Multi-award winning, internationally renowned lyricist, Tim Rice returns to theatre stages across the UK & Ireland in 2025 with ‘My Life In Musicals – I Know Him So Well’.
This incredibly special show, which toured earlier this year. has proved so popular that 33 new dates have been added.
During the show Tim reflects 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. There will be 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 …
Sir Tim Rice – My Life in Musicals – I Know Him So Well
Friday 11 April Reading, The Hexagon
Sunday 13 April Birmingham Hippodrome
Monday 14 April Guildford, GLive
Wednesday 16 April Truro Hall For Cornwall
Friday 18 April Inverness Eden Court
Saturday 19 April Stirling, Albert Halls
Sunday 20 April Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Tuesday 22 April Limerick University Concert Hall
Wednesday 23 April Dublin National Concert Hall
Thursday 24 April Belfast, Ulster Hall
Sunday 27 April Cheltenham, Everyman
Monday 28 April Worthing Pavilion Theatre
Tuesday 29 April The London Palladium
Thursday 1 May Sunderland Empire
Friday 2 May Northampton Royal & Derngate
Saturday 3 May Hertford BEAM
Tuesday 6 May Buxton Opera House
Wednesday 7 May Nottingham Theatre Royal
Thursday 8 May Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
Thursday 15 May Oxford The New Theatre
Friday 16 May Malvern The Forum Theatre
Saturday 17 May Coventry Warwick Arts Centre
Sunday 18 May Leeds Grand Theatre
Monday 19 May Leicester, Curve Theatre
Tuesday 20 May Fareham Live
Wednesday 21 May Southend on Sea Cliffs Pavilion
Friday 23 May Eastbourne Congress Theatre
Saturday 24 May High Wycombe Wycombe Swan
Sunday 25 May Cardiff Wales Millennium Centre
Monday 26 May Darlington Hippodrome
Tuesday 27 May Glasgow Theatre Royal
Thursday 29 May York Grand Opera House
Saturday 31 May Norwich Theatre Royal
