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first year as a professional.
Three-time World Champion Michael
Van Gerwen – ‘Mighty Mike’ – has
established himself as one of the game’s
all-time greats following a decade of
darting dominance. Van Gerwen lifted
three World Championship crowns in
2014, 2017 and 2019 during his eightyear spell as world number one, amassing
over 150 PDC titles in the process.
‘Queen of the Palace’ Fallon Sherrock
made history when she became the first
woman to beat a man at the PDC World
Darts Championship – a feat she repeated
days later when she sensationally
triumphed over the world number 11.
BST Hyde Park Open House runs for
two weeks, from Monday 30 June to
Thursday 3 July and from Monday 7 July
to Thursday 10 July. Free events during
the week include performances from
House Gospel Choir, Dub Pistols, Trojan
Sound System featuring Chucky Bantan,
Supa 4 Creation, Jah Buck & Hopepa (Fat
Freddy’s Drop) and Brixton Chamber
Orchestra. There will be an Outdoor
Cinema presented by British Airways,
Wimbledon live on the big screen.
The 2025 BST Hyde Park concert
series will be headlined by Sabrina
Carpenter (5 and 6 July), Stevie Wonder
(12 July), Neil Young and the Chrome
Hearts (11 July), Olivia Rodrigo
(27 June), Zach Bryan (28 and 29 June),
Noah Kahan (4 July) and Jeff Lynne’s
ELO (13 July).
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Luke Littler
HYDE PARK DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP
American Express presents BST Hyde
Park is to showcase a first for the central
London greenspace – a PDC darts ProAm tournament featuring top players Luke
Humphries, Luke Littler, Michael Van
Gerwen and Fallon Sherrock, in front of
thousands of fans. It will take place on
Tuesday 8 July on BST Hyde Park’s
famous Great Oak Stage, featuring special
guests Olly Murs, Roman Kemp and Dion
Dublin. The pro-am tournament is part of
the BST Hyde Park Open House midweek
series of events.
The Hyde Park Darts Championship
tickets also include access to The
Summer Garden simultaneously hosting
BREW//LDN, renowned for the UK’s
largest and most diverse craft drinks
festival, celebrating innovation and
excellence across the worlds of craft beer,
cider, spirits, and emerging drink trends.
Luke Humphries – ‘Cool Hand Luke’ –
has enjoyed a sensational rise to
prominence since winning his first TV title
at the 2023 World Grand Prix, following
up with Grand Slam of Darts and Players
Championship Finals success before a
famous victory at Alexandra Palace.
The new World Darts Champion,
teenage sensation Luke ‘The Nuke’
Littler, has taken the darting world by
storm. Littler followed up his historic
run to the 2023/24 World Championship
final by capturing the Premier League
title in fairy-tale fashion on debut in his
SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY’S
DRACULA LONDON PREMIERE
Producers Michael Cassel and Adam
Kenwright have announced that Sydney
Theatre Company’s acclaimed production
of DRACULA, adapted and directed by
visionary theatre-maker Kip Williams, will
premiere at London’s prestigious Noël
Coward Theatre in February 2026.
Celebrated Tony®, Grammy® and
Emmy® Award-winner and three-time
Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo will return to
the stage for the first time in nearly a
decade for the production, starring in this
bold, one-actor reimagining of Bram
Stoker’s classic gothic novel.
Following the global release of Wicked:
For Good this November – one of the
most eagerly anticipated cinematic events
of the decade – Erivo’s next move will be
into rehearsals for Dracula. Her return to
the stage marks a landmark moment in
contemporary theatre: a rare opportunity
for West End audiences to witness one of
the world’s most extraordinary talents at
the height of her powers, in a daring and
intimate performance unlike anything she
has undertaken before.
In this radical interpretation, Erivo will
embody all twenty-three characters in
Stoker’s iconic tale – from the naïve
solicitor Jonathan Harker and his fiancée
Mina Murray to confidante Lucy
Westenra, her suitors, and the formidable
vampire hunter Van Helsing – as well as
the infamous Count Dracula.
Dracula represents the final and most
ambitious production in Tony Award®
nominated director Kip Williams’ gothic
trilogy, whose productions have redefined
the canon on both Broadway and the West
End. The production follows on from his
genre-defining adaptations of the 6-time
Tony Award® nominated The Picture of
Dorian Gray (which enjoyed triumphant
seasons in both the West End and on
Broadway) and the award-winning Strange
Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
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