Award-winning lyricist Sir Tim Rice is to tour Ireland next Spring with his live musical theatre event My Life In Musicals – I Know Him So Well.
The events in Belfast, Dublin and Limerick next April will see Sir Tim Rice reflect on his illustrious career at the heart of musical theatre, accompanied by some top West End singers and musicians.
Rice 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.
In My Life In Musical, Rice will be 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.
“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.
“I am delighted that the wise producers have booked three dates in Ireland. So, look out Limerick, Dublin and Belfast! You have all kindly staged my shows at some point in the past fifty years - now here’s your chance to complain to the author,” said the 79-year-old.
Just some of the songs featured in the show include: 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), I Know Him So Well (Chess) and All Time High (Octopussy) .
“You’ll know quite a few of the songs – and will therefore be relieved to hear I won’t be singing them,” adds Rice.
Tickets for Sir Tim Rice – My Life In Musicals – I Know Him So Well plays University Concert Hall, Limerick on April 22, National Concert Hall, Dublin on April 23 and Ulster Hall, Belfast on April 24.