{"id":29204,"date":"2023-01-26T11:00:28","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T10:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1774770"},"modified":"2023-01-26T11:39:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T10:39:40","slug":"how-to-get-tickets-for-the-national-lotterys-big-night-of-musicals","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/how-to-get-tickets-for-the-national-lotterys-big-night-of-musicals\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get tickets for The National Lottery\u2019s Big Night of Musicals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Olivia Garrett\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 26 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Clearly the rent in the West End is too high, because 13 London musicals are making their way up north for a concert at Manchester\u2019s AO Arena. The <a href=\"\/\/ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net\/c\/1236178\/431519\/7559?subId1=radiotimes-0&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.co.uk%2Fthe-national-lottery-s-big-night-of-musicals-manchester-27-02-2023%2Fevent%2F1F005E33A216445A&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\">National Lottery\u2019s Big Night of Musicals<\/a> is back for a showstopping evening of singing, dancing, and jazz hands.<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by Jason Manford, the event will feature performances from some of the West End\u2019s most enchanting musicals, including Matilda, Shrek and Six. Musical theatre royalty Michael Ball will also be singing, so have your tissues at the ready!<\/p>\n<p>The National Lottery created the Big Night of Musicals to thank their players for supporting the arts and theatres during the COVID pandemic \u2013 and they\u2019re certainly showing their gratitude, because National Lottery players are being offered 12,000 tickets to attend the event for free.<\/p>\n<p>We repeat \u2013 for free.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the performance, Jason Manford said: \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be back hosting The National Lottery\u2019s Big Night of Musicals for another year! It was incredible to see so many amazing shows under one roof last year and with 13 completely different shows set to perform this year, it\u2019s guaranteed to be another cracker of a night!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This wicked experience will take place on Monday 27th February for one night only at the Manchester AO Arena. So to avoid missing out on tickets for this unique experience, here\u2019s how you can secure them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net\/c\/1236178\/431519\/7559?subId1=radiotimes-0&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.co.uk%2Fthe-national-lottery-s-big-night-of-musicals-manchester-27-02-2023%2Fevent%2F1F005E33A216445A&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Get The National Lottery\u2019s Big Night of Musicals tickets from Ticketmaster<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The National Lottery\u2019s Big Night of Musicals: Who is performing?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Although he\u2019s mainly known for his comedy, Jason Manford is a musical theatre star in his own right and will be taking centre stage as host for the evening, so expect a spectacular opening number.\u00a0Then, the audience will be treated with performances from the casts of 13 musicals.<\/p>\n<p>The full line-up for this has not yet been announced, but here are the shows we know are in it so far:<\/p>\n<ul><li>We Will Rock You the Musical<\/li>\n<li>Wicked<\/li>\n<li>The Royal Shakespeare Company\u2019s Matilda the Musical<\/li>\n<li>Disney\u2019s Newsies<\/li>\n<li>Shrek the Musical UK and Ireland tour<\/li>\n<li>SIX the Musical<\/li>\n<li>Ain\u2019t Too Proud \u2013 The Life and Times of The Temptations<\/li>\n<li>The Bodyguard The Musical<\/li>\n<li>Rodgers &amp; Hammerstein\u2019s The King and I<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Plus, expect a special performance from Aspects of Love featuring Michael Ball.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net\/c\/1236178\/431519\/7559?subId1=radiotimes-0&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.co.uk%2Fthe-national-lottery-s-big-night-of-musicals-manchester-27-02-2023%2Fevent%2F1F005E33A216445A&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Get The National Lottery\u2019s Big Night of Musicals tickets from Ticketmaster<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The National Lottery\u2019s Big Night of Musicals: How much do tickets cost?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>12,000 free tickets are up for grabs for National Lottery players. They will be available on a first-come, first-served basis on the Ticketmaster website and players will be able to reserve up to four tickets for free.<\/p>\n<p>However, there will be a \u00a32 booking fee and buyers must show proof that they have purchased a National Lottery product.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net\/c\/1236178\/431519\/7559?subId1=radiotimes-0&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.co.uk%2Fthe-national-lottery-s-big-night-of-musicals-manchester-27-02-2023%2Fevent%2F1F005E33A216445A&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Get The National Lottery\u2019s Big Night of Musicals tickets from Ticketmaster<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The National Lottery\u2019s Big Night of Musicals: How to get tickets?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Tickets are on sale today at 10am (Thursday 26th January) so be sure to head over to the Ticketmaster site just before 10am for the best chance of securing tickets.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re worried about tickets selling out, be sure to read <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/going-out\/tickets\/how-beat-ticketmaster-queue\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">how to beat the Ticketmaster queue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net\/c\/1236178\/431519\/7559?subId1=radiotimes-0&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.co.uk%2Fthe-national-lottery-s-big-night-of-musicals-manchester-27-02-2023%2Fevent%2F1F005E33A216445A&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Get The National Lottery\u2019s Big Night of Musicals tickets from Ticketmaster<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>For more live entertainment, here are our recommendations of the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/going-out\/tickets\/best-west-end-shows\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">best West End shows<\/a>, along with how to get <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/going-out\/how-to-get-cheap-cinema-tickets\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">cheap cinema tickets<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olivia Garrett Published: Thursday, 26 January 2023 at 12:00 am Clearly the rent in the West End is too high, because 13 London musicals are making their way up north for a concert at Manchester\u2019s AO Arena. 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