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In the presence of THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2024

Executive Producers, Royal Variety Charity: Giles Cooper OBE, Laurie Mansfield & Phil Dale

Executive Producer, Lifted Entertainment (part of ITV Studios): Fiona Clark

Series Producer, Lifted Entertainment (part of ITV Studios): Helen Riddell

Director, Lifted Entertainment (part of ITV Studios): Richard Valentine

Entertainment Commissioner, ITV: David Smyth

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2024

CONTENTS

HIS MAJESTY THE KING – PATRON OF THE ROYAL VARIETY CHARITY

ROYAL ARRIVAL – LINE UPS & PRESENTATIONS

A WARM WELCOME TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN

CHAIRMAN - WELCOME TO THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE

LIFE PRESIDENT - MESSAGE OF THANKS

VICE-CHAIRMAN & TREASURER

PATRONS OF THE ROYAL VARIETY CHARITY

MANAGEMENT BODY OF THE ROYAL VARIETY CHARITY

CHAIRMAN’S CHARITY THANKS

MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FROM THE ROYAL VARIETY CHARITY

REFURBISHMENT OF BRINSWORTH HOUSE

ACT 1 - THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2024

BRINSWORTH HOUSE RESIDENT ACTIVITIES

BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT

ACT 2 - THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2024

CONGRATULATIONS - GILES COOPER AWARDED OBE

KAY CARMAN BEM – OBITUARY

LIFTED ENTERTAINMENT (PART OF ITV STUDIOS)

LIFTED ENTERTAINMENT - PRODUCTION STAFF

HISTORY OF THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE

BRINSWORTH HOUSE - PERFORMERS 2024

HOW TO DONATE TO THE ROYAL VARIETY CHARITY

PREVIOUS ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCES

CREDITS & THANKS

HIS MAJESTY THE KING PATRON OF THE ROYAL VARIETY CHARITY

Photo; Hugo Burnand

THE 97th ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE

ROYAL ARRIVAL

HIS MAJESTY THE KING and HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

will be greeted upon arrival by:

LORD LIEUTENENT SIR KENNETH OLISA, OBE and then introduced to:

JAMES AINSCOUGH, OBE CEO of the Royal Albert Hall

IAN MCCULLOCH President of the Royal Albert Hall

THEIR MAJESTIES will then be presented to their hosts for the evening:

GILES COOPER, OBE Chairman and Executive Producer

LAURIE MANSFIELD Life-President and Executive Producer

GILES COOPER OBE, will then present the official Royal Line-Ups:

PRE-SHOW ROYAL LINE-UP

PHIL DALE

Vice-Chairman, Royal Variety Charity

IAN FREEMAN

Treasurer, Royal Variety Charity

FAWN JAMES

Executive Committee Member

Royal Variety Charity

REV. SIMON GRIGG

Chaplain & Exec Committee Member

Royal Variety Charity

KEVIN LYGO

Managing Director

Media and Entertainment, ITV

JULIAN BELLAMY

Managing Director, ITV Studios

RICHARD COWLES

Managing Director

Lifted Entertainment, part of ITV Studios

GILES COOPER OBE, will then present THEIR MAJESTIES to some artists participating in this evening’s show:

SIR ELTON JOHN, CH, CBE and DAVID FURNISH

SIMON LIPKIN & JACK PHILPOTT from the cast of OLIVER!

PRESENTATIONS

A posy of flowers, picked from the gardens of Brinsworth House by its residents, will be presented to HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, by 8-yearold IRIS KING-TAYLOR and the show programme will be presented to HIS MAJESTY THE KING, by 10-year-old LOUIE COOPER.

THE ROYAL BOX

HIS MAJESTY THE KING and HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

GILES COOPER, OBE

Chairman & Executive Producer

LAURIE MANSFIELD

Life-President & Executive Producer

The ROYAL VARIETY CHARITY

extends a very warm welcome and heartfelt thanks to

THEIR MAJESTIES

THE KING AND QUEEN

for their attendance at this evening’s Royal Variety Performance

Photo; Hugo Burnand

GILES COOPER, OBE CHAIRMAN WELCOME

Welcome to the Royal Variety Performance 2024!

On behalf of the Royal Variety Charity, ITV and the Royal Albert Hall, may I also offer the warmest of welcomes to Their Majesties, The King and Queen.

I can’t tell you how thrilled we all were when His Majesty The King agreed to become Patron of the Royal Variety Charity, earlier this year. His patronage really means so much to us all and indeed continues the long history of support given to the entertainment profession by the Royal family, over so many generations.

I’d like to thank everyone involved in this evening’s production. The enthusiasm and commitment of so many for this annual British Institution is infectious and tonight you will, once again, witness for yourselves an outstanding production with supreme talent. This event really is, year after year, the highlight of the entertainment industry’s annual calendar.

I’d like to thank all the Members of our Executive Committee and Trustees, who give up their time voluntarily to support this great charity.

I’d also like to pay tribute to Life-President Laurie Mansfield for his many years of service to the Royal Variety Charity. Tonight, will be his last time attending the Royal Variety Performance in an official capacity and on behalf of all at the charity, I’d like to thank him for his wonderful support.

Lastly, but by no means least, a very big thank you to all of the artists performing in tonight’s show, all of whom have donated their services in support of the Royal Variety Charity. I’m sure you’ll ‘do us all proud’ and thank you so much for committing your valuable time and energy to this evening’s production.

Please sit back and enjoy!

Giles Cooper, OBE Chairman & Executive Producer

Giles Cooper, OBE Chairman & Executive Producer

MESSAGE OF THANKS

LAURIE MANSFIELD LIFE-PRESIDENT

Tonight, we are honoured to welcome Their Majesties The King and Queen to the Royal Variety Performance for the first time since His Majesty’s Accession to the Throne.

Not since 1950, when Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, later our much-loved Queen Mother, attended a Royal Variety Performance, have we welcomed a King and Queen into the Royal Box.

We are doubly proud to welcome our Royal guests this evening as earlier this year, His Majesty The King kindly became the sole Patron of the Royal Variety Charity, the fourth Monarch in our long history to hold this position.

I would like to take this opportunity once again to thank ITV Studios for their support, commitment and enthusiasm to our charity. We are also very grateful for the splendid relationship that we have with Britain’s Got Talent, the winner of which is Sydnie Christmas who we are looking forward to seeing tonight on our show.

I would also like to take this opportunity on a personal level to thank and acknowledge the work and commitment of our Chairman, Giles Cooper OBE, together with all the members of the Executive Committee and of course my fellow Trustees. Their combined work and dedication bind our charity together with strength and care.

I would also like to thank everyone who is connected with our home and our residents at Brinsworth House for their devotion and effort through the year.

Finally, I would like to thank you, our audience, for your attendance and support at this very special event and wish you a fabulous night of entertainment.

Laurie Mansfield Hon. Life-President & Executive Producer

Laurie Mansfield Hon. Life President & Executive Producer

Vice-Chairman

PHIL DALE VICE-CHAIRMAN

I’d like to commend the wonderful efforts of the Management Body of the Royal Variety Charity. We are all volunteers, giving our time freely to aid the outstanding work carried out by our employees at our care home, Brinsworth House and of our charity’s grants team, assisting those entertainers in need all over the UK.

What is so unique about the charity’s voluntary Officers / Trustees is that each one of us brings our own special skill-set to aid the work of this great charity. For example, myself and Life-President Laurie Mansfield have worked as theatrical agents in television, theatre and radio for more years than I care to remember(!), our Chairman Giles Cooper is a renowned concert promoter and show producer and our Treasurer Ian Freeman, is a diligent businessman and PR guru.

The Officers / Trustees, together with the Members of our Executive Committee, volunteer their services every day of the year for this, the entertainment industry’s very own charity - bringing help, comfort and joy to so many in our industry.

However, we couldn’t do it without your support, particularly at this world famous, annual extravaganza, so thank you most sincerely and please enjoy the show!

IAN FREEMAN TREASURER

In the few words that I am permitted in this brochure, it’s hard to express the gratitude that I feel towards you all joining us here tonight. Your investment in the work of our Charity, in what we know are trying and challenging times, is a source of comfort to us all.

The Royal Variety Performance is our touchstone, the most important event in our year. It’s the major fundraiser which enables us to provide comfort, care and support for our Brinsworth House residents and for many others in their own homes who rely on us for regular or occasional financial assistance.

Our nursing, care and administrative staff continue to provide an exemplary service to our residents, beneficiaries and other stakeholders. My role is to ensure the financial health of the Charity and special thanks must go to my Finance Director, Martin Dalby, who works diligently to safeguard the Charity’s finances by keeping a close watch on our income and expenditure.

Most other charities would give their right arms to have the kind of loyal supporters and staff that we enjoy. In return, I pledge to continue to play my part in upholding and maintaining the well-being of this magnificent organisation, which I am proud and honoured to serve.

Ian Freeman Treasurer

PATRONS OF THE ROYAL VARIETY CHARITY

The Royal Variety Charity has been honoured with Royal Patronage from the reigning Monarch ever since 1921…

… when His Majesty King George V became the first Patron of the Variety Aristes’ Benevolent Fund (the previous name of the Royal Variety Charity).

His Majesty King George V also decreed, in the same year, that the Royal Variety Performance would become an annual event, after the success of the two previous Royal shows in 1912 and 1919. Her Majesty Queen Mary joined her husband the King, as joint Patron of the charity, shortly afterwards.

King George V added that ‘the Monarch or a senior member of the Royal Family, would attend an annual Performance, in aid of Brinsworth House and the Royal Variety Charity, once a year thereafter, to demonstrate the Royal family’s love and support for the entertainment industry and its associated charity.’

Following the passing of King George V in 1936, HM King George VI become Patron of the Royal Variety Charity, in conjunction with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, continuing the successful ‘dual Patronage’ that the charity had previously enjoyed.

The new Patrons enjoyed countless Royal Variety shows, often making it a family event, bringing their daughters the young Princess Elizabeth and young Princess Margaret to numerous Royal Variety Performances.

When Princess Elizabeth became Queen in 1952, she readily became Patron of the Royal Variety Charity alongside Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, who insisted she remain joint Patron, due to her deep love of live entertainment. The Queen Mother remained ‘joint Patron’ with HM The Queen, until her passing in 2002.

HM Queen Elizabeth II remained Patron of the Royal Variety Charity until her passing in 2022, having been Patron for an incredible 70 years!

The

Royal Variety Charity is absolutely delighted that His Majesty King Charles III agreed to become our Patron in early 2024

MANAGEMENT BODY OF THE ROYAL VARIETY CHARITY

ROYAL VARIETY CHARITY

Elected Members:

Elected Chairman of the Royal Variety Charity: GILES COOPER, OBE

Elected Vice-Chairman: PHIL DALE, Elected Treasurer: IAN FREEMAN

Elected Trustees of the Royal Variety Charity: GILES COOPER, OBE (Chair), LAURIE MANSFIELD, PHIL DALE, IAN FREEMAN

Elected Members of The Executive Committee: ANTON DU BEKE • PAT CHURCH • GILES COOPER, OBE • PHIL DALE • DANIEL DEAN IAN FREEMAN • PAUL GANJOU • CHERYL GARLAND • REV. SIMON GRIGG FAWN JAMES • MARTIN JONES • JOHN LOGAN • SITAL MAKWANA VICKI MICHELLE, MBE • SPENCER PHILLIPS • BABS POWELL • ROBERT POWELL KEITH SIMMONS • KATIE WILKINSON

Honorary Members:

Honorary Life-President of the Royal Variety Charity: LAURIE MANSFIELD

Honorary Vice-Presidents of the Royal Variety Charity: STUART LITTLEWOOD • JOE PASQUALE • ROGER DE COURCEY ROBERT EARL JNR. • BRADLEY WALSH • NICK THOMAS, MBE

Honorary Life-Governors of the Royal Variety Charity: LORD MICHAEL GRADE, CBE

Honorary Chaplain of the Royal Variety Charity: THE REVEREND SIMON GRIGG

For more information on the Royal Variety Performance, please visit: www.RoyalVarietyPerformance.org For more information on the Royal Variety Charity please visit: www.royalvarietycharity.org

CHAIRMAN’S CHARITY THANKS

I’m very proud and privileged to lead this great charity and I’d like to highlight some of our staff and volunteers…

Firstly, a very warm welcome to Kim Brady who has become our new ‘Registered Manager’ of Brinsworth House. She joins with a fantastic trackrecord of running Care Homes to the very highest standard and Brinsworth is already a better place with her at the helm.

Huge congratulations to our Brinsworth House kitchen staff, under the leadership of Stuart Jones and Henry Sheerin, who recently won ‘UK Care Home Caterers of the Year!’ Such a wonderful achievement and so well deserved – a real testament to all your hard work and dedication.

A big thanks to our Operations Manager, Peter Hinton and Activities Co-Ordinator, Angelica Lundekesi, who recently ran London’s Half Marathon, to raise money for the Royal Variety Charity. Well done to you both and thank you!

My usual thanks and huge gratitude to our HR and Compliance Manager Kirsty Bristow, Finance Director Martin Dalby, Clinical Lead Suhasini Raja, Head of PR David Pogson LVO, Maintenance Manager Joe Williams and Grants Officer Kaushika Amin. Thank you for all your hard work and commitment – it never goes unnoticed.

Special thanks to our Head of Events, Victoria Bond and her Events Assistant, Heather Cooper, for working so hard on this evening’s show. People always forget how much work goes into this one amazing annual night, so thank you so much.

I’d also like to thank our volunteers on the charity’s Management Body who give up their time for the charity to support those less fortunate in our industry. As ever, thanks so much to all the Members of the Executive Committee and the Trustees for their sterling efforts throughout the year, with special thanks to the Members of our Grants Sub-Committee, who work so hard week-in, week-out.

I’d also like to highlight the members of our newly formed Mental Health Sub-Committee, Spencer Phillips, Fawn James, Martin Jones and Daniel Dean. This is a wonderful new initiative for the charity, that will end up helping thousands in our industry who are suffering from mental health issues, so thank you for all your hard work in getting this off the ground and up and running.

I’d also especially like to thank Katie Wilkinson who has taken over the booking and arrangements for our twice-weekly entertainment shows at Brinsworth House. Her enthusiasm for the role is so infectious and her hard work already paying dividends with so many happy residents!

Giles Cooper, OBE Chairman, Royal Variety Charity

We are honoured to be the beer partner for the Royal Variety Aftershow Party

Buona fortuna to all performers this evening

Tom Bloxham MBE, Chair of Urban Splash, is proud to support The Royal Variety Charity.

Urban Splash is a purpose-led regeneration company that wants to leave a positive mark on the world by using great design, and transformative ideas, to breathe new life into undervalued buildings and places. Find out more at urbansplash.co.uk

MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FROM THE ROYAL VARIETY CHARITY

In 2020, YouGov conducted a survey that stated that nearly 48% of entertainment industry workers reported the use of drugs and alcohol as a coping mechanism for the high stress nature of their work.

BACKGROUND

The Royal Variety Charity has a proud history of adapting to the evolving needs of professionals within the entertainment sector. Our establishment of the Grants Sub-Committee stands as a testament to our commitment to supporting entertainers facing various challenges, including financial hardships, age-related concerns, accidents, and health issues –both physical and mental – all across the UK. Since its inception in 2012, the Grants Sub-Committee has extended its support beyond actors, musicians, and dancers to include professionals in film and television, including producers and directors, script writers and others.

Notably, during the recent pandemic, the Executive Committee and the Trustees responded swiftly to provide essential financial assistance to numerous individuals affected by work restrictions and the profound isolation they experienced.

Among these important efforts, it has become increasingly evident that mental health concerns constitute a significant aspect of the challenges faced by professionals in the entertainment industry.

The entertainment sector was affected tenfold during the pandemic in a way that other industries were not. Professionals in the creative industry are deeply passionate about their work, often investing their entire selves into their creative activities. This intense commitment often makes them more vulnerable to mental health challenges when they face difficulties such as lack of work, financial strain from reduced incomes, or isolation in their struggles. Witnessing this is particularly distressing when it involves younger professionals who are struggling to secure opportunities in the industry amid these pressures.

ESTABLISHMENT OF A DEDICATED COMMITTEE FOR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT

Driven by an ambition of Chairman Giles Cooper OBE, the Royal Variety’s ‘Mental Health Sub-Committee’ has been established as a distinct entity, independent of the Grants Sub-Committee. This new committee will specifically evaluate applications from individuals experiencing issues such as anxiety, depression, addiction, and other mental health disorders, which are often exacerbated by the financial instability and unpredictable nature of employment in the sector.

Managing uncertainty and developing a sustainable career would help entertainment professionals better manage their mental health and well-being. This is where the work of psychotherapists and counsellors with experience of working with other professionals in the sector is invaluable.

The Royal Variety Charity would like to thank Spencer Phillips, Fawn James, Martin Jones and Daniel Dean for becoming the founding members of the Mental Health Sub-Committee, which will in time help many thousands of people within the entertainment industry who are suffering from mental health issues.

If you are suffering from mental health issues & work in the UK entertainment industry, please contact mentalhealthsupport@royalvarietycharity.org

Amanda Holden Brand Ambassador

REFURBISHMENT OF BRINSWORTH HOUSE

The Royal Variety Charity is very pleased to announce that the 5-year refurbishment of Brinsworth House is now complete! Our residents can at last enjoy a home fit-for-purpose for the next 100 years and the Royal Variety Charity would like to thank all those who made donations and took part in numerous fundraising efforts to enable such important work to be carried out.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2024

ACT ONE

Royal Fanfare & National Anthem by the Band of the Welsh Guards National Anthem sung by Marisha Wallace

YOUR HOSTS: ALAN CARR & AMANDA HOLDEN

STARLIGHT EXPRESS

SCOTT BENNETT

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL

STEPHEN MULHERN

MARISHA WALLACE

MATT FORDE

JAMES BAY

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA

INTERVAL OF 20 MINUTES

YOUR HOST ALAN CARR

Alan’s unique style of humour and effortless stage presence has made him one of Britain’s most successful and treasured comedians. Alan is always in high demand both as a host and guest right across television, including Interior Design Masters. As well as appearing as a guest judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, Alan is the host of smash hit Picture Slam, the fastpaced Saturday night game show on BBC One.

