hundreds of performing arts projects.
The show will be broadcast on BBC One on 22 March at 18.50.
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