80,000 people (a record for the event) in Trafalgar Square across 16-17 June 2018. 27 shows performing, across 11 hours of glorious performance. 700 performers on stage. The number one trend on Twitter, 20,000 Instagram posts tagging it, 1.5 million views across YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, and estimates of hundreds of thousands of visitors to the area across the weekend. It’s official: West End LIVE 2018 was EPIC.
Packed full of free performances from the world’s greatest musicals, emanating from the heart of London in Trafalgar Square, West End LIVE was once again a weekend for every theatre fan to savour.
And with the brilliant photographer Pamela Raith on the ground, every spectacular moment of it was captured – just take a look at some of the best snaps above.
Worried you’ve missed out entirely? Fear not – you can see every West End LIVE 2018 performance right here, as well as a recap of just some of the innumerable highlights, and a sneak peek at how some of the performing shows strutted their stuff through the streets of London.
What a weekend.