Alan can also be seen in his autobiographical sitcom, Changing Ends (co-written with Simon Carlyle), which returned for a second series on ITV1 & ITVX this summer. Based

on Alan’s early life growing up as the son of a football manager in Northampton in the 1980’s, the sitcom was a huge hit receiving rave reviews and showed everyone the making of a national treasure.

Alan can be heard on his hit podcast Life’s A Beach, which has featured guests such as Louis Theroux, Michael Sheen, Damon Albarn, Michael Palin, Paloma Faith and Katherine Ryan.

“So thrilled to be asked back to host this magical evening again, and to do it with one of my best friends is simply the icing on the cake. It’s going to be double the fun!”

YOUR HOST AMANDA HOLDEN

Actress, presenter, singer, radio host, talent show judge, fashion designer and author; Amanda Holden has been lucky enough to have been working for over 30 years in the entertainment business. Amanda has sat on the judging panel of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ for the last 18 years alongside Simon Cowell. Amanda hosts the biggest commercial radio show ‘Heart Breakfast’ with Jamie Theakston. Now in its third series, Amanda co-hosts the travelogue hit ‘The Italian Job’ with Alan Carr. Amanda’s Top 5 album ‘Songs From The Heart’ was the biggest-selling female debut album of 2020. Amanda’s autobiography ‘No Holding Back’ became a Sunday Times Bestseller. Amanda’s TV credits include ‘Kiss Me Kate’, ‘Cutting It’ and ‘Wild At Heart’. Theatre credits include an Olivier-nominated turn in ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’, ‘Shrek the Musical’ and ‘Stepping Out’.

“What an honour to be asked to host this iconic evening. Not many women have done it in the past so this means a lot to me. With my gorgeous Alan by my side, what could possibly go wrong?”

STARLIGHT EXPRESS

As a child’s train set magically comes to life and the engines race to become the fastest in the world, Rusty the Steam Train has little hope of winning until he is inspired by the legend of the Starlight Express. A cast of 40 whizz around a specially designed stage, telling Rusty’s story and performing some of musical theatre’s most beloved songs, including AC/DC, Make Up My Heart, Light at the End of the Tunnel, and the iconic Starlight Express.

This production has captivated over 20 million people around the world and continues to entertain audiences of all ages.

“Performing on the Royal Variety Performance is an incredible honour. Sharing Starlight Express with such an iconic audience is a reminder of how powerful musical theatre can really be.”

SCOTT BENNETT

Described by the Evening Standard as “comedy’s best kept secret”, Scott has written for Jason Manford, John Bishop and Rob Brydon, and toured with Micky Flanagan.

The last twelve months have seen Scott’s clips go viral on social media and his tour, Stuff, has been extended into the autumn of 2025.

Scott’s TV and Radio appearances include Live At The Apollo, The News Quiz and The Now Show. The Times described his show at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival as “a truly fabulous hour that suggests Bennett deserves to be a big name.”

“I still can’t quite believe I’ve been asked to do a show as wonderful and iconic as this. As a child, I remember watching this at home with my family. I’d see some of my comedy heroes take to that stage and now I get the chance to do it myself.”

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL

Cirque du Soleil is a world leader in live entertainment defying reality, defining entertainment, and illuminating the world through art and creativity.

Since its creation in 1984, they have inspired more than 400 million people on 6 continents and 86 countries. With 11 productions currently touring the globe as well as 12 permanent shows in Las Vegas, Orlando, Hawaii, and Mexico, the company now employs more than 4000 employees, including 1200 artists from more than 80 different nationalities, making them one of the largest entertainment companies in the world. For the past 40 years, Cirque du Soleil have been astonishing audiences worldwide and especially in the UK with their annual residency at the Royal Albert Hall.

They cherish a long history with the Royal Variety Performance and each time, they bring their extraordinary world to this very special occasion.

Whilst we await Cirque’s return to the Royal Albert Hall with Corteo in January, this year’s performance highlights amazing performers from the Las Vegas shows.

STEPHEN MULHERN

Television presenter, children’s author and magician Stephen Mulhern is one of the most popular and in-demand personalities in British entertainment.

Stephen has presented some of the UK’s most iconic titles, including Deal Or No Deal, Britain’s Got More Talent for 13 series, In For a Penny, Catchphrase and Dancing On Ice.

An experienced all-round entertainer who has toured the UK with his variety and magic shows, Stephen is a BAFTA award-winning magician, and co-creator and producer of the P&O Cruises exclusive magic and illusion show Astonishing.

In 2022, Stephen debuted his successful children’s book Max Magic, which hit No.1 in various Amazon Kids Bestseller charts. In May this year the third book in the series, Max Magic: The Incredible Holiday Hideout was published.

MARISHA WALLACE

Marisha Wallace, a double Olivier Award-nominated American actress and singer, is best known for her work in musical theatre. Since launching her career in the original Broadway casts of Aladdin and Something Rotten, Marisha is now a star of London’s West End, first taking the stage playing Effie in Dreamgirls. Shortly after, Marisha joined the original London cast of smash hit Waitress to rave reviews and multiple award nominations. Marisha has since starred in a number of iconic musicals, such as Hairspray and her Olivier-nominated turns in Oklahoma and Guys and Dolls.

Marisha will return to the Adelphi Theatre to play her biggest ever headline show to date next March.

“It’s an honour to be invited to sing at this year’s Royal Variety Performance for His Majesty, King Charles III and Her Majesty The Queen. To sing two numbers is a privilege and to open the performance with the National Anthem, in the same year I become a British citizen, is a dream come true.”

MATT FORDE

Described as “our foremost satirical stand-up” by The Sunday Times, Matt Forde is currently on his biggest tour yet after his cancer diagnosis last year, and subsequent surgery to remove the base of his spine, which required Matt to learn to walk again. He has since returned to work on his acclaimed podcasts, alongside hosting Absolute Radio’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Football Show. His final challenge was to return to stand-up.

Well known for writing and voicing characters like Boris Johnson, Keir Starmer, and Donald Trump on Spitting Image, Matt has hosted Unspun with Matt Forde on Dave, and appeared on Have I Got News For You, Mock The Week, 8 out of 10 Cats, Question Time, and more.

“I’m delighted to be part of the Royal Variety for a second time. It’s a special night to be a part of, especially as it raises money for such an important cause. As I know from the year I’ve had, you never know when you’re going to need help.”

JAMES BAY

It’s 10 years since James Bay first burst onto the music scene with his mammoth single ‘Let It Go’. James has since proved himself as a musical mainstay, opening for Bruce Springsteen’s BST Hyde Park show, The Rolling Stones, Taylor Swift and touring with The Lumineers. His new album ‘Changes All the Time’ peaked at Number 4 in the UK Charts, earlier this year, giving James his fourth consecutive Top 4 album.

He was recently awarded his third BRIT Award, the Brit Billion Award, in recognition of his achievement of one billion UK streams.

Off the back of a summer playing iconic stages like Madison Square Garden and Fenway Park with longtime friend Noah Kahan, James has come out on top.

He hits the road again in February next year, ending his victory lap at Wembley Arena. Having played a sold-out show at the Royal Albert Hall, James is thrilled to be back making his debut on the Royal Variety Performance.

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA

GIRD YOUR LOINS! The new musical The Devil Wears Prada, based on the blockbuster film and bestselling novel, features an original score by Elton John and stars Tony Award nominee Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty, Desperate Housewives) as the iconic Miranda Priestly, alongside Georgie Buckland as Andy, Amy Di Bartolomeo (Six) as Emily, and Olivier Award winner Matt Henry (Kinky Boots) as Nigel.

Aspiring journalist Andy lands a job at Runway, working for the demanding Miranda Priestly. As she sacrifices her personal life to meet Miranda’s impossible demands, Andy is drawn into the glamorous world she once despised. How far will she go to succeed, and will it be worth it?

Hilariously fun and stylish, The Devil Wears Prada is an inspiring tale about discovering who you truly want to be.

“As a new musical, we’re incredibly grateful for the opportunity to perform for the Royal Family and viewers at home. We can’t wait to give the audience a sneak peek into the world of The Devil Wears Prada. That’s all!”

Everyone at JWP extends their best wishes to tonight’s performers.

We are thrilled to collaborate once again with the Royal Variety Performance for our televised debut of The Devil Wears Prada Musical.

BRINSWORTH HOUSE RESIDENT ACTIVITIES

Where haven’t we been this year! From limousine rides, retail therapy, to garden centres, our residents have had opportunities to explore their hobbies and interests, as well as being introduced to new experiences.

We had the pleasure of being invited to the Royal Hospital Chelsea for a tour and a friendly quiz with the Chelsea Pensioners; how insightful to spend time with these inspiring service men and women and learn of our shared interests.

We made an impact when we attended The Royal Windsor Flower Show armed with our entry for their ‘arts and crafts’ competition! A group effort, involving residents, staff, friends and families of Brinsworth House, knitted a Royal Variety Performance Stage, with Sir Elton at the piano, which got a Royal seal of approval from the visiting Duchess of Edinburgh!

Being a home of so many people with theatrical backgrounds, theatre trips are always popular and we often frequent local theatres. This year we had the privilege of going all the way to the London Palladium

for the most talked about show this summer ‘Hello Dolly’. These experiences do not stop with the show itself as the drive into London often evokes memories of past experiences in the city.

We continue to offer person-centredtrips, so when a resident told us of a Van Gogh exhibition at the National Gallery which she’d like to visit, we purchased some tickets! The experience appealed to many other residents, including a resident who spent his career writing about the post-impressionist painter, for German publications.

One of the proudest moments in our activities calendar was being able to take our residents for a day out at Bournemouth beach. This year felt even more poignant, coming months after a resident was in tears after seeing an image of the seaside - emotionally telling us that she ‘grew up by the sea’, but doubted she’d ever see it again. The effort made by staff and volunteers on the day to ensure that she felt the sand with her bare feet and dipped her toes in water, was priceless!

And that is what it is all about, making sure our residents know that life is still up for grabs and that wonderful new memories and experiences can be created every day.

BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT

The hugely successful, annual ITV television show, ‘Britain’s Got Talent’, generously donates a proportion of the money raised from viewers’ telephone votes to the Royal Variety Charity each year.

The Royal Variety Charity, in return, arranges for the series winner of the show to appear at the annual Royal Variety Performance, which is held in the presence of a senior member of the British Royal Family and watched by many millions of TV viewers worldwide.

The Royal Variety Charity is extremely proud to be associated with ‘Britain’s Got Talent’, and gratefully acknowledges the continued help and support of Simon Cowell and all at Syco Entertainment and Thames TV.

We’d like to congratulate all involved with the 2024 series of BGT, most especially the Judges, Bruno Tonioli, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, KSI and Simon Cowell, together with hosts Ant & Dec, on another fabulous series of Britain’s Got Talent.

HISTORY OF BGT WINNERS

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PAUL POTTS

2007 Series 1

The ex-Carphone Warehouse salesman from Port Talbot in South Wales, secured his place on the Royal Variety Performance at the Liverpool Empire Theatre on the 3rd December 2007, held in the presence of Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh.

JULES & MATISSE

2015 Series 9

Jules, Matisse and friends won the 9th series of Britian’s Got Talent and won their spot on the Royal Variety Performance, which was held at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday 13th November 2015 in the presence of HRH Prince Harry.

GEORGE SAMPSON

2008 Series 2

The incredible 14 year old street dancer from Warrington in Cheshire, won his place on the Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium on 11th December 2008, held in the presence of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall.

RICHARD JONES

2016 Series 10

Lance Corporal Richard Jones became the first ever magician to win a spot on the Royal Variety Performance, which was staged on 6th December 2016 at the Hammersmith Apollo, in the presence of TRH the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall.

DIVERSITY

2009 Series 3

The boys, aged between 12 and 25, from Dagenham & Leytonstone in East London won their spot on the Royal Variety Performance at the Blackpool Opera House on the 7th December 2009 - held in the presence of Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh.

TOKIO MYERS

2017 Series 11

The talented pianist & producer was awarded a place on the Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium on 24th November 2017 in the presence of Their Royal Highnesses, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

SPELBOUND

2010 Series 4

The 13 amazing gymnasts, originally from Spelthorne in Surrey, won their spot on the Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium on the 9th December 2010, held in the presence of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall.

LOST VOICE GUY

2018 Series 12

Lee Ridley, from Newcastle-uponTyne was the first comedian to win a spot on the Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium on 19th November 2018 in the presence of Their Royal Highnesses, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

In one of the most thrilling finals seen for many years, Sydnie Christmas, aged 28 from Gravesend in Kent, beat off stiff competition from magician, Jack Rhodes in second place, and dancers Abigail & Afronitaaa from Ghana, in third, in a thrilling end to this year’s series.

Congratulations Sydnie!

We look forward to welcoming you this evening at the Royal Albert Hall!

JAI MCDOWALL

2011 Series 5

The 24 year old, from Ayrshire in Scotland performed at the Royal Variety Performance at The Lowry in Salford, Manchester on 5th December 2011, which was held in the presence of Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal and Vice-Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence.

COLIN THACKERY

2019 Series 13

Chelsea Pensioner, Colin Thackery, won his spot on the Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium on 18th November 2019 in the presence of Their Royal Highnesses, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

WINNER: 2024

SYDNIE CHRISTMAS

ASHLEIGH & PUDSEY

Series 6

Ashleigh Butler, aged 17, from Wellingborough and her performing dog, Pudsey, won their spot on the 100th anniversary of the Royal Variety Performance, at the Royal Albert Hall in the presence of HM The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, on 19th November, 2012.

JON COURTENAY

2020 Series 14

The 46-year-old musical comedian from Mosley in Birmingham won BGT in 2020, securing his spot on the Royal Variety Performance at the Blackpool Opera House on 29th November, which was staged virtually due to the Covid pandemic.

ATTRACTION

2013 Series 7

The Hungarian shadow dance troupe, Attraction, won their slot on the Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium on the 25th November 2013, held in the presence of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall.

AXEL BLAKE

2022 Series 15

The 34-year-old comedian from West London won his spot on the Royal Variety Performance, held on 1st Dec 2022 at the Royal Albert Hall in the presence of TRH The Duke & Duchess of Edinburgh!

COLLABRO

2014 Series 8

Five-piece vocal group, Collabro, won Britain’s Got Talent 2014 and secured their spot on the Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium on the 13th November 2014, held in the presence of Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

VIGGO VENN

2023 Series 16

34-year-old Norwegian clown Viggo Venn won Britain’s Got Talent 2023 securing his spot at the Royal Variety Performance staged at the Royal Albert Hall on 30th November 2023 in the presence of TRH The Prince & Princess of Wales

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THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2024

ACT TWO

YOUR HOSTS: ALAN CARR & AMANDA HOLDEN OLIVER!

LARRY DEAN

SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR

PENN & TELLER

THE COMEDY ABOUT SPIES

BGT WINNER SYDNIE CHRISTMAS

ELLIE TAYLOR NEMO

ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET’S NUTCRACKER

CHANGE AND CHECK CHOIR

Lionel Bart’s musical masterpiece, freely adapted from Charles Dickens’ novel, Oliver! tells the story of the orphaned Oliver Twist, who escapes the harsh Victorian workhouse and takes refuge in London’s murky underworld with the wily gang leader Fagin and his team of resourceful pickpockets led by the Artful Dodger. He finds a friend in the kind-hearted Nancy and when he’s wrongfully arrested for stealing, Oliver meets an unexpected saviour; but is happiness truly within his grasp? With a sensational score, including Food Glorious Food, Consider Yourself, You’ve Got to Picka-Pocket or Two, I’d Do Anything, Oom Pah Pah, As Long As He Needs Me and many more, the Olivier, Tony and Oscar-winning masterpiece vividly brings to life Dickens’ ever-popular story of the boy who asked for more.

MATTHEW BOURNE

“I’m thrilled that Oliver! has been invited to be part of this year’s Royal Variety Performance. I am delighted that Cameron Mackintosh has asked me to work on this great musical once more, this time as director and choreographer, and that tonight we can share a glimpse of it in the splendour of the Royal Albert Hall.”

Larry Dean is an award-winning comedian, writer and actor, with three Edinburgh Comedy Award nominations to his name. He is currently on an international tour of his latest 5* stand up show, Dodger. He has performed multiple tours across the UK and Ireland and beyond, building a strong international fanbase with regular appearances at Melbourne International Comedy Festival, New Zealand Comedy Festival, and Just For Laughs in Montreal.

Larry’s broadcasting credits include: Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week, House of Games, Roast Battle, The Stand Up Sketch Show, Stand Up to Cancer, Michael McIntyre’s Big Show, and he has hosted BBC’s New Comedy Awards twice.

Larry is the co-host, alongside Stacey Dooley, of BBC Sounds podcast, Famously… On Trial. Larry has appeared in the number 1 streamed film on Netflix, This Time Next Year.

“It’s a pleasure to perform at the Royal Variety Performance, raising money for great causes. I am very excited to perform and to also see the confused look on people’s faces as they look for subtitles.”

OLIVER!

LARRY DEAN

SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR

With an impressive musical career that spans over 25 years, Sophie Ellis-Bextor has achieved five top 10 albums and eight top 10 singles, with hits including ‘Take Me Home’, ‘Get Over You’, ‘Heartbreak (Make Me a Dancer)’ and ‘Murder on the Dancefloor, which recently saw renewed global success after featuring in the epic finale of the film ‘Saltburn’.

