Not Today Cancer!
A Variety Show in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support hosted by Nathaniel Dye MBE
Line-up
| Nathaniel Dye | Host / music |
|---|---|
| Ladies Fighting Cancer Choir | music |
| Ashley Dalton MP | music / interview |
| Matt Forde | standup / interviewer |
| Mark Steel | standup |
| Rhod Gilbert | standup |
| Wes Streeting MP | interview |
| Dawn Butler MP | interview |
Host and terminal cancer patient Nathaniel Dye brings together musicians, comedians and front line politicians for a very special variety show for World Cancer Day. We say to cancer: NOT TODAY!
To mark World Cancer Day, and the anniversary of Nathaniel Dye MBE‘s one-year-to-live prognosis, he’ll be joined by a star-studded lineup of musicians, comedians and frontline politicians, to tell the world that we stay strong and cancer will not defeat us.
This event will last approximately 2 hours, including an interval.
Concessions & Under 30s tickets
Kings Place Concessions Tickets
We want to ensure that people who may be struggling financially to purchase a ticket can still enjoy visiting Kings Place. A limited number of tickets are allocated for certain events (if the ticket type does not show in the booking pathway, it means they are not available for this event or have all been sold). Concessions tickets are accessible for people on the following criteria (for more information visit our FAQs)
- Pension Credit
- Universal Credit
- Disability Benefit
- Income Support or Job Seekers allowance
- Students
£10 ‘Under 30s’ tickets
A limited number of £10 tickets for attendees aged under 30 are available for certain shows. To purchase an ‘Under 30s’ ticket, please choose the ‘Under 30s’ price type when selecting your ticket(s). If the option does not appear, this means all ‘Under 30s’ tickets have sold out or are not available for this performance. Please note that proof of age may be requested at the venue. The £10 offer does not apply to premium price categories.
Plan your visit
Getting here
Kings Place is situated just a few minutes’ walk from King’s Cross and St Pancras stations, one of the most connected locations in London and now the biggest transport hub in Europe.
Our address is:
90 York Way, London, N1 9AG.
The Venue
Our performance spaces are situated on the lower ground floor. Hall One, Hall Two and St Pancras are located in level -2, reached by stairs, escalator and lift from the ground floor entrance level.
Event Times
Door times indicate auditorium entrance times only. Visitors are welcome to enjoy the Kings Place seating areas, gallery-level art, canal-side terrace, café, restaurant and bar throughout the day and evening.
- Our events begin promptly at the advertised start time. Typically, there is no support unless otherwise stated.
- We recommend arriving in good time before the performance. The Hall doors will open 30 minutes before the performance to allow time to take your seats, or to choose a space for standing shows.
- Latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance where possible
Access
We aim to make your visit to Kings Place as comfortable as possible. For more information about the accessibility of Kings Place, including details about our Access Scheme, please visit this page.
If you would like to discuss your access requirements with a member of our team, please get in touch with the Box Office team at info@kingsplace.co.uk.
Food & Drink
Rotunda Bar & Restaurant
Rotunda, situated on the ground floor of Kings Place, offers a unique dining and drinking experience alongside Regent’s Canal. The concert bar in the venue foyer will also be open for select events.
Green & Fortune Café
Recently re-furbished and now open with a new look, the Green & Fortune Café is open for selected concerts. Serving hot and cold food and drinks, including sandwiches, salads, soup, stew and a pie of the day, alongside a choice of cakes made by the on-site bakery team. See here for selected concert dates and standard opening hours.
About Nathaniel Dye MBE
Following a bowel cancer diagnosis in 2022, Nathaniel Dye MBE has done a lot of living for a dying man, including the recording of his solo album Matters of Life and Death and has been called an ‘inspiration’ more times than he can count. Best known for running the 2024 London Marathon whilst playing the trombone, he has raised over £50,000 for charity along the way.
For more on Nathaniel’s story, visit bowelcancerbucketlist.com
About The Ladies Fighting Breast Cancer Choir
The Ladies Fighting Breast Cancer Choir, founded in 2016, supports those affected by breast cancer across the West Midlands. Originally an eight-week trial, it has grown into a joyful, long-standing group of over 30 members. The choir has performed at Birmingham Town Hall, Symphony Hall, the Commonwealth Games, Britain’s Got Talent, Grand Central, and numerous fundraising events in local supermarkets and hospitals. Over the past three years, with the support of the Pop Voices team, the choir has flourished in confidence, skills, and community spirit. We champion breast-cancer awareness and provide support to over 1200 ladies. Singing is a therapy which should be on prescription.
About Matt Forde
As seen on The Royal Variety Performance, Spitting Image and HIGNFY.
‘The most topically incisive impersonator on the block… It’s laugh-a-minute stuff, underpinned by the kind of wisdom and natural resilience our leaders could learn from. He was always impressive, but he deserves his inevitable standing-ovation as never before’ ★★★★★ Daily Telegraph
‘A first-class comic’ The Guardian
‘Flying the flag for satire… a meaty hour of impressions, gags and reflections… so much to admire here’ ★★★★★ Mail On Sunday
About Dawn Butler MP
Dawn Butler MP was elected as the Member of Parliament for Brent South on 5 May 2005, becoming the first elected African-Caribbean woman to serve as a Government Minister in the UK. She was elected MP for Brent Central in 2015, now Brent East, and continues to champion underrepresented groups in Parliament.
Dawn serves as Chair of the London Parliamentary Labour Party and made history as the first Black woman on the Speaker’s Panel of Chairs. After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2022, she used her treatment and recovery to highlight the million missing mammograms after the COVID pandemic and continues to raise awareness that Black and Asian women are often diagnosed later and face lower survival rates.
Dawn was named Labour MP of the Year in 2025 by SME4Labour and has been awarded three times by the Patchwork Foundation; the People’s Choice 2016 Labour MP of the Year, Overall MP of the Year 2017 and Labour MP of the Year 2020. Dawn served as Shadow Minister for Women & Equalities from 2017-2020.
About Wes Streeting MP
Wes Streeting is the Labour Member of Parliament for Ilford North and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. He has previously held the positions of Shadow Child Poverty Secretary, Shadow Minister for Schools and Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury. He has also sat on the House of Commons Treasury committee.
Wes bucked the trend to win his parliamentary seat at the 2015 election with the largest swing from the Conservatives to Labour in the country. Prior to that, Wes served as deputy leader and cabinet member for health and wellbeing of the London Borough of Redbridge.
In his career outside politics, Wes served in the voluntary sector as a chief executive and in other senior leadership roles for a number of national charities focused on tackling inequality and educational disadvantage. He is a former president of the National Union of Students.
Wes grew up on a council estate in the East End of London and was the first person in his family to graduate from university. His childhood memoir, One Boy, Two Bills, And A Fry Up, is published by Hodder and is a Sunday Times bestseller. Wes read history at Selwyn College, Cambridge.
About Ashley Dalton MP
Ashley is the Labour MP for West Lancashire and is living with metastatic incurable triple negative breast cancer. Ashley is committed to demonstrating that having an incurable cancer doesn’t mean we don’t still have lots to offer. Her message appears to have been heard as 4 months after going public with her diagnosis the Prime Minister appointed her Minister for public health and prevention and she is now responsible for the development and delivery of the national cancer plan. Ashley’s previous jobs have included local government, the voluntary sector and as a vocalist on the club circuit of the North West!
