Critical Role, a leader in innovative storytelling, along with AEG Presents, the world’s foremost live entertainment company, and Frontier Touring, the most respected concert promoter in Australia, announced today Critical Role’s 2025 slate of live shows. Taking place between April and October, the shows will span across Chicago, Sydney, Melbourne, Fishers (just outside of Indianapolis), and New York City. 2025 marks Critical Role’s ten-year anniversary and a perfect time to connect even deeper with Critters across the world through live, in-person events. Critical Role started as a group of nerdy voice actor friends playing a tabletop game and has since evolved into one of the fastest growing media companies dedicated to storytelling, community and imagination.
“Embarking on a global journey to bring Critical Role to the stage in brand new cities with our ragtag group of adventurers is nothing short of a dream,” said Marisha Ray, Co-founder and Creative Director at Critical Role. “Let alone during our tenth year of telling stories together; I couldn’t imagine a better way to celebrate!”
Each live show will be a standalone event with the Australian shows having some loose narrative connection, weaving new stories within the world of Exandria with the founding cast of Critical Role including Matthew Mercer, Ashley Johnson, Marisha Ray, Taliesin Jaffe, Travis Willingham, Sam Riegel, Laura Bailey and Liam O’Brien. The first show will take place in Chicago, Illinois on April 10, followed by Sydney, Australia on June 19 and Melbourne, Australia on June 25. Next up is Fishers, Indiana (just outside of Indianapolis) on August 2, and last – but not least – New York City on October 7.
“After the smash success of the Mighty Nein Reunion show at the OVO Arena Wembley in London in October 2023, AEG Presents couldn’t be happier to be working with Critical Role to bring these shows to life and to give Critters the chance to experience Critical Role Live,” said Eliza-Jane Oliver, Promoter at AEG Presents.
“We’re excited to partner with Critical Role for their much anticipated first live dates in Australia, with two arena shows in Sydney and Melbourne,” said Dion Brant, CEO of Frontier Touring. “Aussie Critters are going to be blown away, and we’re thrilled to be working with the Critical Role team and AEG to help bring it to life for fans down under.”
- What: A unique live one-shot experience, where the audience will vote to decide which of the original main campaign characters the founding members of Critical Role will play for the evening, with Matthew Mercer leading the story as Game Master. The founding cast will also attend C2E2 for a weekend of signings, photo ops, and a panel.
- When: Thursday, April 10, 2025
- Where: Wintrust Arena, Chicago IL
- Beacon member on-sale: Monday, October 28th, 8am Pacific / 10am Central
- Local venue & C2E2 pre-sale: Tuesday, October 29th, 8am Pacific / 10am Central
- General on-sale: Wednesday, October 30th, 8am Pacific / 10am Central
- What: For each of these live one-shots, party members from two separate Critical Role campaigns – played by the founding members – will join forces as they fight a common threat, threaded together by Game Master, Matthew Mercer. Comedian and musician Tom Cardy will emcee both events. Two cities, one overarching story, familiar faces in new combinations await!
- When:
- Sydney: Thursday, June 19, 2025
- Melbourne: Wednesday, June 25th, 2025
- Where:
- Sydney: ICC Sydney Theatre, Sydney NSW, Australia
- Melbourne: Rod Laver Arena , Melbourne VIC, Australia
- Beacon member on-sale:
- Sydney: Thursday, October 31, 11am (local Sydney time)
- Melbourne: Thursday, October 31, 12pm (local Melbourne time)
- FrontierTouring.com Pre-sale:
- Sydney: Friday, November 1, 12pm (local Sydney time)
- Melbourne: Friday, November 1, 1pm (local Melbourne time)
- General on-sale:
- Sydney: Monday, November 4, 9am (local Sydney time)
- Melbourne: Monday, November 4, 10am (local Sydney time)
- What: This event will be Critical Role’s first one-shot set in the world of Exandria and powered by Darrington Press’s upcoming roleplaying game, Daggerheart. Featuring the founding cast of Critical Role and led by Game Master Matthew Mercer, the adventuring party for this live show will be a melting pot of familiar faces from across Exandria.
- When: Saturday, August 2, 2025
- Where: Fishers Event Center, Fishers, IN
- Beacon member on-sale: Monday, October 28th, 7am Pacific / 10am Eastern
- Local venue pre-sale: Tuesday, October 29th, 7am Pacific / 10am Eastern
- General on-sale: Wednesday, October 30th, 7am Pacific / 10am Eastern
- What: The final stop on Critical Role’s live show extravaganza featuring the founding cast, this will be an evening of love and peril at the legendary Radio City Music Hall in New York City, as two of the Mighty Nein lovebirds, Jester and Fjord, embark on their greatest adventure yet: marriage! The weekend following, the founders will attend New York Comic Con for signings, photo ops, and a panel.
- When: Tuesday, October 7th, 2025
- Where: Radio City Music Hall, NYC
- Beacon member on-sale: Monday, October 28th, 7am Pacific / 10am Eastern
- Local venue & NYCC pre-sale: Tuesday, October 29th, 7am Pacific / 10am Eastern
- General on-sale: Wednesday, October 30th, 7am Pacific / 10am Eastern