Sophie has released her first book ‘Spinning Plates’, the fourteenth series of the successful podcast of the same name, and her first cookbook ‘Love. Food. Family: Recipes from the Kitchen Disco’ with husband Richard Jones. Sophie hosts the much-loved BBC Radio 2 show ‘Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Kitchen Disco’. Sophie performs her new single ‘Freedom of the Night’ which features on her forthcoming album.

“I am so excited to be a part of the Royal Variety Performance, which is such a wonderful event and an important evening of fundraising. It’s also my first time performing at the Royal Variety, so it’s going to be very special, and I hope to bring a little bit of disco and a lot of fun with me!”

PENN & TELLER

Penn & Teller, the undisputed masters of modern magic, first performed together on 19th August 1975. Almost 50 years later, the Olivier and BAFTAnominated Penn & Teller continue to capture the minds and imaginations of audiences across the globe, amassing their own hit TV series, Penn & Teller: Fool Us, as well as a selection of Emmy-winning TV specials and appearances on cult shows like Colbert, The Simpsons, Friends and The West Wing. Their dazzling blend of mind-blowing magic and timeless comedy has also seen them achieve the legendary title of longest running headline act in Vegas. They return to the UK in September 2025 for their first ever West End performances to celebrate their 50th anniversary.

“It’s an incredible honour for us to return to the UK for the Royal Variety Performance. We feel immensely privileged to share a stage with so many phenomenal performers, walk in the footsteps of the legendary acts that came before us, and help raise money for a great cause.”

THE COMEDY ABOUT SPIES

The new Mischief stage show THE COMEDY ABOUT SPIES is a classic farce full of misunderstanding, miscommunication, and mistaken identity.

The original Mischief gang reunite to perform the opening scene of this action-packed thriller full of mystery, laughter, and joy. Mischief is celebrating 10 years of shows in the West End, having grown into a global sensation, creating award-winning comedy for stage, screen and beyond.

Mischief is serious about silliness, and are currently bringing joy and laughter to audiences around the world with new classics like The Play That Goes Wrong, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, The Comedy About A Bank Robbery and Groan Ups.

SYDNIE CHRISTMAS

Vocal powerhouse Sydnie Christmas won 2024’s Britain’s Got Talent after captivating millions of viewers with her unforgettable performances of ‘My Way’, ‘Tomorrow’, and ‘Somewhere Over The Rainbow’. Her Britain’s Got Talent triumph made her the first female vocalist to win the show and is just the beginning of what promises to be a remarkable career.

Sydnie recently released her debut album My Way, which features covers of iconic songs reinvented in Sydnie’s remarkable musical style. This festive season, Sydnie will be heading home to star in Dartford’s Orchard West’s pantomime production of Sleeping Beauty where she’ll be playing the aptly named character of Fairy Christmas. Sydnie will kick off 2025 with her debut UK solo headline tour in February, performing at some of the country’s most prestigious venues including London’s Aldwych Theatre.

“Watching the Royal Variety Show last year, I never thought I would ever in my wildest dreams be part of it next year! It’s a bucket list moment that I never thought I’d get to tick off, there are no words.”

ELLIE TAYLOR

Ellie is a stand up comedian, presenter, actor and writer.

Best known for appearing as Sassy in Apple TV+’s award-winning and global smash hit comedy‘Ted Lasso’.

Closer to home she hosts ‘Bake Off The Professionals’ and appeared as a contestant on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.

“It’s a total honour to be asked to perform at the Royal Variety Performance. What a delight to be a part of such an iconic event for such a brilliant cause. And personally, it’s incredibly special to be a part of something that my parents will actually watch for a change.”

Storming the charts across most of Europe, over 150 million streams for The Code and, of course, victory at Eurovision 2024 have made Nemo one of the most exciting and refreshing new acts in the world.

Nemo made history by becoming the first non-binary artist to win Eurovision. Speaking about their success the artist said “the most important aspect of the win was the opportunity to build bridges between different cultures and generations as a gender-queer person and to stand up for the entire LGBTQIA+ community.”

Nemo recently moved to London and released their amazing new single “Eurostar”, which they performed for the first time, in front of an audience that included Sir Elton John, Lulu and Vanessa Williams. Nemo was honoured at the star-studded event by receiving the prestigious “Person Of The Year” award.

“I’m absolutely thrilled to be performing at the Royal Variety for the very first time. It’s such an honour, and I’m really looking forward to an unforgettable evening!”

NEMO

ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET’S NUTCRACKER

This festive season, embark on a fantastical adventure as English National Ballet brings Nutcracker to life in a brand-new production featuring over 100 dancers and musicians. From Christmas Eve in Edwardian London to the magical Land of Sweets and Delights, follow young Clara on her journey of discovery as she travels to an enchanted world, battles the Rat King and meets the Sugar Plum Fairy. Choreographed by English National Ballet’s Artistic Director, Aaron S. Watkin, and Olivier Award-winner Arielle Smith, this new interpretation of the classic festive ballet combines exquisite dancing with spectacular sets and costumes designed by Dick Bird.

English National Ballet’s Nutcracker is performed at Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre 28-30 November 2024 and the London Coliseum 12 December 2024 – 12 January 2025.

“It is an honour to be invited to perform at the Royal Variety Performance. We are delighted to present this beautiful excerpt, the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, and hope audiences enjoy its festive magic.”

THANK YOU

Thank you to all those who performed this evening and thank you to you the audience for attending and supporting the Royal Variety Charity.

We wish you a safe journey home and a very Happy Christmas!

CHANGE AND CHECK CHOIR

ITV Lorraine’s life-saving Change+Check campaign is back for its sixth year, continuing its mission to raise awareness of breast cancer and encourage early detection. The Change+Check choir is made up of 26 women who all found their breast cancer after seeing the campaign on Lorraine. None of the women are professional singers but they stand united to encourage everyone to check their boobs.

Lorraine Kelly has joined forces with Marti Pellow and the Change+Check choir for a special rendition of the iconic song “Love is All Around” on its 30th anniversary. Net proceeds from the single go to the breast cancer charity, Future Dreams.

MARTI PELLOW

“I am so looking forward to singing with the choir or, as I call them, my angels. Their energy and passion will shine through and performing on stage at the Royal Albert Hall and in front of royalty will make this a night to remember and cherish.”

LORRAINE KELLY

“It’s an absolute honour to be able to perform alongside our incredible women at the Royal Variety Performance. We know that cancer affects so many people and it will be an emotional night - I just hope no-one listens too closely to my singing.”

FINALE

The Finale will include all the artists from this evening’s show

CONGRATULATIONS!

The Royal Variety Charity would like to congratulate our Chairman, Giles Cooper, on being awarded the OBE ‘for services to entertainment and to charity’ in HM The King’s Birthday Honours, with the Investiture taking place at Windsor Castle, on 16th October.

KAY CARMAN BEM 1948-2024 RIP

On 27th September, the Royal Variety Charity lost one of its most ardent supporters and hardest working Executive Committee members.

Kay joined the Executive Committee of the charity in 2018, describing the late Joy François as her “mentor” and seamlessly filling her shoes by taking on the arrangement of entertainment shows at Brinsworth House. She literally lived for her charity work, not just at the Royal Variety Charity, but as the longest serving Queen Ratling of the Grand Order of Lady Ratlings, throughout the pandemic, and the most successful Chair of the Concert Artiste’s Association, overseeing an extensive refurbishment during her time leading the Club.

She will be remembered for her beautiful soul, her brilliant sense of humour and her sheer passion and dedication to serving those less fortunate than herself. A genuine shining star in our business and consummate producer, unafraid to have the hard conversations when needed but ever inspiring those around her to perform better and go the extra mile.

In June this year, she was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in HM The King’s Birthday Honours, for services to charity.

Rest in peace Kay, you will be sorely missed by us all at the Royal Variety Charity.

LIFTED ENTERTAINMENT (PART OF ITV STUDIOS)

Lifted Entertainment is proud to produce

The ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2024 and continue ITV

Studio’s long association with this prestigious event.

Lifted Entertainment is the largest Producer of entertainment programmes in the UK, making popular shows such as:

ANT & DEC’S SATURDAY NIGHT TAKEAWAY (ITV)

COUNTDOWN (C4)

DANCING ON ICE (ITV)

I’M A CELEBRITY... GET ME OUT OF HERE! (ITV)

I’M A CELEBRITY... SOUTH AFRICA (ITV)

IN FOR A PENNY (ITV)

IT’LL BE ALRIGHT ON THE NIGHT (ITV)

ITV STUDIO SESSIONS (ITVX & ITV)

LOVE ISLAND (ITV2)

LOVE ISLAND ALL STARS (ITV2)

MY MUM YOUR DAD (ITV)

OLIVIA MARRIES HER MATCH (ITVBE)

THE BIG QUIZ (ITV)

THE BRITISH SOAP AWARDS (ITV)

THE OLIVIER AWARDS (ITV)

THE VOICE (ITV)

UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (BBC)

8 OUT OF 10 CATS DOES COUNTDOWN (C4)

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE WILL TRANSMIT ON ITV IN MID DECEMBER.

FIONA CLARK

Executive Producer

RICHARD VALENTINE Director

HELEN RIDDELL

Series Producer

AMANDA GEORGE

Line Producer

MARK WAGMAN

Talent Executive

AMANDA CHIDDLE

Producer

PETER BINGEMANN

Production Designer

ANTHONY VAN LAAST, CBE

Stage Director

DAVID ARCH

Musical Director

DAVE DAVEY

Lighting Director

KEVIN DUFF

Sound Supervisor

MIKE CALLAN

Camera Supervisor

GRAEME ROBSON

OB Unit Manager

JUSTINE WESTWOOD

Costume Designer

NICHOLA BELLAMY

Make-Up Supervisor

SIMON BOURNE

Technical Stage Director

ITV PRODUCTION

FIONA CLARK EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Fiona has worked on shows for all major broadcasters including ‘Live Aid’, ‘Whistle Test’, ‘Wogan’,‘The Word’,‘The Big Breakfast’ and ‘Children in Need’. As Executive Producer & Creative Director at ITV, her credits include ‘Michael Bublé Home For Christmas’ ‘Tonight at the London Palladium’, the BAFTA winning ‘The Sound of Music Live’, ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’, ‘The Voice’,‘Dancing On Ice’, ‘The Prince’s Trust Awards’ ‘The Olivier Awards’ & ‘An Audience with Kylie Minogue’. Fiona is honoured to Executive Produce this very special show.

AMANDA GEORGE LINE PRODUCER

Amanda started her career at ‘TV-am’ before joining Sir David Frost’s production company. She joined LWT in 1996 working on many of ITV’s high-profile entertainment shows - ‘Blind Date’, ‘Brainiac’, ‘Nelson Mandela: Happy 90th Birthday’, ‘The Kylie Show’, ‘Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas’, ‘The One and Only Cilla Black’, ‘BAFTA celebrates Downton Abbey’, ‘The British Soap Awards’, ‘The Olivier Awards’, ‘The Prince’s Trust Awards’ and numerous music specials including many Audience withs. Amanda is delighted to be Line Producer on her fifteenth Royal Variety Performance.

RICHARD VALENTINE DIRECTOR

Richard is a BAFTA and RTS awardwinning Multi-Camera Director who has directed some of the biggest live TV events/shows - The Eurovision Song Contest 2023, The Concert For Ukraine, Global Citizen Live, EURO’s Closing Ceremony, One Love Manchester, Sound of Music Live, Olivier Awards, Ireland’s Dancing with the Stars, Strictly Come Dancing and music specials with U2, Harry Styles, Ariana Grande, Duran Duran, Tom Jones, Tim Minchin, Take That and Westlife. Richard is delighted to be directing the Royal Variety again.

DAVE DAVEY LIGHTING DIRECTOR

Dave specialises in large, ambitious entertainment shows and live music events and his lighting can be seen on some of Britain’s biggest and best television series, most recently ‘Britain’s Got Talent’, ‘The Voice UK’, ‘Dancing on Ice’, and ’The National Television Awards’. Dave has been awarded a BAFTA Craft Award and three RTS Craft Awards. This is Dave’s twelfth year on the Royal Variety Performance, and he is thrilled to be taking part once again.

HELEN RIDDELL SERIES PRODUCER

Helen started her career in Children’s BBC on much loved shows such as Blue Peter, TOTP Saturday and TMi before moving to work on a variety of special flagship programmes including Children in Need, The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Concert, Eurovision, Strictly: It Takes Two, D-Day 70 and One Love Manchester. Her series producing credits at ITV include The Voice, The British Soap Awards and The Olivier Awards. Helen is honoured and proud to be Series Producing The Royal Variety Performance again this year.

MARK WAGMAN TALENT EXECUTIVE

Mark started his television career in BBC News and current affairs, before working on daily live shows including ‘The Big Breakfast’ and ‘Richard and Judy’. He joined ITV in 2004 where he oversaw and developed talent relations across a range of shows from ‘An Audience with’ to the BAFTA-winning team behind The Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebrations. Mark has also been part of the team behind The BRITS, The Concert for Ukraine, The Platinum Jubilee Celebrations and recently continues to oversee talent for both The BAFTA Awards.

PETER BINGEMANN PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Peter Bingemann’s many design credits include D Day 80, The Earthshot Prize in London and Boston, Concert For Diana, Live 8 in Hyde Park, The Global Citizen Awards in London, The Brit Awards, The BAFTA Film Awards, The Nobel Peace Prize Concerts in Oslo and The Olivier Awards. Other credits include Britain’s Got Talent, An Audience with Kylie at The Albert Hall, Bublé at The BBC and specials with Paul McCartney, Neil Diamond and Take That. This is Peter’s seventeenth Royal Variety Performance.

KEVIN DUFF SOUND SUPERVISOR

Kev started his career in 1987 joining the LWT sound department as a trainee audio engineer. He cut his teeth on the music and variety shows they produced. Following that, a busy freelance career took him all over the world. He now runs his own company, Zen Broadcast, who look after the sound on many high-profile events. A five-time BAFTA Award winner and also RTS Craft Award Winner, Kev is thrilled to once again be looking after the audio for The Royal Variety Performance.

DAVID

ARCH MUSICAL DIRECTOR

David Arch is best known as the Musical Director for ‘Strictly Come Dancing’which he has worked on with his band and singers since 2006. He has recorded extensively in the studio with many major artists and has also worked on several hundred feature films. In 2023, he was the music consultant for King Charles’ Coronation. David is honoured to be the Musical Director for this, his fourteenth Royal Variety Performance.

CAROLINE CALEY STAGE MANAGER

Caroline worked in theatre before joining the BBC, gaining experience on a wide variety of programmes from ‘Top of The Pops’ to ‘Blue Peter’. As a freelancer, she has worked across both scripted comedy/ drama and live entertainment, including ‘Absolutely Fabulous’, ’Miranda’, ‘Benidorm’, ‘Horrible Histories’, ‘The Outlaws’, ‘Call The Midwife’, ‘Live 8 Concert’, ‘The Diamond Jubilee Concert’, ‘Comic Relief’, ‘Magicians’, ‘The Sound of Music Live’, ‘Dancing on Ice’ and ‘Friday Night Live’. Caroline is proud to be Stage Managing her fifteenth Royal Variety Performance.

AMANDA CHIDDLE PRODUCER

Amanda began her career at BBC Entertainment as a Production Secretary on Song For Europe and Eurovision before moving on as Researcher and subsequently Assistant Producer for shows including Auntie’s Bloomers, The National Lottery Jet Set, Strictly Come Dancing, Strictly Dance Fever and Celebrity Weakest Link. Recently, Amanda has enjoyed working on high profile ITV programmes including The Voice UK, The British Soap Awards and Bafta-nominated My Mum Your Dad. Amanda is delighted to return for her second Royal Variety Performance.

SARAH ADEDOKUN RESEARCHER

A proud Boltonian, Sarah graduated from King’s College, London with a first-class BA in English with Film before working as a Production Assistant on investigative documentaries. Sarah has had the privilege of working on chat shows like The Graham Norton Show, The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan and Sunday Brunch, as well as comedy entertainment programmes like Last One Laughing and I Literally Just Told You. A loyal viewer since childhood, Sarah is honoured to be working on her first Royal Variety Performance.

JOELLE WALLBANK PRODUCTION COORDINATOR

Joelle is a Sylvia Young Theatre School alumna, who attended the school from the ages of 10-16. She has always had a passion for Film & TV and has worked in Production Management since 2019. Joelle has enjoyed working on Unscripted Entertainment shows such as ‘Piers Morgan’s: Life Stories’, ‘Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway’ and ‘Love Island’. This year will be the third time that Joelle has been a part of the Royal Variety Performance production team, and is very excited to be back.

ANTHONY VAN LAAST CBE

STAGE DIRECTOR

Anthony is thrilled to be working on his 18th RVP, his favourite job of the year. His theatre credits include, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Mamma Mia! and Sister Act. His film credits include Beauty and The Beast, Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince, Mamma Mia 1 and 2.

KEREN ELIOT STAGE MANAGER

Keren attended The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. On graduating, she worked in repertory theatre and the West End before going to The Royal National Theatre and from there into television. She has worked extensively on dramas, sitcoms, sketch shows, as well as variety shows and award ceremonies as a Stage and Event Manager. She has worked on many Royal Variety Performances over the years and is delighted to be doing so once more.

LIAM BRELSFORTH ASSISTANT PRODUCER

After graduating from Bournemouth University with a First Class Degree in Television Production, Liam has worked on primetime entertainment shows including The Voice, Britain’s Got Talent and The Masked Singer. He is thrilled to be returning to the Royal Albert Hall, now as Assistant Producer, after working on An Audience with Kylie in 2023. From a young age Liam has been a devoted Musical Theatre fan and is beyond privileged to be combining his two greatest passions by working on The Royal Variety Performance 2024.

