Big Night of Musicals

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A celebration of musical theatre packed full of showstoppers.

A celebration of musical theatre, packed full of showstoppers from the nation's best loved shows.

A celebration of musical theatre, packed full of showstoppers from the nation's best loved shows, with special guest appearances and performances.

Big Night of Musicals: With Samantha Barks and Layton Williams

With Samantha Barks and Layton Williams

BBC Radio 2 - Big Night of Musicals, With Samantha Barks and Layton Williams

Big Night Of Musicals, presented by Samantha Barks and Layton Williams.

Samantha Barks and Layton Williams go backstage at the Big Night Of Musicals. 

On stage, the show brings together the biggest acts from the world of musical theatre for a spectacular celebration. Comedian, presenter and singer, Jason Manford, will be on stage introducing performances from some of the bestselling West End Musicals and touring shows, including We Will Rock You The Musical, Wicked, The Royal Shakespeare Company's Matilda The Musical, Disney’s Newsies, Shrek the Musical, The Bodyguard The Musical, and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King And I. There will also be a special performance from Aspects Of Love, featuring musical theatre star and Radio 2 presenter, Michael Ball. 

As well as all the fabulous music, waiting in the wings for all the acts are stage stars Samantha Barks and Layton Williams who will be getting all the gossip behind the scenes exclusively for BBC Radio 2.

Amazing music. Played by an amazing line up.

Radio 2: Amazing music. Played by an amazing line-up. The home of great music, entertainment and documentaries

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