13 November 2023
Newsdesk
Sir Tim Rice, the multi-award winning, internationally renowned lyricist, will return to theatre stages across the UK in 2024 with an incredibly special live musical theatre event - My Life In Musicals – I Know Him So Well. The show will see Tim Rice reflect on his illustrious career at the heart of musical theatre, sharing anecdotes behind the songs – the hits and the misses along with stories of his life and live performances from the wonderful catalogue of songs that are synonymous with his name and that of his collaborators. Musical accompaniment will be from an array of the UK’s leading West End singers and musicians led by Musical Director Duncan Waugh.
Tim is associated with writing the lyrics for so many of the world’s great musicals - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Chess, and the Disney productions The Lion King, Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast. His work has not been limited to musical theatre with Evita transferring to the big screen and All Time High, the theme music for the James Bond movie Octopussy with music by John Barry and lyrics by Tim Rice.
With a show packed full of songs including Don’t Cry For Me Argentina (Evita), Any Dream Will Do (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat), A Whole New World (Aladdin) Can You Feel The Love Tonight (The Lion King), I Don’t Know How To Love Him (Jesus Christ Superstar) , Circle of Life (The Lion King), Chess, Hakuna Matata (The Lion King) Another Suitcase in Another Hall (Evita), I Know Him So Well (Chess), All Time High (Octopussy), Must Love Me (Evita), and A Night In Bangkok (Chess), My Life In Musicals is an absolute must for fans of musical theatre and brilliant music.
Regarded by many as one of the world’s greatest lyricists Tim Rice commented My Life in Musicals is a show in which I reveal all (well, nearly all) of the secrets behind the creation of some of the best-known songs featuring my lyrics. I have had the good fortune to work with some of the greatest composers of our time, including Andrew Lloyd Webber, Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, Elton John, and Alan Menken, without whose wonderful melodies I’d be at home watching television.
You’ll know quite a few of the songs – and will therefore be relieved to hear I won’t be singing them. All musical aspects of the show I hand over to the outstanding Duncan Waugh Band and West End Singers. There will be plenty of stops in between the hits during which I’ll tell you how they happened and, in some cases, nearly didn’t. Actually, I might sing a little – but not Don’t Cry For Me Argentina.”
What better way to celebrate the world of musical theatre than with …
Thursday 18 April
Leicester Curve
0116 242 3595
Friday 19 April
Buxton Opera House
01298 72190
Saturday 20 April
Bradford, St George’s Hall
0127 443 2000
Sunday 21 April
Chester, Storyhouse
01244 409113
Tuesday 23 April
St Albans, Alban Arena
01727 844488
Wednesday 24 April
Cheltenham, Everyman
0124 257 2573
Thursday 25 April
Guildford, GLive
0343 310 0055
Friday 26 April
Poole, Lighthouse
01202 280000
Saturday 27 April
Wycombe Swan Theatre
0343 0100060
Tuesday 30 April
Reading, Hexagon
0118 960 6060
Wednesday 1 May
Shrewsbury, Theatre Severn
0174 328 1281
Thursday 2 May
Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse
0151 709 4776
Saturday 4 May
Kings Lynn, Corn Exchange
01553 764864
Sunday 5 May
Norwich Theatre Royal
01603 630000
Tuesday 7 May
Basingstoke, Anvil
01256 844244
Wednesday 8 May
Truro, Hall For Cornwall
01872 262446
Friday 10 May
Canterbury, The Marlow Theatre
01227 787787
Saturday 11 May
Coventry, Belgrade Theatre
024 7625 6431
Sunday 12 May
Nottingham, Theatre Royal
0115 989 5555
Tuesday 14 May
Kingston, Rose Theatre
020 8174 0090