ROSIE GRIFFITHS

PRODUCTION MANAGER

Rosie began her career as Production Runner at Tiger Aspect on ‘Murder in Successville’ after completing her degree in Film, Theatre & Television at Reading University. Soon after, Rosie progressed to Production Secretary/Coordinator at RDF Television, working on ‘Tipping Point’ and ‘Million Pound Properties’ before joining ITV in 2016. Rosie has enjoyed being a Production Manager across many Lifted Entertainment shows including ‘The Voice’, ‘Love Island’ and the BAFTA-nominated ‘My Mum, Your Dad’. Rosie is excited to be working on her first Royal Variety Performance.

BO CONQUEST PRODUCTION SECRETARY

Bo started her TV career at 18 years old as a runner on “The Chase” and “Ninja Warrior”. Since then, she has progressed to Production Secretary, working on shows such as “Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway” and “Loose Women”. Bo is fascinated by anything creative and when she is not working in TV, she is behind the decks mixing music as a DJ. Bo is honoured to be working on this year’s show and especially cannot wait to see all of the musical acts.

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HISTORY OF THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE

he Royal Variety Performance was first staged in 1912, when His Majesty King George V and Her Majesty Queen Mary agreed to attend a ‘Royal Command Performance’ at London’s Palace Theatre in support of the Variety Artistes’ Benevolent Fund (now the Royal Variety Charity) and its proposal to build an extension to its Home for elderly entertainers, Brinsworth House, in Twickenham.

No expense was spared at this first Performance with 3 million roses strewn around the auditorium and the Royal Box. The show opened and closed, as would become traditional, with ‘God Save the King’, and performers included the legendary Scottish singer Harry Lauder and male impersonator Vesta Tilley – the Queen reportedly covered her eyes with her programme at the sight of a woman in trousers. Ballerina Anna Pavlova was also in the line-up, having two years earlier caused a sensation in the Palace Theatre by slapping her male dance partner for dropping her by mistake. The controversial dancehall star of the day, Marie Lloyd, was not invited to perform as she was embroiled in a professional dispute and was in any case deemed ‘too risqué’ for royal eyes; she defiantly staged a rival performance at a nearby theatre instead, billing it as ‘By command of the British Public’, but it was not a success.

This original show has grown from comparatively humble beginnings into a spectacle watched by a TV audience of over 150 million worldwide in 65 different countries. In Norway, for example, it has even become a New Year’s tradition to watch the Royal Variety Performance, which is broadcast at midnight on January 1st! The second Royal show in 1919 was the first to be given the current billing of ‘Royal Variety Performance’; held at the London Coliseum a year after the end of the first World War, it was declared ‘a celebration of peace’ and featured performers from allied countries including Australia and France.

In 1921, His Majesty King George V agreed to become Life Patron of the Royal Variety Charity – the start of an unbroken line of Royal patronage from the reigning Monarch, which continues to the present day. The show subsequently became an annual event when the King decreed after the Performance that ‘the Monarch, or a senior member of the Royal Family would attend a performance in aid of Brinsworth House and the Royal Variety Charity once a year thereafter’.

By 1923 the show had become such an established and popular event that tickets would sell out as soon as they were issued. It was therefore decided in 1926 that that year’s Performance should be broadcast on BBC radio, for enjoyment by a wider audience.

In the early 1930s the Royal Variety Performance moved to the London Palladium, which was to become its spiritual home for many years. Many stars still recognised today as timeless variety names performed in this period, including Max Miller and Gracie Fields; the 1932 show also saw debut performances by six comedians who went on to form the Crazy Gang, one of the most successful comedy troupes in British history.

1935 saw the Silver Jubilee of an ailing King George V and Queen Mary, and that year’s spectacular sell-out show proved sadly to be a fittingly grand end to the great support these Royals had shown the Variety Performance. The Jubilee drew huge crowds to the show, with people from all over the world desperate to get their hands on a ticket; one American millionaire offered a staggering £500 (around £36,000 in today’s money) for a pair.

That year’s line-up included Stanley Holloway, Jessie Matthews and the Harry Roy Band, and was an enormous success; but the King who had paved the way for a century of Royal patronage and dedication to the Entertainment’s Industry’s own Charity unfortunately died a few months later, in January 1936. A one-year interlude followed, during which King Edward VIII’s crown had barely touched his head before British rule and the reins of Variety Performance patronage were taken up once more by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (the late Queen Mother). The 1937 event was held again at the London Palladium, and it was widely agreed that controversial comedian Max Miller stole the show.

Although no-one could have foreseen it, 1938 turned out to be the final show before World War II stopped play for the next seven years. As if anticipating the dark days ahead, seminal performances were given by an incredible 250 artistes, making it the biggest night in RVP history.

His Majesty King George V

Riding high on Hitler’s defeat, Britain channeled the spirit of victory into 1945’s event, billing it ‘The Victory Royal Variety Performance’ and turning it into a national celebration.

Tommy Trinder played host to a cast of acts that included Sid Field and Vic Oliver, and Robert Nesbitt made his debut as director for what was to be an impressive 25 further shows. Queen Elizabeth II attended as Princess, aged 19, accompanied by the King and Queen and her younger sister, Princess Margaret Rose.

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Presenter of the 1947 Performance, Val Parnell, caused controversy by choosing several high-ranking international names at the expense of some rather less familiar, home-grown acts; he defended himself by pointing out that the purpose of the event was to showcase the Variety business to its best possible advantage for their Majesties’ enjoyment, adding as an aside that ‘We cannot afford, when people are paying ten guineas a seat, to experiment too much’.

The Royal Variety Performance continued to reach new heights in the ’40s and ’50s, the precocious star of the 1948 show being an enchanting 13 year-old Julie Andrews, who followed up her solo spot by leading the cast in a verse of the National Anthem in the finale. The original TV recording can be seen on our website and Facebook pages.

In 1951 Michael Bentine, future Goon, pulled together an eccentric and hugely popular comedy troupe from six acts who had been regulars on the Royal Variety circuit since 1932; The Crazy Gang was born, and raised the rafters.

This was also the year in which surprise appearances were made in the Royal Box by an absent King George VI’s two private nurses; Queen Elizabeth reported to his well-wishers that the King was, regrettably, too ill to attend, ’but he is listening in’. Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Horne sang His Majesty’s health.

There was much excitement around 1952’s Variety Performance, being as it was the first in the reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. No doubt to everyone’s relief, upon seeing the programme the Queen declared it ’the best show of all’ – one which featured the Beverley Sisters, Ian Wallace and Norman Wisdom. The Duke of Edinburgh took a particular shine to comedian Tony Hancock and his impersonation of a French Royal Navy commander.

The decision of the Crazy Gang in 1951 to do away with the audience’s long-running fear of becoming too raucous in the presence of royalty proved such a success that in 1954 they took the idea to the next level; before the Royal family arrived, the Gang gave the audience a thorough warm-up by strolling in and out of their Box dressed as cleaners, and selling icecreams in the auditorium.

By a stroke of good fortune, two Royal Variety Performances were arranged in 1955; this meant that the country was perhaps not as disappointed as it could have been when 1956’s show was cancelled due to brewing unrest surrounding the Suez Canal. The performers themselves were distinctly piqued, however, and a disgruntled Jimmy Wheeler launched into his act upon hearing the news, announcing ’I’ve rehearsed this bloody act for a fortnight so somebody’s gonna hear it’. Fortunately not the Royals, however, as his impromptu act was somewhat more risqué than the prepared version. The first 1955 show was held at the Opera House in Blackpool, with predominantly regional talent such as Tower organist Reginald Dixon, comic doubleact Jimmy Jewel and Ben Warriss, and a couple of young comedians by the name of Morecambe and Wise. The London line-up was more traditionally diverse, and included Benny Hill and the Chinese Classical Theatre Company. Independent Television’s bid to broadcast the show that year was swiftly

quashed, on the grounds that TV would threaten the variety format.

The format began to undergo some changes in 1958 at the hands of Bernard Delfont and Robert Nesbitt, not all of them well received. Delfont decided to cut back on long-established British acts in favour of the big American artistes of the day, Pat Boone

The original TV recording of the Beatles’ performance of three songs can be seen on our website and Facebook pages.

A gifted comedy quartet comprising Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers were a massive hit at the 1965 Royal Variety Performance, which returned to the London Palladium. Dusty Springfield and Shirley Bassey were also on hand to provide a quintessentially 60s musical element.

The entire English football team took bashfully to the stage after their World Cup triumph in 1966, while the French singer Gilbert Becaud was forced to watch silently from the stalls after having lost his voice.

Further change was afoot in 1959 when the Performance was held, for the first time, in Manchester Palace Theatre. As well as the traditional comic element in the form of Al Read, an 18-year-old Cliff Richard made an angelic and well-scrubbed appearance.

The organisers finally gave in to the lure of televisation in 1960, a year in which the show was utterly eclipsed by Sammy Davis Junior. “In eight electrifying minutes,” the Daily Sketch excitedly reported, “this entertainer made the word ‘star’ seem inadequate”.

The year 1963 was the year Beatlemania hit the Royal Variety Performance. The Beatles attracted ecstatic fans outside the Prince of Wales theatre and through the Sunday rehearsals the noise of the throng could be heard by the artistes on stage. It was necessary to construct a screened passageway between the theatre and the hotel next door, where the Beatles were staying, in order to get them in and out of the theatre without being seen. The effect of the crowds obviously affected the other artistes on the bill and Marlene Dietrich made a point of always being in evidence when the photographers were around!

During rehearsal Paul McCartney managed to get his guitar caught in the curtains, but on the night itself the Beatles took the show by storm and John Lennon passed into Royal Variety history when he made his celebrated suggestion that those in the cheap seats should clap their hands; the rest could just rattle their jewellery.

Girl Power made its first appearance in the 1967 show, which was crammed to bursting with female entertainers after their absence had led to complaints the previous year – a modest Sandie Shaw was seen to have changed out of her revealing stage outfit to meet the Queen, commenting that ‘I am told it would be more elegant to be presented to the Queen in something a little more special!’

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, a seasoned music hall and variety afficionado, announced that the 1968 Performance was one of the best ever. Des O’Connor, Englebert Humperdinck and Petula Clark all played their part, and former Supreme Diana Ross used the occasion to make a moving tribute to Martin Luther King, whose tragic assassination had rocked the world earlier that year.

By the 1970s the RVP had really got into its stride, pulling the crowds in with line-ups that positively glittered with stardom; national treasures like Ronnie Corbett and Elton John rubbed shoulders with international sensations including the Jackson Five, Carol Channing and the Duke Ellington Orchestra.

A rather risque sketch from the popular BBC TV comedy ‘Till Death Us Do Part’ found its way onto the 1972 bill, much to the consternation of a public keen to protect their delicate Royals. In the event, all went smoothly on the night and a rather harried Bernard Delfont reported afterwards that the Queen Mother had said ‘Well, that wasn’t too bad, was it?’ with evident relief.

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1974 was the year in which the Variety Artistes’ Benevolent Fund became the Entertainment Artistes’ Benevolent Fund (EABF), allowing a wider cross-section of showbusiness to fall under the charity’s protective net. The use of ’Crossroads’ star Noele Gordon as the show’s first ever female host was an additional landmark for that year.

In 1976, after 16 years of pre-recorded broadcasts, the Royal Variety Performance took a nervewracking leap into the world of live television.

The long-suffering Bernard Delfont wearily recalls the poltergeist-level disruptions that beset that year’s show, including falling microphones, power outages and a persistent sound fault that rendered poor Mike Yarwood’s voice practically inaudible over a deafening orchestra. After two years in which to retreat and lick their wounds, the organisers braved the live format once again in 1978. Although all went well, the experience and the potential for embarrassment and disaster were deemed overall too stressful to make it worthwhile, and the show has wisely been pre-recorded ever since.

In 1979, a no doubt grey-haired Lord Delfont passed the organisational baton to Louis Benjamin, highly qualified by dint of his position as managing director of Associated Television, chairman of Stoll Moss Theatres and life governor of the EABF. The show was held at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane for the

The 1980 Performance marked Her Majesty the Queen Mother’s 80th birthday, and as such was a nod to all the variety show greats of the last 50 years who had kept the Queen entertained throughout her reign.

1981 saw another innovation, stimulated by the need to counter the mounting costs of staging the show. For the first time, sponsorship was introduced to offset the unavoidable production costs and as a less contentious alternative to raising seat prices. Louis Benjamin also alleviated the financial problem by selling advertising spots in the Performance programme, and re-negotiated screening fees in the

In 1983 the Royal Variety Show was delighted to have the legendary American dancer and actor, Gene Kelly as its host at the Theatre Royal in the presence

of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The spectacular show included legendary ballet dancer Wayne Sleep, Laurence Olivier, Michael Barrymore and Les Dawson.

1986 was the BBC’s 50th anniversary, so in a fitting tribute this was the year the company produced and presented the show. From then until 2010, broadcasting and production alternated each year between the BBC and ITV.

ITV contractor London Weekend Television staged the Performance in 1987 and a galactic cast included Stephen Fry, Sarah Brightman and Tom Jones.

Two breaks from tradition followed a few years later. The 1990 Royal Variety Performance, staged by the BBC, was billed as Queen Elizabeth’s ‘Royal Birthday Gala’ and took place in July in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Margaret, Countess

of Snowdon. Roger Moore, Sir John Gielgud and the Band of the Grenadier Guards all made an appearance. The following year, a performance of the musical ‘Miss Saigon’ was put on for the show at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane.

After this, the Royal Variety Performance was held in London’s Dominion theatre for the next five years with a roster of household favourites such as Lulu, Cilla Black and Tom Jones.

American rabbi-turned-comedian Jackie Mason vastly outstayed his allotted stage time, the adulation he was receiving seeming to blind him to the TV monitor mounted on the theatre’s circle flashing ‘GET. OFF. NOW!’ at him in large red letters.

Since 2008, Simon Cowell’s hugely successful ITV show, ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ has generously donated a proportion of the money raised from viewers’ telephone votes to the Royal Variety Charity. In return, the Royal Variety Charity arranges for the series winner of the talent show to be awarded with the much-coveted prize of a spot on that year’s Royal Variety Performance. The first winner to perform was opera singer Paul Potts, followed by the incredible 14-year-old street dancer George Sampson, then the ten-strong dance troupe, Diversity. Gymnastic group Spelbound wowed the audience the following year, followed by Scottish singer Jai McDowall in 2011, Ashleigh and Pudsey in 2012, Hungarian shadow dancers Attraction in 2013, Collabro in 2014 and Jules, Matisse & Friends in 2015. In February 2011, the Royal Variety Charity awarded exclusive broadcasting and production rights of the show to ITV1 for the next ten years, securing the future of this great entertainment institution and further strengthening the Charity’s links with the country’s most prominent commercial broadcaster.

The year 2012, saw a very special production of the Royal Variety Performance to mark its centenary year. The event was staged at the Royal Albert Hall for the first time, iin the presence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. A spectacular international line-up was presented that included, Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue, Placido Domingo, Bill Bailey, One Direction, Girls Aloud, David Walliams, Rod Stewart, Andrea Bocelli and Neil Diamond, The 100th anniversary evening was celebrated in style with a further fund raising event at a lavish aftershow banquet at the Hilton Hotel on London’s Park Lane. This one evening of entertainment raised over £700,000 for the charity.

The Royal Variety Performance has been hosted by many cities outside London, in its lifetime, including Birmingham, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Blackpool and Manchester.

2014 was attended by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge for the first time and was held at the London Palladium. It included a glittering cast including host Michael McIntyre, Bette Midler, Shirley Bassey, Ed Sheeran, Ellie Golding and One Direction.

On 26th June 2015, the Executive Committee of the EABF met for an historic Annual General Meeting. Chairman Giles Cooper had previously gained

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approval from the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office to change the name of the charity from the EABF to the Royal Variety Charity and Buckingham Palace and the Cabinet Office followed by awarding the charity the honour of official use of the title ‘Royal’ within the charity’s name. The Executive Committee subsequently voted on that day to change the name of the charity with immediate effect.

The 2015 Royal Variety Performance was staged for only the second time at the Royal Albert Hall and marked another first, with the attendance of HRH Prince Harry for his first time. Security was tight for the ever-popular Prince and it got even tighter as the night progressed and news of the numerous terrorist bombs in Paris spread amongst the security services. The show was led by its youngest ever host at 29 years old, Jack Whitehall, who introduced acts including the debut return of Jeff Lynne’s ELO, together with Little Mix, Brandon Flowers from the Killers, Ricky Martin and Sir Elton John. A highlight included a magical show stopping moment from the cast of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s multi-award winning musical Mary Poppins, when Mary flew to the stage suspended by a zip-wire stretching the entire length of the Albert Hall! However, a surprise addition from the relatively unknown cast of the Play That Goes Wrong, for many stole the show, and included some surprise star cameos including participation from Kylie Minogue, Josh Groban and Jack Whitehall!

The 2016 show returned to London’s Hammersmith Apollo for only the second time in its history and was attended by TRH, Charles The Prince of Wales and Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall. Hosted by David Walliams, highlights included Lady GaGa, Sting, Robbie Williams, Gary Barlow and Barry Gibb. The Royal Variety Charity then staged its official aftershow party and banquet at Grosvenor House on Park Lane for the

In 2017, the show returned to the London Palladium and welcomed back the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge for a night of spectacular entertainment hosted by Miranda Hart.

The Royal Variety Performance 2018 was ‘a first’ on many fronts. The show was staged at the London Palladium exactly six months (to the day) following the marriage of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex attended their first Royal Variety Performance together on 19th November 2018. Her Royal Highness was pregnant with the Royal couple’s first child and huge crowds gathered outside the Palladium, on a wet and windy November night to

catch a glimpse of the Royal arrival. The show included the Invictus Games Choir singing the national anthem, the original West-End cast of Hamilton, where the original stage set had been flown in from New York’s Broadway the previous week and the cellist from the Royal Wedding Sheku Kanneh-Mason.

