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17 November 2025
COME ALIVE DOWN UNDER IN 2026!

‘COME ALIVE!’ The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular will make its Australian debut in 2026, opening under the Big Top at the Entertainment Quarter in Sydney from 26 May 2026, before touring nationally.

14 November 2025
Black Friday Special!

Take advantage of the BLACK FRIDAY family (or mini group) of 4 – 10% off each ticket!

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31 October 2025
Spooktacular fun at Halloween!

Things got pretty spooky at the Empress over Halloween. Audiences enjoyed a real party treat on 31st October with extra Halloween pre-show acts, themed drinks, and a post-show DJ in the Big Top.

24 October 2025
Audio Described Performance

With our partners at VocalEyes, blind and partially sighted people are invited to attend on Sunday 11th January 2026 at 2:30pm. Touch tour will take place: 12:15pm - 1pm

21 October 2025
1 million visits to the Earls Court  - home of the Empress Museum

The Earls Court Development Company (ECDC) has celebrated one million visitors to its site in west London, once home to the former Earls Court Exhibition Centres. Since opening the site for temporary uses, also known as ‘meanwhile use’, in 2021, ECDC has invested in a diverse programme of cultural, sporting and community activities that have brought people and energy back to the area.

17 October 2025
Local teens attend our Summer Training Academy

Thanks to everyone involved in our FREE Summer Training Academy. This opportunity was for 14 -17 year-olds from West London* to gain insight and experience of the producing and commercial operations of ‘COME ALIVE! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular’

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Producer Chip Seelig talks to The Guardian about COME ALIVE in this feature on a roster of new Immersive events in the Capital.
The Guardian
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All That Chat - Simon Bailey & Anoushka Tandon-Sangar - Listen to the All that Dazzles podcast
All That Dazzles
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'COME ALIVE!' spearheads the culture hub reinvention of Earls Court
London Standard
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'NEW CAST ANNOUNCED'
WhatsOnStage
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'32 COOL THINGS TO DO IN LONDON'
Cosmopolitan
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'Behind the scenes at Come Alive!'
The One Show
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'Come Alive: behind the scenes of London's new Greatest Showman experience'
THE Standard
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'THE GREATEST SHOWMAN CIRCUS SPECTACULAR OPENS IN LONDON'
THE TIMES
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'CAST ANNOUNCED FOR THE GREATEST SHOWMAN CIRCUS SHOW: COME ALIVE!'
WHATSONSTAGE
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'TSG'S CHIP SEELIG ON BRINGING 'COME ALIVE!' TO LONDON'
VARIETY
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'BEST THEATRE SHOWS TO SEE IN SEPTEMBER IN LONDON'
THE STANDARD
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"A high-energy homage to the Greatest Showman - with all the best anthems"

The Times

"The best thing I've seen all year"

The Sun

"Simon Bailey leads the incredible energy of this spectacle"

Daily Express

"The Stage"

Spectacular

"An extravaganza of festivity and spectacle"

London Theatre

"A blockbuster new experience"

WhatsOnStage

"An eye-popping theatrical spectacle"

WestEndTheatre