2019 continued the run of spectacular shows, this time with the hugely supportive Duke and Duchess of Cambridge back in attendance. Emile Sande & the Bee Vocal Choir provided a very emotional rendition of ‘You Are Not Alone’, to highlight the plight of mental health and the new Mary Poppins musical made the Duchess remark that the young Prince George and Princess Charlotte had wished they could attend the performance, but alas, it was way past their bedtime! Robbie Williams performed twice, the second time replacing Sir Rod Stewart who had unfortunately fallen ill with a throat infection on the morning of the show.

2020 brought with it the onslaught of the Covid pandemic and therefore proved one of the most challenging in Royal Variety history. The show was staged at the spectacular Royal Opera House Winter Gardens in Blackpool with host Jason Manford. However, lockdown restrictions meant that the show had to be without a physical audience in the theatre. Instead, it was streamed virtually to an invited audience of charity supporters and Blackpool’s

NHS and keyworkers. LED TV screens were placed in each of the stalls seats, so the performers could see the faces and reactions of their virtual audience! HRH Charles, The Prince of Wales made an impassioned video message in support of the Royal Variety Charity and thanked all of the performers for taking part in the fundraising extravaganza during such an awful year for the entertainment industry. A particular highlight was the inclusion of Captain Sir Tom Moore who performed his No 1 Hit, with Michael Ball OBE and the NHS Choir. As always, the show was broadcast on television throughout the world over the Christmas and New Year holidays.

In 2021, the Royal Variety returned to the Royal Albert Hall for a stunning show hosted by Alan Carr. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended a diverse variety bill, opened by Baz Luhrmann’s spectacular Moulin Rouge and ending with Ed Sheeran performing two songs exclusively for the Royal Variety.

The 2022 show was attended by TRH The Earl & Countess of Wessex for the first time and was staged as Tribute to Her Late Majesty The Queen, Patron of the Royal Variety Charity for 70 years.

Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Wales were our Royal guests of honour in 2023 and were accompanied in the Royal Box by The Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden. Hosted by the fabulous Bradley Walsh, it was a record-breaking night, raising over £1M for the Royal Variety Charity, and featuring stand-out performances from Hannah Waddingham, Lang Lang, Cher and a spectacular medley celebrating 100 years of Disney musicals.

OVER 100 YEARS OF HISTORY

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We would like to thank all of the Artistes who have entertained our Residents at Brinsworth House during 2024 (in order of appearance)

ANGUS CUNNINGHAM

PETER TOTH

PAUL WOOD

BRUCE GRAHAM

ELSPETH WILKES

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CHRISTINA JOHNSTON

ANDY EASTWOOD

CAROL ANNE WELLS & DEL BEARFOOT

STEVE GELLER

THE RAH RAH THEATRE COMPANY

HARRY KERSLEY

ACTORS RICHMOND CENTRE

JOHANNA MAKI

DAVID FRANKEL

KATIE LEWIS

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SAM JEWISON

JAMES HODGSON

JASON ALLEN

KATIE MILTON

LLOYD ELLERY

JORDAN LANGFORD

WENDY CARR

EMMA JAMES

JACK PALLISTER

MIKE MARANDI

VICTORIA FRANCIS

MAURICE KACHUK

EEL PIE TWO

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JAMIE AND JAY

BOBBY CRUSH

MEREDITH WHITE

ANNA CAMPKIN

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JAMES HAY

MARTIN CLEAVE

BEN STOCK

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EMILY HAIG

CATHERINE WILMER

KATE ELMITT

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Whilst the entertainment business has just about recovered from the aftermath of Covid where the entire industry was effectively closed down for the best part of two years, vast sections of the industry’s workers are now suffering from the devastatingly difficult ‘cost of living crisis’.

It’s so easy to sit back and enjoy entertainment around the country in theatres or music halls, but what is often overlooked is that many workers in comedy, theatre and music, work from ‘job to job’ or ‘season to season’, with no long-term security or stability and so when work dries up for a few months, life can become incredibly difficult.

It’s only the top 4.5% * of those working in the industry, that earn more than the average UK wage! (*Nielsen survey 2019)

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PREVIOUS ROYAL PERFORMANCES

RVP 96 2023 LONDON, ROYAL ALBERT HALL

Held in the presence of THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES, and THE CROWN PRINCESS VICTORIA & PRINCE DANIEL OF SWEDEN

Included: Bradley Walsh, Malevo, Zara Larsson, Rosie Jones, Crazy For You, Viggo Venn, Paloma Faith, Tom Allenl, Hannah Waddingham, Disney 100th Anniversary Celebration, Derren Brown’s Unbelievable, The Big Little Things, Rick Astley, Simon Brodkin, McFly, Melanie C and Ben Forster, Lang Lang and Lucy, Sister Act, Cher.

RVP 95 2022 LONDON, ROYAL ALBERT HALL

Held in the presence of THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF WESSEX AND FORFAR

Included: Lee Mack, Cabaret, Sam Ryder, Cirque Du Soleil, Al Murray, Rita Wilson, Gregory Porter, Becky Hill, Maisie Adam, David Baddiel, Frank Skinner, Lightning Seeds, Nile Rodgers and Chic, Axel Blake, Ehrlich Brothers, Omid Djalili, George Ezra, Newsies, Fatma Said, Giffords Ciircus, Ellie Goulding, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Gary Barlow, Gareth Malone.

RVP 94 2021 LONDON, ROYAL ALBERT HALL

Held in the presence of THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES THE DUKE & DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE

Included: Alan Carr, Moulin Rouge - The Musical, Sir Rod Stewart CBE, Judi Love, Cirque Du Soleil:Luzia, Anne -Marie, Years & Years, Bill Bailey, James Blunt, Keala Settle, Matilda - The Musical, Josh Widdicombe, The Messoudi Brothers, Chris McCausland, Elvis Costello OBE, Jane McDonald, Carly Paoli, Gregory Porter, Ed Sheeran.

RVP 93 2020 BLACKPOOL, OPERA HOUSE

Streamed virtually with the support of HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES

Included: Jason Manford, Gary Barlow OBE, Frozen - The Musical, Stephen Mulhern, Celeste, Jo Caulfield, Cilla - The Musical, Black Blues Brothers, Melanie C, Jon Courtenay, Marisha Wallace, Daliso Chaponda, Steps. Michale Ball OBE, Captain Sir Tom Moore.

RVP 92 2019 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES THE DUKE & DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE

Included: Rob Beckett & Romesh Ranganathan, Mary Poppins - Cast Of The West-End Musical, Robbie Williams, Frank Skinner, Colin Thackery, Cirque De Soleil - ‘Luzia’,Mabel, Zurcaroh, Flo And Joan, Emeli Sandé & The BeeVocal Choir, Kerry Godliman, Luke Evans, Groan Ups, Harry Connick JR, Come From Away - Cast Of The West-End Musical, Lewis Capaldi, The KannehMasons, Robbie Williams & Jamie Cullum.

RVP 91 2018 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS

THE DUKE OF SUSSEX & HER ROYAL HIGHNESS

THE DUCHESS OF SUSSEX

Included: Greg Davies, Hamilton - Original Cast Of West-End Musical, Alex Horne & The Horne

Section, Rhod Gilbert, Cirque Du Soleil - Totem, Clean Bandit, The Imitation Game, George Ezra, Ed Gamble, Tina - Cast Of The Tina Turner Musical, Circus 1903, Lost Voice Guy, Sigrid, Rod Woodward, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Rose Matafeo, Rick Astley, Andrea Bocelli & Matteo Bocelli, Take That.

RVP 90 2017 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS

THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE & HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE

Included: Miranda Hart, 42nd Street, Circus Abyssinia, Tom Allen, Louis Tomlinson, The Script, Colin Cloud, Paloma Faith, Tokio Myers, Cirque Du Soleil - Ovo, Big Fish, Jason Manford, Annie, Leading Ladies, Seal, The Killers, Ball and Boe.

RVP 89 2016 LONDON, HAMMERSMITH EVENTIM APOLLO

Held in the presence of HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES & HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL

Included: David Walliams, Robbie Williams, Diversity, Rob Beckett, DNCE, The Beatles Love by Cirque Du Soleil, OneRepublic, Joe Lycett, Tom Fletcher’s The Christmasaurus, ABC, Lady Gaga, An American in Paris, Alan Davies, Gary Barlow, Lance Corporal Richard Jones, Emeli Sandé, Sting, Amber Riley, Barry Gibb.

RVP 88 2015 LONDON, ROYAL ALBERT HALL

Held in the presence of HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE HENRY OF WALES

Included: Jack Whitehall, One Direction, Ricky Martin, Chris Ramsey, Kacey Musgraves, Cirque du Soleil, Josh Groban, Little Mix, Matt Forde, Kylie Minogue, Jeff Lynne’s ELO, Mary Poppins, Romesh Ranganathan, Jules, Matisse and Friends, Brandon Flowers, The Play That Goes Wrong, The Corrs, Beverley Knight, Elton John.

RVP 87 2014 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE & HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE

Included: Michael McIntyre, Bette Midler, English Gents, Simply Red, Jack Whitehall, Demi Lovato, McBusted, Stephen Mulhern, Pumeza, Sarah Millican, Ed Sheeran, Dame Shirley Bassey, Miss Saigon, Trevor Noah, Ellie Goulding, Collabro, Hamish McCann, Rod Woodward, Inala, Russell Kane, Alfie Boe, One Direction.

RVP 86 2013 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES & HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL

Included: John Bishop, Gary Barlow, Torvill & Dean, Rizzel Kicks, I Can’t Sing X-Factor musical introduced by Harry Hill, Jessie J, Jason Byrne, Mary J Blige, Flavia Cacace & Dance ‘Til Dawn, Olly Murs, Robbie Williams, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Jimmy Carr, Attraction, Seann Walsh, Gareth Malone & Voices, Hal Cruttenden, John Newman, Bryn Terfel, Dame Edna Everage, Stephen Ward musical, Caro Emerald, Chas & Dave.

RVP 85 2012 LONDON, ROYAL ALBERT HALL

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II & HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Included: David Walliams, Circus Space, Girls Aloud, Jimmy Tarbuck, Amanda Holden, Britain’s Got Talent Celebration - Diversity, Spelbound, Paul Potts & Stavros Flatley, Bradley Walsh, One Direction, Des O’Connor, Rhod Gilbert, Ronnie Corbett, Alicia Keys, Katherine Jenkins & Placido Domingo, The BodyguardHeather Headley, Robbie Williams, Alan Carr, Matilda, Bill Bailey, Ashleigh & Pudsey, Rod Stewart, Ballet Revolución, Sir Bruce Forsyth, Andrea Boocelli, Kylie Minogue, China’s Three Tenors, Neil Diamond.

RVP 84 2011 MANCHESTER, LOWRY

Held in the presence of HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS ROYAL & VICE-ADMIRAL SIR TIMOTHY LAURENCE

Included: Leona Lewis, Nicole Scherzinger, Tony Bennett, Cee Lo Green, Barry Manilow, Jason Manford, Pixie Lott, Jai McDowall, Penn & Teller, Peter Kay, Greg Davies, Jimeoin, Tim Minchin, David Garrett, Omid Djalili, The Boy With Tape on his Face, Il Divo, Phantom of The Opera, Hayley Westenra, Rolland Villazon, Base Berlin, 3run, The Dhol Foundation, Stomp, Royal Marines, Kodo.

RVP 83 2010 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES & HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL

Included: Adele, John Bishop, Susan Boyle, Chelsea Pensioners, Cheryl Cole, Jamie Cullum & Rumer, Ray Davies & Paloma Faith, Micky Flanagan, Sarah Millican, Kylie Minogue, N-Dubz, Spelbound, Michael McIntyre, Take That, Russell Watson & The Royal Ballet, Daniel Whiston, Jack Whitehall, The Cast of Les Misérables, Band of Blues and Royals, The Cast of The Wizard of Oz.

RVP 82 2009 BLACKPOOL, OPERA HOUSE

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II & HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Included: Michael Bublé, Alexandra Burke, Hal Cruttenden, Miley Cyrus, Peter Kay, Diversity, Adam Hills, Lady Gaga, Bob Golding as Eric Morecambe, Les 7 Doigts de la Main, Katherine Jenkins, Paddy McGuinness, Jason Manford, Pilobolus, Mika, Bette Midler, André Rieu, Faryl Smith and The Soldiers, Paul Zerdin, The Heavy Cavalry & Cambrai Band, The Cast of Sister Act the Musical, The Cast of Here Come the Girls.

RVP 81 2008 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES & HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL

Included: Jimmy Carr, Brian May & Kerry Ellis, John Barrowman, Josh Groban, Leona Lewis, Rhod Gilbert, Rihanna, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Armstrong & Miller, The Pussycat Dolls, Naturally 7, Duffy, Take That, Only Men Aloud!, Peter Kay, George Sampson, Michael McIntyre, Cliff Richard & The Shadows, La Cage Aux Folles, The Lion King, Zorro.

RVP 80 2007 LIVERPOOL, EMPIRE

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II & HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Included: The Heavy Cavalry & Cambrai Band, Seal, Viva la Diva, Al Murray - The Pub Landlord, Enrique Iglesias, Big Howard, Little Howard, The Cast of Hairspray, James Blunt, Russell Brand, Simon Cowell, Philip Schofield, Kate Thornton, English National Ballet, Raymond Crowe, David Jordan, MOMIX - The White Widow, Paul Potts, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Bon Jovi, Lang Lang, Kanye West, Joan Rivers, Dany Daniel & Edina, Teatro, Stephen K. Amos, Philip Achille.

RVP 79 2006 LONDON, COLISEUM

Held in the presence of HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES & HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL

Included: John Barrowman with The Puppini Sisters & Capital Voices, The Cast of Spamalot, Omid Djalili, The Cast of The Sound of Music, Sugababes, Meat Loaf, Jamelia, David & Dania, Jason Byrne, Take That, The Cast of Wicked, Barry Manilow, The Cast of Avenue Q, James Morrison, Jump, Ken Dodd, Rod Stewart, Michael McIntyre.

RVP 78 2005 CARDIFF, MILLENNIUM CENTRE

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II & HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Included: Seventy-six Trombones led by Bradley Walsh, Blue Man Group, Katherine Jenkins, Catherine Tate, Charlotte Church, Joe Pasquale, Guys & Dolls, The Skating Willers, Il Divo, Alan Carr, Will Young, Funny Girls, Andre Portasio, Cliff Richard, Michael Parkinson, Sharon Osbourne,Ozzy Osbourne, Nicola Benedetti, Tomasz Reichelt, Caesar Twins, Dave Spikey, McFly, Andrea Bocelli & Bryn Terfel, Dame Shirley Bassey.

RVP 77 2004 LONDON, COLISEUM

Held in the presence of HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES

Included: Shane Richie, Natasha Kaplinsky, Funny Girls, Jamelia, Jimmy Carr, Brian McFadden & Delta Goodrem, Round The Horne Revisited, Girls Aloud, The Producers, Josh Groban, Ennio Marchetto, Michael Bublé, Lemar, Sir Elton John, Billy Elliot the Musical, Dara Ó Briain, Royal Variety Dancers and Capital Voices, Denise van Outen, David Omer & Yamil Borges, Will Smith, Shane Richie, Sharon Osbourne, Ozzy Osbourne, Gwen Stefani, Liza Minnelli, English National Opera, Cliff Richard.

RVP 76 2003 EDINBURGH, FESTIVAL THEATRE

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II & HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Included: Strathclyde Police Pipe Band, Scottish Power Pipe Band, The Drambuie Kirklston Pipe Band, Laine Theatre Arts Dancers, Flur na H-alba, Rachel Stevens, Ronnie Corbett, Cat Deeley, Daniel Bedingfield, The Oriental Swan (Hua Wong, Chen Wen and Wen Xiaoyan), Busted, Danny Bhoy, Hayley Westenra, Donny Osmond, Gloria Estefan, Al Murray - The Pub Landlord, Jamie Cullum, Katie Melua, Cirque du Soleil, Westlife, Luciano Pavarotti.

RVP 75 2002 LONDON, APOLLO

Held in the presence of HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS

THE PRINCE OF WALES

Included: Bond the Legend, Will Young, Liberty X, Paul Zerdin, Shania Twain, Stomp, Men In Coats, Diana Krall & Natalie Cole, Bombay Dreams, Jimmy Carr, Kylie Minogue, Our House, Lee Mack, Elaine Stritch, Contact, Omid Djalili, Enrique Iglesias, Bob Monkhouse, Gareth Gates, Ronan Keating, Anastacia.

RVP 74 2001 LONDON, DOMINION

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN

ELIZABETH II

Included: Julian Clary, Hear’Say, Jethro, Cher, Anatoliy Zalevsky, Adam Watkiss, Samantha Mumba, Vinnie Jones, Charlotte Church and Robert Meadmore, Alessandro Safina, Denise van Outen, Donny Osmond, Jon Culshaw, Craig David, The Full Monty, Cirque du Soleil, Al Murray - The Pub Landlord, The Corrs, Russell Watson, Jennifer Lopez, Gypsy: A Musical Fable, Jackie Mason, Elton John.

RVP 73 2000 LONDON, DOMINION

Held in the presence of HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES

Included: Hey Pachuco - Martin Crewes and the RVP Dancers, Jane McDonald, Ben Elton, Kylie Minogue, Blast!, Jane Horrocks, Martin Clunes, Mark Williams, Cirque du Soleil, Tim Vine, Ronan Keating, The King and I, Elaine Paige, Notre Dame de Paris, Ronnie Corbett, Dame Shirley Bassey, African Footprint, Richard Stilgoe & Peter Skellern, Star for a Night - Celestine Walcott-Gordon, Bryn Terfel, Dominic Holland, Lionel Richie, The Beautiful Game, Westlife.

RVP 72 1999 BIRMINGHAM, HIPPODROME

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Included: The Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Jean Butler & Colin Dunne, Brian Conley, Steps, Bradley Walsh, Billy Geraghty, Paul Zerdin, Charlotte Church, Ed Byrne, Westlife, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Ken Dodd, The Shaolin Monks, Terry Alderton, Andrea Bocelli, LeAnn Rimes, Joe Pasquale, Barry Manilow.

RVP 71 1998 LONDON, LYCEUM

Held in the presence of HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES

Included: Paulette Ivory, Laine Theatre Arts Dancers, Lily Savage, B*Witched, Peter Kay, Ulrika Jonsson, Eclipse, Oklahoma!, Jim Tavaré, Martine McCutcheon, Ronan Keating, Stephen Gately, Barry Manilow, Annie - the Musical, Phil Cool, Boyzone, Rambert Dance Company, Ennio Marchetto, Roberto Alagna & Angela Gheorghiu, Stomp, Spice Girls.

RVP 70 1997 LONDON, VICTORIA PALACE

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II & HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Included: Chicago featuring Ruthie Henshall, Henry Goodman, Ute Lemper & Nigel Planer, Joe Pasquale, Enya, Barbara Cook & Michael Ball, Jonathan Ross, Des O’Connor Andy Leach, Stephen Mulhern, Andy Ford, Lydia Griffiths, Vladimir, Fame – The Musical, Dr Trevor James, Andi Peters, Spice Girls, Aleggria House Troupe,

Harry Hill, Michael Bolton, Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake featuring Adam Cooper and Scott Ambler, Jim Davidson, Celine Dion.

RVP 69 1996 LONDON, DOMINION

Held in the presence of HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS

THE PRINCE OF WALES

Included: Bob Monkhouse, Moscow State Circus, David Strassman, Eternal, Pauline Quirke & Linda Robson, Robson & Jerome, Steve Coogan, Victor Borge, Joaquín Cortés, Des O’Connor, Brian Conley, Jim Davidson, Vik & Fabrini, Darcey Bussell & Jonathon Cope, Joan Rivers, Martin Guerre, Jackie Mason, Tom Jones.

RVP 68 1995 LONDON, DOMINION

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN

ELIZABETH II

Included: Carol Kenyon, Des O’Connor, Allan Stewart, Robson & Jerome, The Pendragons, Mack & Mabel, Alistair McGowan, Marvin Hamlisch, Bob Downe, Elaine Paige, Cirque du Soleil, Hale and Pace, The Cast of Riverdance, Joe Pasquale, Jolson - Brian Conley, Des O’Connor, Cliff Richard.

RVP 67 1994 LONDON, DOMINION

Held in the presence of HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS

THE PRINCE OF WALES

Included: Brian Conley, Ria Jones, Laine Theatre Arts Dancers, Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts Choir, Ronnie Corbett, The Passing Zone, Lulu, Billy Pearce, The Cast of Oliver!, Dame Shirley Bassey, Cilla Black, Gary Wilmot, Jim Tavare, Gareth Rowan, Clive Anderson, Angela Gheorghiu, Viviana Durante & Zoltan Solymosi, Frank Skinner, Tony Bennett, Terry Wogan, The Cast of Riverdance, Take That.

RVP 66 1993 LONDON, DOMINION

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II & HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Included: Grease with Craig McLachlan and Debbie Gibson, Cilla Black, Frank Carson, Jim Henson’s Muppets, Right Said Fred, Lesley Garrett, Brian Conley, Simon Drake, Grigorovich Balletof the Bolshoi Theatre, Bee Gees, Forever Plaid, Bradley Walsh, Darren Day, Joe Pasquale, Lulu, Pickwick with Sir Harry Secombe & Roy Castle, Michael Barrymore, London Community Gospel Choir.

RVP 65 1992 LONDON, DOMINION

Held in the presence of THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES THE PRINCE & PRINCESS OF WALES

Included: The Cast of Cats, Kiki Dee with Ria Jones, Jacqui Scott, Philip Gould, Paul Gyngell, Brian Conley, Phillip Schofield and the children of Ocklynge Junior School & Kentwood Junior School Choirs, Reva Rice & Lon Satton, Jimmy Tarbuck, Chinese State Circus, Chris Tarrant, Gloria Estefan, Steve Coogan, Jim Bailey, Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones, Barry Manilow, Michael Ball, London Community Gospel Choir, Jim Tavaré, The Nigel Kennedy Ensemble, Sharon Gless, Mike Michaels, Leslie Caron, Tim Rice, Montserrat Caballé, Rita Rudner, Tom Conti, Bolshoi Ballet with Yuri Klevtsov & Nadezhda Gracheva, Gloria Hunniford, Michael Crawford with the London Choral Society.

RVP 64 1991 LONDON, VICTORIA PALACE

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN

ELIZABETH II

Included: Sir David Frost – Host, Diana Ross, Kenny Andrews, Michael Ball, Simon Bowman, Linda Mae Brewer, Beverly Craven, Jim Dale, Les Dawson, Clinton Derricks Carroll, John Diedrich, Mike Doyle, Chip Esten, Rosemarie Ford, Ann Howard, Roy Hudd, Lisa Hull, Gloria Hunniford, Eric Idle, Barry James, Peter Land, Cherida Langford, Patti Lupone, Jillie Mack, Gareth Marks, Jackie Mason, Paul J Medford, Claire Moore, Julia Mckenzie, Omar Okai, Elaine Paige, Billy Pearce, The Roly Polys, Frances Ruffelle, Lea Salonga, Ned Sherrin, Scott Sherrin, Wayne Sleep, Dig Wayne, Marti Webb, Colm Wilkinson, Sandy Strallen, Susan-Jane Tanner, The Cast Of Buddy, The Dagenham Girl Pipers, The London Community Gospel Choir, The Sixties Tiller Girls, The Stephen Hill Singers, The Sylvia Young Theatre School, The Young Voronezh Balalaikas, Cast Of Les Miserables, Cast Of Cats, Cast Of Phantom Of The Opera, Cast Of Miss Saigon, Cast Of Evita, Tribute To Cameron Mackintosh : “ Hey Mr Producer”

RVP 63 1990 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER, HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II, HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS MARGARET & THE COUNTESS OF SNOWDON

Included: Sir John Mills, Wayne Dobson, Janet Jackson, Sir John Gielgud, Lisa Maxwell, Hayley Mills, Lionel Blair, Jeffrey Holland, Angharad Rees, Christopher Cazenove, Robert Meadmore, Bonnie Langford, Anneka Rice, Mark Curry, Jonathon Morris, Anita Harris, Jill Gascoine, Band of the Grenadier Guards, Geraldine McEwan, Wayne Sleep, Stephen Fry, Michael Denison & Dulcie Gray, Marilyn Hill-Smith, Arthur Davies, James Galway, Bernie Winters, Leslie Crowther, Simon Cadell, Patricia Hodge, Robert Hardy, Dame Vera Lynn, Howard Keel, Willard White, Roger Moore, Michael Caine, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Rowan Atkinson, Cliff Richard, Sir Richard Attenborough, Darcey Bussell, Irek Mukhamedov, Elaine Paige, Plácido Domingo, Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Sarah Brightman.

RVP 62 1989 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN

ELIZABETH II & HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Included: Michael Ball, David Essex, Rosemarie Ford, Paul Nicholas, Lisa Waddingham, George Marshall, The Cast of Coronation Street, Chris de Burgh, Nigel Kennedy, Freddie Starr, Melvyn Bragg, Frank Bruno, Harry Carpenter, David Frost, Hinge and Bracket, Diana Rigg, Selina Scott, Kenny Seagrove, Edward Woodward, Tina Turner, Northern Ballet Theatre, Elayne Boosler, Joe Longthorne, Julian Lloyd Webber, The Cast of Folies Bergère, The Argentine Gauchos, Lance Burton, Jerry Lewis, Sir John Mills.

RVP 61 1988 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN

ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER

Included: Ronnie Corbett, Bruce Forsyth, Mickey Rooney & Ann Miller, The Chongqing Troupe, Brian Conley, Kylie Minogue, The Cast of Neighbours, Mel Smith & Griff Rhys Jones, Cliff Richard, The Cast of

Bread, Jackie Mason, Julio Iglesias, Bananarama, A-ha, The Golden Girls, Bob Monkhouse, Russ Abbot, Bella Emberg, Paul Daniels & Debbie McGee, Rick Astley, Michael Feinstein.

RVP 60 1987 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II & HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Included: Anthony Newley, The Alan Harding Dancers, Jessica Martin, Gary Wilmot, Peter Goodwright, Hilary O’Neil, Allan Stewart, Bernie Winters, Leslie Crowther, George Carl, Bobby Davro, Johnny Logan, Les Dawson, Dolores Gray, Cannon & Ball, Eartha Kitt, Hale & Pace, James Galway, Jimmy Tarbuck, Shirley Bassey, Five Star, Ronn Lucas, Les Misérables, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Mel Tormé, George Shearing, Michael Barrymore, Sarah Brightman, Mike Yarwood, Johnnie Ray, Rosemary Clooney, Harry Secombe, Tom Jones, Vladimir Orchinikov, Evelyn Glennie, Michael Mcguire, Alan Brind.

RVP 59 1986 LONDON, THEATRE ROYAL

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER

Included: Alan Randall, Su Pollard & Ruth Madoc, Kit & The Widow, Marti Webb, Bob Monkhouse, Marti Caine, Angela Rippon, Petula Clark, Rory Bremner, Peking Opera, Victoria Wood, The Bluebells, Carolyn Pickles, Stéphane Grappelli, Nana Mouskouri, Victor Borge, Frank Carson, Valerie Masterson, Max Bygraves, Lulu, Michael Davis, Ronnie Corbett, Peter Ustinov, Paul Nicholas, Lesley Collier, Stephen Jefferies, Peggy Spencer, Latin American Formation Team, Cyd Charisse, Simon Howe, Tyne Daly, Sharon Gless, Ken Dodd, Huddersfield Choral Society, Val Doonican, Gloria Hunniford, Aled Jones, Paul McCartney, Nicholas Parsons, Paul Daniels.

RVP 58 1985 LONDON, THEATRE ROYAL

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II & HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Included: Babes on Broadway, Show Boat, Gary Wilmot, The Screen Goddesses, Rolf Harris, Jean Simmons, Guys and Dolls, On the Town, Triplets, 42nd Street, Doreen Wells & Tudor Davies, Ron Moody, Sarah Brightman, Norman Wisdom, Su Pollard, Joan Collins, Roni Page, Steve Devereaux, Celeste Holm & Paul Nicholas, Frankie Vaughan & Barbara King, Martin Shaw & Simon Bowman, Liz Robertson, Gigi, Dennis Waterman & Maureen Lipman, José Carreras, Elisabeth Welch.

RVP 57 1984 LONDON, VICTORIA PALACE

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER & THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES

Included: Leslie Crowther, Billy Dainty, Paul Nicholas, Bernie Winters, Jimmy Cricket, The Dancers, Mr Magoo, Brian Andro, Stuart Fell, The Acrobats, Anthony Gatto, Keith Harris, Denis Norden, The Bell Ringers, Les Dennis & Dustin Gee, Angharad Rees, Matthew Kelly, Charlie Drake, Russell Grant, Frank Finlay, Simon Callow, Eileen Atkins, Jean Marsh, Harvey and the Wallbangers, Paul Eddington, The Tillers, Ronnie Corbett, On Your Toes, Roy Hudd, Terry Wogan, James Galway, Henry Mancini, Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, Brian Wilde, David Jacobs, Howard Keel, Paul Daniels, The Cast of Me and My Girl.

RVP 56 1983 LONDON, THEATRE ROYAL

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN

ELIZABETH II

Included: Scott Sherrin, Gillian Gregory, Gene Kelly, Royal Ballet School, Bonnie Langford, The Frank & Kay Mercer Latin American Formation Team, The Jukebox Company, Steve Merritt, Michael Barrymore, Wayne Sleep, Graham Fletcher, Fred Evans, Tony Kemp, Sarah Kennedy, Billy Dainty, Monica Mason, Merle Park and David Wall, Kelly Monteith, Sheila White, Grace Kennedy, Clarke Peters, Finola Hughes, The Roly Polys, Claude Paul Henry, Sheila O’Neill, Gemma Craven, James Smillie, Julia McKenzie, Twiggy, Tommy Tune, Diana Moran, The British Amateur Gymnastics Team, Rock Steady Crew, George Carl, The Dancin’ Company, Natalia Makarova, Anthony Dowell, Les Dawson.

RVP 55 1982 LONDON, THEATRE ROYAL

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN

ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER

Included: Richard Harris, Chris Power & Howard Keel, Helen Gelzer, Anna Dawson, Tony Adams, The Pirates of Penzance, The Pirate King, Roy Hudd, Christopher Timothy, Joe Black, Peter Glaze, Tommy Godfrey, Billy Gray, Lesley Collier, David Wall, Richard Stilgoe, Don Smoothey, Ami McDonald, Ruth Madoc, Isla St Clair, Kenneth Connor, Leslie Crowther, Billy Dainty, John Inman, Pete Murray, Bernie Winters, Karen Kay, Suzanne Danielle, Joyce Blair, John Hanson, Gloria Hunniford, Jan Leeming, Esther Rantzen, Vince Hill, Diane Langton, Lorna Dallas, Dennis Waterman, Liz Robertson, Topol, Wall Street Crash, Anton Rodgers, Bonnie Langford, Sylvester McCoy, Michael Praed, Chris Langham, Peter Skellern, Jim Casey, Roy Castle, Ele Woods, George Cole, Pamela Stephenson, Tim Curry, Sheena Easton, Moira Anderson, Bucks Fizz, Victor Spinetti, Amanda Redman, Robert Longden, Jack Jones, Angela Rippon, Millicent Martin, Ethel Merman.

RVP 54 1981 LONDON, THEATRE ROYAL

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN

ELIZABETH II

Included: Thais Clark, Vernel Bagneris, Ylvia Williams, Topsy Chapman, Patti Boulaye, Pearly Gates, Precious Wilson, The Clark Brothers, Kenny Lynch, Jim Davidson, Lenny Henry, Itzhak Perlman, John Inman, Tim Rice, Lonnie Donegan, Marty Wilde, Acker Bilk, The Searchers, Dickie Henderson, Donovan, Lulu, Suzanne Danielle, Alvin Stardust, Adam & The Ants, The Shadows, Cliff Richard, Cambridge Buskers, Anita Harris, Jimmy Tarbuck, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephanie Lawrence, Julian Lloyd Webber, Elaine Paige, Mireille Mathieu.

RVP 53 1980 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN

ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER

Included: The Joe Loss Orchestra, Una Stubbs and Lionel Blair, Roy Hudd, Arthur Askey, Chesney Allen & Billy Dainty, Charlie Chester, Charlie Drake, Arthur English, Cyril Fletcher, Richard Murdoch, Sandy Powell, Tommy Trinder, Ben Warriss, Paul Squires, Bruce Forsyth, Grace Kennedy, Sheena Easton, Rowan Atkinson, Wall Street Crash, Harry Worth, Cleo Laine, Harry Mancini, Peggy Lee, Victor Borge, Sammy Davis, Jr., Larry Hagman, Danny Kaye, Aretha Franklin.

RVP 52 1979 LONDON, THEATRE ROYAL

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN

ELIZABETH II

Included: Elaine Stritch, Jim Davidson, James Galway, Red Buttons, Ned Sherrin, Millicent Martin, David Kernan, Julia McKenzie, Marti Caine, Elisabeth Welch, Dr Evadne Hinge & Dame Hilda Bracket, Noel Edmonds, Amii Stewart, Boney M., Bill Haley & His Comets, Bernie Clifton, Vladimir Vasiliev & Ekaterina Maximova, Pas de deux, Les Dawson, Yul Brynner and Virginia McKenna, Maize Williams, Lis Mitchell, Marcia Barrett, Bobby Farrell.

RVP 51 1978 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER

Included: Arthur Askey, Lionel Blair, Leslie Crowther, Bobby Crush, Charlie Drake, Cyril Fletcher, Rolf Harris, John Inman, David Nixon, Beverley Sisters, Marti Caine, Wendy Craig, Sandra Dickinson, Esther Rantzen, Dilys Watling, June Whitfield, Pepe and his friends, Paul Daniels, Harry Secombe, The King Sisters, Mary O’Hara, Showaddywaddy, Danny La Rue, The Krankies, Andy Stewart, Moira Anderson, Scottish Ballet, National Youth Jazz Orchestra, Acker Bilk, Kenny Ball, Max Bygraves, The Kaye Sisters, The Nolan Sisters, Anne Shelton, Wayne Sleep, Lesley Collier, Diane Langton, Max Boyce.

RVP 50 1977 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II & HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Included: Bob Hope, Julie Andrews, Paul Anka, Pam Ayres, Harry Belafonte, Brotherhood of Man, Tommy Cooper, Alan King, Cleo Laine and Johnny Dankworth, John Williams, Little and Large, Shirley MacLaine, Jim Henson’s Muppets, Rudolf Nureyev, Jack Parnell.

RVP 49 1976 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER

Included: Max Bygraves, Lionel Blair, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Los Reales Del Paraguay, Roger De Courcey, Lena Zavaroni, Arthur Mitchell, Gilbert Bécaud, Tom O’Connor, Dawson Chance, Wayne King, Mike Yarwood, Shirley Bassey.

RVP 48 1975 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II & HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Included: Bruce Forsyth, KwaZulu, Kris Kemo, Dad’s Army, Count Basie Orchestra, Larry Parker, Michael Crawford and the cast of Billy, Dukes & Lee, Ruth Welting, Telly Savalas, Charles Aznavour, Rhos Male Voice Choir, Harry Secombe, Vera Lynn.

RVP 47 1974 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER

Included: Noele Gordon, A Salute to Vaudeville, Ted Rogers, The Hungarian State Dance Company, Billy Dainty, Josephine Baker, Paul Melba, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Paper Lace, George Carl, Roy Castle, Perry Como, Jack Parnell & His Orchestra.

RVP 46 1973 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II & HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Included: Dougie Squires’ Second Generation, Dick Emery, Francis Van Dyke, Cliff Richard, Phillipe Genty & Company, Les Dawson, Rudolf Nureyev, Lynn Seymour, José Luis Moreno, Peters & Lee, Ronnie Corbett, Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, Nana Mouskouri.

RVP 45 1972 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN

ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER

Included: Los Diablos Del Bombo, Dickie Henderson, Mike Yarwood, Elton John, Danny La Rue, Trio Hoganas, Rod Hull & Emu, The Jackson 5, Jack Jones, Ken Dodd, Warren Mitchell, Tony Booth, Una Stubbs, Dandy Nichols, Carol Channing, Liberace.

RVP 44 1971 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN

ELIZABETH II

Included: The Young Generation, The Villams, Bruce Forsyth, Dailey and Wayne, The Stupids, Lovelace Watkins, Norman Collier, Hughie Green, The Little Angels of Korea, Jack Parnell & His Orchestra, The New Seekers, The New Dollys, Ken Goodwin, Sacha Distel, Stéphane Grappelli, Tommy Cooper, Shirley Bassey.

RVP 43 1970 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN

ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER

Included: The Pamela Devis Dancers, Max Bygraves, Peter Noone & Herman’s Hermits, Freddie Starr, Rostal and Schaefer, Sandy Powell, Kay White, Max Again, Bob Dixon, Dionne Warwick, The Doriss Girls, The Syd Lawrence Orchestra, Des O’Connor, Leslie Crowther, The Black light theatre of Prague, Caterina Valente, Marty Feldman, Andy Williams.

RVP 42 1969 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN

ELIZABETH II & HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Included: Des O’Connor, The Veterans, Roy Castle, Cilla Black, Danny La Rue, Shari Lewis, Harry Secombe, Ginger Rogers, Buddy Rich, Moira Anderson, Scènes de ballet, Ronnie Corbett, Mireille Mathieu, Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass, Frankie Howerd, Johnnie Spence and his Orchestra, The Mike Sammes Singers, Tom Jones.

RVP 41 1968 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN

ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER, PRINCE CHARLES, PRINCESS ANNE, PRINCESS MARGARET & THE EARL OF SNOWDON

Included: Aimi MacDonald & Lionel Blair, Arthur Askey, Valente Valente, Morecambe & Wise, Sacha Distel, Czechoslavakian State Song & Dance Ensemble, Ted Rogers, Manitas de Plata & Company, Engelbert Humperdinck, Des O’Connor, Agnes O’Connell’s London Irish Girl Pipers, Val Doonican, Petula Clark, Ron Moody, Andre Tahon & Company, Diana Ross & The Supremes.

RVP 40 1967 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN

ELIZABETH II & HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Included: The Bluebell Girls, Tanya, Rolf Harris, Lulu, Sandie Shaw, Val Doonican, Tommy

Cooper, Romanian National Dance Company & Orchestra, The Rockin’ Berries, Ken Dodd, Vikki Carr, Mireille Mathieu, Dickie Henderson, Tom Jones, Bob Hope.

RVP 39 1966 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER

Included: The Bachelors, Bal Caron Trio, Gilbert Bécaud, The World Cup winning England football team, Sammy Davis, Jr., Jack Douglas, Hugh Forgie, Christopher Gable, Nadia Nerina, Juliette Gréco, Des O’Connor, Frankie Howerd, Jerry Lewis, Kenneth McKellar, Henry Mancini, Marvo & Dolores, Matt Monro, Wayne Newton, The Pietro Brothers, Gene Pitney, The Seekers, Tommy Steele.

RVP 38 1965 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II & HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Included: Shirley Bassey, Tony Bennett, Jack Benny, Max Bygraves, The Carmenas, The Dave Clark Five, Peter Cook, Ken Dodd, Johnny Hallyday, Arthur Haynes, Hope and Keen, Frank Ifield, The Kaye Sisters, Neville King, Spike Milligan, Dudley Moore, Peter, Paul & Mary, Peter Sellers, Dusty Springfield, Sylvie Vartan.

RVP 37 1964 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Included: The John Tiller Girls, Tommy Cooper, The Bachelors, Gil Dova, Cilla Black, Millicent Martin, Kathy Kirby, Brenda Lee, Dennis Spicer, Morecambe & Wise, Gracie Fields, The Moiseyev Dance Company, David Jacobs, Ralph Reader’s Gang Show, Jimmy Tarbuck, Cliff Richard & The Shadows, Bob Newhart, Lena Horne with the Chico Hamilton Quartette.

RVP 36 1963 LONDON, PRINCE OF WALES

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER & HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS MARGARET

Included: The Clark Brothers, The Beatles, Luis Alberto del Paraná, Los Paraguayos, Charlie Drake, Tessa Davees & The Eight Charlies, Susan Maughan, Dickie Henderson, Francis Brunn, Buddy Greco, Nadia Nerina, Dickie Henderson, The Sleeping Beauty Cast, Joe Loss & His Orchestra, Larry Gretton, Ross MacManus, Rose Brennan, The Billy Petch Dancers, Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H. Corbett, Pinky & Perky, Jan & Vlasta Dalibor, Eric Sykes, Hattie Jacques, Michael Flanders, Donald Swann, Marlene Dietrich, Tommy Steele & West End Half a Sixpence Cast, Harry Secombe & Pickwick Cast, Marlene Dietrich with Burt Bacharach.

RVP 35 1962 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II & HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Included: The Black and White Minstrels, Norman Vaughan, Rudy Cardenas, Rosemary Clooney, Dickie Henderson, Frank Ifield, Eartha Kitt, Cleo Laine, Johnny Dankworth, Cliff Richard & The Shadows, Harry Secombe, Andy Stewart, Sophie Tucker, Mike & Bernie Winters Bob Hope with Edie Adams.

RVP 34 1961 LONDON, PRINCE OF WALES

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN

ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER

Included: Acker Bilk, Kenny Ball & The Temperance Seven, Shirley Bassey, Jack Benny, George Burns, Lionel Blair, Max Bygraves, Maurice Chevalier, The Crazy Gang, Sammy Davis, Jr., Arthur Haynes, Bruce Forsyth, The McGuire Sisters, Morecambe and Wise, Nina & Frederik, Andy Stewart, Frankie Vaughan.

RVP 33 1960 LONDON, VICTORIA PALACE

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN

ELIZABETH II & HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Included: Max Bygraves, Nat King Cole, Russ Conway, Billy Cotton & His Band, The Crazy Gang, Sonia Rees, Lonnie Donegan, Diana Dors, Jimmy Edwards, Adam Faith, Bruce Forsyth, Bud Flanagan, Benny Hill, Robert Horton, Frankie Howerd, Hattie Jacques, Liberace, Vera Lynn, Bob Monkhouse, Cliff Richard & The Shadows, Tiller Girls, Norman Wisdom, Harry Worth, Sammy Davis, Jr.

RVP 32 1959 MANCHESTER, PALACE

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN

ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER

Included: Paddy Glyn, The Eight Mitchell Singers, The 20 John Tiller Girls, The Pietro Brothers, Marty Wilde, Cliff Richard, Harry Robinson, Lord Rockingham’s XI, Cherry Wainer, Benny Hill, Al Read with Jimmy Clitheroe, Tommy Trinder, Jean Louis Bert and Ilonka, The Dior Dancers, Belinda Wright, Jelke Yuresha, Jimmy Jewel and Ben Warriss, Roy Castle, BBC Northern Dance Orchestra with Sheila Buxton, Russ Conway, Ronnie Hilton, Jill Day, Marion Ryan, Dickie Henderson, Dora Bryan, Aileen Cochrane, Anne Shelton, Terry Wilson, Blackpool Tower Ballroom Children’s Ballet, Michael Medwin, Alfie Bass, Bill Fraser, Ted Lune, Norman Rossington, Liberace, Arthur Askey, The Hallé Orchestra, Tommy Trindor.

RVP 31 1958 LONDON, COLISEUM

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN

ELIZABETH II & HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Included: Talk of the Town Girls and Boys, The Stargazers, Yana and Max Bygraves, Shirley Ambrose, Margo Mitchell, Dawn Hughes, Terry James, Mary Mitchell, Gloria Kaye, Judith Harvey, Fay Laurie, Jane Burton, Christine Pocket, Jacqueline Warrell, Helen Wright, Gloria Davidson, Doreen Hermitage, Joan Jemison, Paddy James, Joyce White, Ruth Lawson, Roy Genson, Robert Lamont, Ray Tanva, Ian Kaye, Bill Harvey, Willie Martin, Karl Morley, Boyd MacKenzie, Peter Elliott, Paul Christian, The King Brothers, The Mudlarks, Beverley Sisters, The Charlivels, Tony Hancock, Cyril Stapleton & His Show Band, Frankie Vaughan, Bruce Forsyth, Bernard Bresslaw, Antonio and his Spanish Ballet Company, Roy Castle, Harry Secombe, Mantovani, Harry Worth, Lynette Ray, Hattie Jacques, Max Russell, G. H. Elliott, Hetty King, The George Carden Dancers,The George Mitchell Singers, The Ford Motor Works Military Band, The Dior Dancers, Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra, The Mecca Formation Dancers, David Nixon, Charlie Drake, Pat Boone, Mantovani, Adele Leigh, Eartha Kitt, Kenneth More, Norman Wisdom, Jerry Desmonde, Pip Hinton, Marion Grimaldi, Pamela

Gale, Felix Felton, Terence Cooper, June Bronhill, Thomas Round, Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, Stanley Holloway.

RVP 30 1957 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II & HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Included: The Kaye Sisters, Bob Monkhouse, Max Bygraves, The George Carden Dancers, The George Mitchell Singers, The Goofers, Jimmy Logan, Harry Secombe with the Morriston Orpheus Choir, The Crazy Gang, Leo De Lyon, Gracie Fields, Dickie Henderson, Count Basie & His Orchestra, Ralph Reader & his Gang Show, Judy Garland, Jimmy Brooks, Bud Flanagan, Ben Lyon, Jerry Desmonde, Alfred Marks, Brian Reece, Mario Lanza, Norrie Paramor’s Big Ben Banjo Band, Ronnie Hilton, Dickie Valentine, Malcolm Vaughan, Teddy Johnson, Dennis Lotis, Frankie Vaughan, David Whitfield, Herschel Henlere, Arthur Askey & Vera Lynn, Alicia Markova, Alma Cogan, The John Tiller Girls, Tommy Cooper, Winifred Atwell, Tommy Steele & His Steelmen.

RVP 29 1956 LONDON, VICTORIA PALACE

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II & HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Included: Tommy Trinder, Latona, Graham and Chandel, The Victoria Palace Boys and Girls, Dave King and Julia Channing, The Crazy Gang, Ruby Murray, Benny Hill with Olivia Dale, Jeremy Hawk and Ronnie Brody, Patricia Kirkwood with Robert Beatty, Douglas Byng, George Carden, Walter Crisham, John Gregson, Bobby Howes, Hugh McDermott, Terence Morgan and Brian Reece, Cyril Stapleton with the BBC Show Band and The Stargazers, Lena Horne, John Warner, Eleanor Drew, Dorothy Reynolds, Newton Blick, Yvonne Coulette, James Cairncross, Michael Meacham, Christine Finn, Michael Aldridge, Pat Heywood, Joe Greig, Bob Harris, Johnnie Ray, Robert Dhery, Colette Brosset, Jacques Legras, Christian Duvalein, Pierre Olaf and Company, Alfred Drake, George Jessel, Doretta Morrow and Company, Leslie Henson, Jimmy Edwards, Richard Attenborough, Diana Dors, Edmund Willard, Bruce Selton, Emrys Jones, Lauri Lupino Lane, The Chinese Classical Theatre Company, Moscow State Folk Dance Company, Brian Reece.

RVP 28 1955 BLACKPOOL, OPERA HOUSE

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II & HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Included: Reginald Dixon, Lupino Lane, George Truzzi, Peter Glaze, Kenneth Sandford, Pamela Bromley, Vera Day, The John Tiller Girls, The Victoria Palace Girls & Boys, Kathryn Moore, The Flying De Pauls, The Barbour Brothers & Jean, The Amandis, The Crazy Gang, Morecambe and Wise, Bill Waddington, Josephine Anne, The Showgirls, Arthur Askey, Geraldo and his Orchestra, Jewel and Warriss, Littlewoods Girls Choir, Joan Regan, Alma Cogan, Five Smith Brothers, George Formby, 1st Battalion The Liverpool Scottish, Beryl Grey with John Field, Jack Tripp with the John Tiller Girls, children from the Blackpool Tower Ballet, Charlie Cairoli with Paul, Wilfred & Mabel (Pickles), Albert Modley, Flanagan and Allen, Eddie Fisher with the BBC Northern Orchestra, Al Read.

RVP 27 1954 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II & HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Included: Fay Lenore and the Palladium Boys & Girls, Schaller Brothers, George Mitchell Choir, Jimmy Wheeler, Eric Robinson Orchestra & Singers, Eddie Calvert, Joan Turner, Richard Hearne, Howard Keel, Chesney Allen, Arthur Askey, Max Bygraves, Bud Flanagan, Billy Russell, Donald B. Stewart, Brian Reece, Harry Green, Katie Boyle, Jack Hylton, Al Read, Norman Wisdom, Gillian Moran, Herbert Hare, Florence & Frederic, The Crazy Gang with Paul Cutts & Shirley Eaton, David Whitfield, Frankie Laine, Jack Parnell & His Orchestra, Ted Heath and his music, Dawn White and her Glamazons, John Tiller Girls, Rudy Horn, Noël Coward, Diana Churchill, Jack Buchanan, Joan Sims, Frankie Howerd, Gladys Cooper, Binnie Hale, Peter Sellers, Donald Wolfit, Hastings Girls Choir, Elsie Randolph, Thora Hird, Leslie Henson, Dick Bentley, Michael Denison, Nigel Patrick, Thorley Walters, Anthony Steel, Brian Reece, Walter Crisham, Bruce Trent, Peggy Cummins, Shirley Eaton, Dulcie Gray, Shani Wallis, Bob Hope with Moira Lister, Jerry Desmonde & the Hope Repertory Company.

RVP 26 1953 LONDON, COLISEUM

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II, HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH & PRINCESS MARGARET

Included: Peter Knight’s Merry Makers, Harry Dawson, Jean Campbell, Pearl Carr, Dick James, Mackenzie Reid and Dorothy Elizabeth Webb, Alfred Marks, Edmund Hockridge, Tommy Cooper, Eve Boswell, Jack Warner, Stubby Kaye with members of The Cast of Guys and Dolls, Jo, Jac & Joni, Anne Shelton, Max Bygraves, Sheila O’Neill & Veit Bethke, Danya and Alvarez, Gloria Nord, Len Liggett and Pam Murray with members from the Corps de Ballet and the Empire Pool Festival Choir, John Tiller Girls, Ethel Revnell, Henry Cotton, Jimmy James, Ronnie Ronalde, Vivian Blaine, Jimmy Edwards, Eamonn Andrews.

RVP 25 1952 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN

ELIZABETH II & HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Included: The Victoria Palace Tiller Girls, The Three Barbour Brothers, Medlock and Marlowe, Crompton, Three Monarchs, Billy Cotton and his Band, Norman Wisdom, Winifred Atwell, Vic Oliver, Beverley Sisters, Deep River Boys, Billie Worth, Jeff Warren, Donald Burr, The Crazy Gang, Gracie Fields with the Ilford Girls Choir and the George Carden Ensemble, Warren, Latona and Sparks, Rob Murray, Terry-Thomas, Gerry Brereton, John Ellison, George Cameron, Ted Ray, Beniamino Gigli, Arthur Askey, Max Bygraves, Zoe Gail, Reginald Dixon, Patricia Kirkwood, Jimmy Edwards, Jack Jackson, Vera Lynn, Jewel & Warriss, Josef Locke, Joy Nichols, Fred Russell, Maurice Chevalier, Ian Wallace, The Band of the Coldstream Guards, Tony Hancock.

RVP 24 1951 LONDON, VICTORIA PALACE

Held in the presence of HER MAJESTY QUEEN

ELIZABETH II & PRINCESS MARGARET

Included: The Gang and ‘Monsewer’ Eddie Gray, The Cavendish Singers, The John Tiller Girls, Erica

Yorke, The Victoria Palace Girls, The Marie De Vere Dancers, Vera Lynn, Harry Secombe, The Wiere Brothers, Stanley Black and the Dance Orchestra, Tony Fayne, David Evans, Richard Murdoch, Kenneth Horne, Arthur English, Sally Ann Howes, Jimmy Edwards, Florence Desmond, Norman Evans, Alan and Blanche Lund, Pearl Primus and her Company, Hoops - The Boys, Joaquin Pérez Fernandes and his Latin American Company, The Mary De Vere Dancers, Johnny Hutch and the Seven Volants, Sam Browne and his Singers, The Keyboard Quintette, Carroll Gibbons, Billy Thorburn, Ivor Moreton & Davy Kaye, Charlie Kunz, Patricia Morison, Barbara Bruce, Nervo and Knox, Naughton and Gold, Bud Flanagan, Miklos Gafni, Vera Lynn and Michael Dalton, Frances Day, Florence Desmond, Sally Ann Howes, Adelaide Hall, Sylvia Peters, Carole Lynne, Valerie Tandy, Anona Winn, Chesney Allen, Jimmy Gold, Gracie Fields, George Mitchell Choir, Jack Radcliffe, Cicely Courtneidge, Flanagan & Allen.

RVP 23 1950 LONDON, VICTORIA PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HIS MAJESTY KING

GEORGE VI & HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH

Included: Tommy Trinder, Sheila Matthews, The 20 John Tiller Girls, The Three Bentley Sisters, The Debonairs, Terrys Juveniles, Norman & Ladd, Max Bygraves, Billy Cotton & His Band, Frankie Howerd, The Five Smith Brothers, Kaye Ballard, Helen Gallagher, Carole Lynne, Allan Jones, The Merry Macs, Gracie Fields, The George Mitchell Glee Club, Jonathan Lucas, David Lober, Donald Peers, Jack Benny, Dinah Shore, Binnie Hale, Nat Jackley, Naughton & Gold, Max Wall, Nervo & Knox, Max Miller, Flanagan and Allen, The Band that Jack Built, Bud Flanagan.

RVP 22 1949 LONDON, COLISEUM

Held in the presence of HIS MAJESTY KING

GEORGE VI & HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH, PRINCESS ELIZABETH & PRINCESS MARGARET

Included: John Sanger, Arthur Bell, Eric Coates, Phil Parke, Johnny Lockwood, Les Charlivels, Joy Nichols, Michael Bentine, Bill Johnson, Peter Cavanagh, Marilyn Hightower, Elsa & Waldo, Peggy Ryan and Ray McDonald, The Tiller Girls, Reginald Dixon, Band of the Royal Marines, Harvey, The Seven Ashtons, Wilfred Pickles, Dolores Gray, Borrah Minnevitch’s Harmonica Rascals featuring Johnny Puleo, Maurice Chevalier, Noele Gordon, Ted Ray.

RVP 21 1948 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE VI & HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH

Included: The Blackpool Tower Circusettes, The Cromwells, Kirsta and Kristel, The Myrons, Warren Latona and Sparks, Charlie Chester and his Radio Gang, Daphne Kiernander, Sky High Corps De Ballet, Jayne and Adam Di Gatano, The Colstons, Nicholas Brothers, The 24 John Tiller Girls, Ted Ray, George and Bert Bernard, Stewart McPherson, Randolph Sutton, Nellie Wallace, Billy Danvers, Ella Shields, Talbot O’Farrell, Gertie Gitana, G. H. Elliott, Ted Heath and his Band, Derek Roy, The Radio Revellers, The Melachrino Strings, Julie Andrews, The Luton Choir Girls, The Great Alexander Troupe, Arthur Askey, Buster Shaver and his trio of Lilliputians, The Crazy Gang, Danny Kaye, The Skyrockets Orchestra.

RVP 20 1947 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HIS MAJESTY KING

GEORGE VI & HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH, PRINCESS ELIZABETH & PRINCESS MARGARET

Included: Hy Hazell, The Alec Thomas Quartet, Marilyn Hightower, Three Shades, Valerie Tandy, Bobbie Tranter, Tony Hulley, The Three Astaires, Hortobagyi Troupe, Billy Russell, Wilson, Keppel and Betty, Norman Evans, Borrah Minnevitch’s Harmonica Rascals, Mervyn Saunders, Mona & Oliver & The Girls, Wally Boag, Bud Flanagan, Jimmy Nervo, Teddy Knox, Charlie Naughton, Jimmy Gold, Frank Holloway, Willie Carlisle, Freddie Malcom, Jack Durrant, Robert Wilson, The Dagenham Piper Girls, Vic & Joe Crastonian, James Currie’s Water Spectacle, Alan Bailey, Terri Carol, Cynthia & Gladys, The Three Garcias, Levanda, Marie Louise, Mariora, Olga Varona, Eva May Wong, Bobbie Kimber, Dolores Gray & Bill Johnson, The Zoris, Tommy Trinder, Gracie Fields, Laurel & Hardy.

RVP 19 1946 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE VI, HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH

Included: From High Time - The Girls, Tony Hulley, Barbara Bentham, Brent Fields, Billy Castle, Bobby Tranter and Mary Naylor, The Cairoli Brothers, Nat Jackley with Harry Moreny, Dick Beamish, Arthur Vollum, Sammy Curtis, Bob Bromley and his puppets, Terry-Thomas Dance Ensemble with Alan & Blanche Lund, Gil Johnson, The Three Ross Sisters, Halama and Konarski, The Cabana Accordion Six, Nat Mills & Bobby, Robert Lamouret, Arthur Askey, Harry Lester & His Hayseeds, Tessie O’Shea, Charlie Chester, Dick Henderson, Jimmy Jewel, Charlie Naughton, Jimmy Gold, Eddie Gray, El Grenadas and Peter, Jack Jackie, Koba and Kalee, Reggie Redcliffe, Rene Strange, Henri Vadden, Sid Field with Jerry Desmonde, Alfie Dean, The Wallabies and the Palladium Boys & Girls, Ben Warriss, Marianne Lincoln, Oscar Natzka, Band of the Training Ship.

RVP 18 1945 LONDON, COLISEUM

Held in the presence of HIS MAJESTY KING

GEORGE VI & HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH & PRINCESS ELIZABETH

Included: Roy Mitchell, Jill Manners, The Nine Avalons, Jules Adrian, Grace Spero, Beryl Kaye, Vic Oliver, Maurice Colleano, George Doonan, Will Hay, Douglas Wakefield, Chuck O’Neil, Billy Nicholls, Peter Byrne, Michael Hunt, Billy Nelson, Roy Jeffries, Delya, Sid Field, Jerry Desmonde, Stella Moya, Denise Clifford, Wilson, Keppel & Betty, Webster Booth & Anne Ziegler, Tommy Trinder, Chappie D’Amato, Van Phillips, Reginald Burston.

RVP 17 1938 LONDON, COLISEUM

Held in the presence of HIS MAJESTY KING

GEORGE VI & HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH

Included: The Crastonians, The Two Leslies, Murray and Mooney, Evelyn Laye, Renée Houston and Donald Stewart, Ken Davidson and Hugh Forgie, From Running Riot - Richard Hearne & Rosalind Atkinson, The Stuart Morgan Dancers with Lita D’Oray, Harold Hart, William Kat, Jack Payne’s Orchestra, Peggy Cochrane, Mary Lee, Betty Kent, Biddy Barton, Teddy Foster, Ronnie Grearder, Rob Ashley, The Dagenham Girl Pipers, Three Aberdonians, Les Allen, Laurie Day, Roy

Willis, Will Hatton, Ethel Manners, Elsie and Doris Waters, The John Tiller Girls, the cast of Me and My Girl (Lupino Lane, George Graves, Betty Frankiss and Teddy St. Denis), Jack Barty, George Carney, Claphan and Dwyer, Harry Champion, Kate Carney, Will Fyffe, Florrie Forde, Gaston and Andree, Tommy Handley, G. S. Melvin, Talbot O’Farrell, Gillie Porter, Harry Tate, Vesta Victoria, Bransby Williams, Anona Winn.

RVP 16 1937 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HIS MAJESTY KING

GEORGE VI & HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH

Included: From London Rhapsody, Len Lewis, George Lane, Raymond Newell, Henry Carlisle, Serge Ganjou, Henry Carlisle, Mary Young, Rosarito, George Ganjou, The Gypsy Boys Band, Norman Evans, Florence Desmond, Señor Wences, George Formby, Cicely Courtneidge with the Harry Dennis Dance Sexette and the Sherman Fisher Girls, Max Miller, Jack La Vier, Ethel Revnell & Gracie West, Ralph Reader’s Gang Show, The London Palladium Gang Show, Gracie Fields, Will Fyffe.

RVP 15 1935 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HIS MAJESTY KING

GEORGE V & HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARY

Included: Hannah Wyatt, Jeanne Devereaux, Nervo & Knox, Naughton & Gold, Flanagan and Allen, Ernie Gerrard, The Six Lias from round about Regent Street, The Diamond Brothers, Joe Jackson, Stanley Holloway, Anton Dolin, Jessie Matthews, J. Sherman Fisher’s Palladium Girls, The Western Brothers, Harrison & Fisher, Myles Williams, The Harmony Revellers, Bea Hutten, Syd Railton, Del Foss, Boy Foy, Sandy Powell with Jimmy Fletcher & Joy Jeffries, Three Cossacks, Elsie Carlisle & Sam Browne, Will Mahoney, Arthur Reece, Kate Carney, Gus Elen, Florrie Forde, Harry Champion, Harry Roy & His Band.

RVP 14 1934 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HIS MAJESTY KING

GEORGE V & HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARY

Included: Kafka, Stanley and Mae Quartette, The Three Bonos, Frank Boston, J. Sherman Fisher’s Palladium Girls, The Three Sailors, Arthur Lucan & Kitty McShane, Elsie & Doris Waters, Cedric Hardwicke, Osmund Wilson, Cicely Oates, George Robey, Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra, Jack Holland & June Hart, Murray & Mooney, George Clarke, Bert Platt, Alec Dane, Norah Dwyer, Billy Bennett, Jack Hylton & His band.

RVP 13 1933 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HIS MAJESTY KING

GEORGE V & HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARY

Included: The London Palladium Crazy Gang, J. Sherman Fisher’s Palladium Girls, Omar, Billy Russell, Geraldo & His Tango Orchestra, Gaston & Andree, The Ganjou Brothers & Juanita Richards with Billy Hendrix, Aline Fournier and Vittorio Togo, Cardini, The Company, The Carlo Medini Six, Wilson, Keppel & Betty, William & Joe Mendel, Billy Bennett, Evelyn Laye, Jack Hobbs, Roy Fox & His band.

RVP 12 1932 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HIS MAJESTY KING

GEORGE V & HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARY

Included: Stetson, Christoper & Columbus, The Bells, Levanda and the Nine Diamonds, Billy

Danvers, George Clarke with Madge Aubrey, Flanagan & Allen, Eugene’s Magyar band, Jack Buchanan, Will Fyffe, Errol Addison, Iris Kirkwhite, Nervo & Knox, Naughton & Gold, J. Sherman Fisher’s Palladium Girls, Lawrence Tiller Girls, G. S. Melvin, Jasper Maskelyne, Cicely Courtneidge, Jack Hylton & His band, Little Doreen, Harry Champion, Vesta Victoria, Fred Russell, Marie Kendall.

RVP 11 1931 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HIS MAJESTY KING

GEORGE V & HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARY

Included: P.L. Clark, Mona Grey, Norman Long, The Victoria Girls, Jack Edge, Debroy Somers & His band, Albert Whelan, Lily Morris, Georgie Wood, Dolly Harmer, Tom Blacklock, Mr. Flotsam and Mr. Jetsam, The Three Huxster Brothers.

RVP 10 1930 LONDON, PALLADIUM

Held in the presence of HIS MAJESTY KING

GEORGE V & HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARY

Included: Sixteen Palladium Girls, Harry Prescott & His seven Hindustans, Tom Payne and Vera Hilliard, George Clarke, Julian Rose, De Groot with David Bor, Reginald Kilbey & Gillie Potter, Max Wall, Chilton & Thomas, Howell Harger, Naldi, Nervo & Knox, Coram, Odali Careno, Totò, Will Hay with Will Hay Jnr & H. Gordon Saunders, Gaston Palmer, Jack Payne & His BBC band.

RVP 09 1928 LONDON, COLISEUM

Held in the presence of HIS MAJESTY KING

GEORGE V & HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARY

Included: Larry Kemble, Stanelli & Douglas, The Victoria Girls, A.C. Astor, Lillian Burgess, Noni & Horace, Victor Andre, Clarkson Rose, Anton Dolin, Gracie Fields, Will Hay, Jack Hylton & His band.

RVP 08 1927 LONDON, VICTORIA PALACE

Held in the presence of HIS MAJESTY KING

GEORGE V & HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARY

Included: P.L. Clark, Mona Grey, Norman Long, The Victoria Girls, Jack Edge, Debroy Somers & His band, Albert Whelan, Lily Morris, Georgie Wood, Dolly Harmer, Tom Blacklock, Mr. Flotsam & Mr. Jetsam, The Three Huxster Brothers.

RVP 07 1926 LONDON, ALHAMBRA PALACE

Held in the presence of HIS MAJESTY KING

GEORGE V & HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARY

Included: The Twelve Famous Tiller Girls, Dick Henderson, Robb Wilton, Lillian Burgess, Jack Hylton & His famous band, Conn Kenna, Carr & Parr, Bransby Williams, The Houston Sisters, Billy Bennett, Rick Hayes.

RVP 06 1925 LONDON, ALHAMBRA PALACE

Held in the presence of HIS MAJESTY KING

GEORGE V & HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARY

Included: George Hurd, Mr & Mrs Tree, Will Hay, Ethel Hook, J. Milton Hayes, J.W. Jackson’s Twelve English Dancers, G. H. Elliott, Will Fyffe, Nervo and Knox, Talbot O’Farrell, Harry Tate & Company.

RVP 05 1923 LONDON, COLISEUM

Held in the presence of HIS MAJESTY KING

GEORGE V & HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARY

Included: Bobbie Hind & His all-British Sonara Band, Rupert Hazell, Katrina & Joan, The Griffith Brothers, The Samurai with Lola Karsavina, Sessue Hayakawa, Lewis Gilbert, Ann Trevor and Dora

de Winton, Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, Brighter London with Billy Merson, Reg Sharland, Eddie Jaye, Bernard Dudley, Laddie Cliff & Rena Hall, Russian Blue Bird Players, Alfred Lester, Loie Fuller Band, Marimba Band, The Disorderly Room with Tom Walls, Ralph Lynn, Tommy Handley, Jamieson Dodd, Cecil Bainbridge & Fred Kemp, Louis Parker, Barclay Gammon.

RVP 04 1922 LONDON, HIPPODROME

Held in the presence of HIS MAJESTY KING

GEORGE V, HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARY & HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF NORWAY

Included: The Flemings, Will Fyffe, Kharum, Du Calion, Lorna & Toots Pound, P. T. Selbit, Muriel George & Earnest Butcher, Tom Webster, Arthur Prince, Harry Weldon, Trix Sisters, The Mirthful Jovers.

RVP 03 1921 LONDON, HIPPODROME

Held in the presence of HIS MAJESTY KING

GEORGE V & HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARY

Included: Frederick Sylvester & Co, Norah Blaney & Gwen Farrar, G. S. Melvin, Renee and Godfrey, Malcolm McEachern, Rebla, The Peep Show with Annie Croft, Reginald Sharland, Fred Allandale, Albert Darnley & Mary Gibbs, J. Milton Hayes, Billy Merson, The Five Petleys.

RVP 02 1919 LONDON, COLISEUM

Held in the presence of HIS MAJESTY KING

GEORGE V & HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARY

Included: Sir Edward Elgar & His Orchestra, The Flying Banvards, Ernest Hastings, George Robey and Violet Loraine, Sam Barton, Arthur Prince, Harry Tate, Clarice Mayne, Grock, Du Calion, Ethel Hook.

RVP 01 1912 LONDON, PALACE THEATRE

Held in the presence of HIS MAJESTY KING

GEORGE V & HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARY

Included: George Robey, Arthur Prince, Pipifax and Penlo, Barclay Gammon, The Palace Girls, George H. Chirgwin, The Bogannys, Fanny Fields, Paul Cinquevalli, Harry Tate, Ida Crispi & Fred Farrn Vesta Tilley, La Pia, Little Tich, Alfred Lester, Clarice Mayne, Charles Aldrich, David Devant, Wilkie Bard, Harry Lauder, Cecilia Loftus.

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ROYAL VARIETY CHARITY

ELECTED MEMBERS: Chairman: Giles Cooper OBE, Vice-Chairman: Phil Dale, Treasurer: Ian Freeman, The Executive Committee (elected): Pat Church, Daniel Dean, Anton Du Beke, Paul Ganjou, Cheryl Garland, Fawn James, Martin Jones, John Logan, Vicki Michelle MBE, Spencer Phillips, Babs Powell, Robert Powell, Keith Simmons, Katie Wilkinson, Sital Makwana.

HONORARY MEMBERS: Life-President: Laurie Mansfield, Vice-Presidents: Roger De Courcey, Robert Earl Jnr, Bradley Walsh, Stuart Littlewood, Joe Pasquale, Nick Thomas MBE, Life Governors: Lord Michael Grade CBE, Hon. Chaplain: Rev Simon Grigg.

MANAGEMENT EMPLOYED BY THE ROYAL VARIETY CHARITY: Finance Director: Martin Dalby, Registered Manager of Brinsworth House: Kim Brady, HR & Compliance Manager: Kirsty Bristow, Head of PR: David Pogson LVO, Operations Manager: Peter Hinton, Grants Officer: Kaushika Amin, Head of Events: Victoria Bond, Events Assistant: Heather Cooper, Finance Officer: Myra Harte.

BRINSWORTH HOUSE STAFF: Clinical Lead: Suhasini Raja, Catering Manager: Henry Sheerin, Head Chef: Stuart Jones, Maintenance Manager: Joe Williams, Activities Co-Ordinator: Angelica Lundekesi, Mohammed Atia, Dorothy Atkins, Resham Badewal, Pedro Barretto, Gemma Bishop, Caroliesa Clarke, Desiree Cordero, Michele Dasseville, Aleena Devassykutty, Dudi Dollani, Florica Monica Dogaru, Ecaterina Duda, Winnie Ellis, Caesalia Fernandes, Sheila Ford, Kate Geoffrey, Annie George, Alina Gurung, Hawabai Hashim, Kathleen Howden, Khamar Hussein, Esther Idahosa, Remelda James, Sruthi John, Golda John, Barbara Jones, Karuna Kandel, Sanuri Kahandugoda, Malar Kavya, Ariel Madronio, Cecilia Marston, Geena Martin, Luisa Moreno, Millicent Mc Lead, Kelly McCarthy Gale, Stephen Moriarty, Connie Murphy, Magdalene Thomas, Mohinder Panesar, Volunteers: Sarah Kearns, Richard Morris, Mary Walsh.

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Giles Cooper OBE & Laurie Mansfield would especially like to thank Fiona Clark, David Smyth, Amanda George, Helen Riddell, Richard Valentine and Mark Wagman from Lifted Entertainment/ ITV and all the staff at the Royal Albert Hall for making this such a special night for the Royal Variety Charity