Royal Variety Performance 2022 - show brochure

ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE

01 DECEMBER 2022 ROYAL ALBERT HALL

Staged in the presence of THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF WESSEX and FORFAR In aid of the Royal Variety Charity

WE DEDICATE THIS YEAR’S ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE TO THE LEGACY OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II

PATRON OF THE ROYAL VARIETY CHARITY FOR 70 YEARS (1952-2022)

Presented annually in aid of the Royal Variety Charity

Staged at The Royal Albert Hall, London

In the presence of THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES

THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF WESSEX and FORFAR

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE

Executive Producers, Royal Variety Charity Laurie Mansfield, Giles Cooper & 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

On behalf of the Royal Variety Charity LAURIE MANSFIELD & GILES COOPER extend our warmest thanks to THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES

THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF WESSEX and FORFAR for their kind support of this evening’s Royal Variety Performance

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THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2022

CONTENTS

CHAIRMAN - WELCOME TO THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE

LIFE PRESIDENT - MESSAGE OF THANKS A TRIBUTE TO HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II

VICE-CHAIRMAN & TREASURER MANAGEMENT BODY OF THE ROYAL VARIETY CHARITY REFURBISHMENT OF BRINSWORTH HOUSE

HOW TO DONATE TO THE ROYAL VARIETY CHARITY THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2022 GORDON PETERS OBITUARY

CHAIRMAN’S CHARITY THANKS

LONDON MARATHON BRINSWORTH HOUSE PERFORMERS 2022

LIFTED ENTERTAINMENT (PART OF ITV STUDIOS)

LIFTED ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCTION STAFF HISTORY OF THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE

BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT

PREVIOUS ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCES

CREDITS & THANKS

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ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2022

THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES

THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF WESSEX and FORFAR

will be greeted upon arrival by:

The Vice Lord-Lieutenant, Colonel Jane Davis OBE QVRM TD DL and then introduced to:

Life-President & Executive Producer

who will then in turn present the official Royal Line-Up:

PRE-SHOW ROYAL LINE-UP

PHIL DALE

Vice-Chairman, Royal Variety Charity

IAN FREEMAN Treasurer, Royal Variety Charity

PAUL GANJOU

Executive Committee Member, Royal Variety Charity

KAY CARMAN

Executive Committee Member, Royal Variety Charity

KEVIN LYGO

Managing Director, Media and Entertainment, ITV

KATIE RAWCLIFFE

Head of Entertainment Commissioning, Media and Entertainment, ITV

JULIAN BELLAMY

Managing Director, ITV Studios

RICHARD COWLES

Managing Director, Lifted Entertainment, ITV Studios

LAURIE MANSFIELD

GILES COOPER Chairman & Executive Producer

PRESENTATIONS

JOAN WILLIAMS, one of the current residents of BRINSWORTH HOUSE, will be presented to THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES.

A posy of flowers, picked from the gardens of Brinsworth House by its residents, will be presented to Her Royal Highness by 10-year-old BEATRICE ANN MANSFIELD and the show programme will be presented to His Royal Highness by 11-year-old SOPHIE COLASANTI.

THE ROYAL BOX

THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF WESSEX and FORFAR

will be accompanied in the Royal Box by; LAURIE MANSFIELD

Life-President & Executive Producer and GILES COOPER Chairman & Executive Producer

WELCOME

GILES COOPER CHAIRMAN

A very warm welcome to this year’s Royal Variety Performance!

On behalf of the Royal Variety Charity, I’d like to extend our heartfelt and sincerest thanks to Their Royal Highnesses, The Earl and Countess of Wessex and Forfar, for attending this evening and supporting those in need within the entertainment industry.

This annual institution is such a crucial fundraising event supporting an industry so often overlooked by the majortiy of the general public. The live entertainment business has just been through some of the toughest years it has ever known and this now combined with the impending ‘cost of living crisis’ makes the work of the Royal Variety even more essential.

I’d like to thank the Royal Albert Hall for their hospitality once again and the whole team at ITV/ Lifted Entertainment for their energy and commitment to this incredible show.

It goes without saying that I’d like to thank my fellow Executive Committee Members and fellow Trustees, Laurie Mansfield, Phil Dale and Ian Freeman, together with our numerous staff who continue to make the whole charity proud of their excellent work.

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.

So, without further ado, please sit back and enjoy what will undoubtedly be a fabulous night of entertainment.

Chairman & Executive Producer

Giles Cooper Chairman & Executive Producer

MESSAGE OF THANKS

LAURIE MANSFIELD LIFE-PRESIDENT

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

This has been a sad year for the charity with the passing of our Patron HM The Queen.

We are immensely proud of our Royal Patronage which began with King George V and continued until Her Majesty became our Patron in 1952

She maintained a keen interest in the charity and the Royal Variety Show having made her first visit in 1945, all in all she has attended an amazing 39 Royal Variety Shows.

It has been my great privilege to have accompanied Her Majesty in the Royal Box no less than 9 times.

The Queen was a huge inspiration to us all as a Monarch who defined the notion of service. She was a unique symbol of continuity particularly to this charity.

She will be greatly missed.

Laurie Mansfield - Hon. Life-President & Executive Producer

THANKS

Laurie Mansfield Hon. Life President & Executive Producer

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TRIBUTE

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HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II

1926 - 2022 PATRON OF THE ROYAL VARIETY CHARITY 1952 – 2022

This year, we have seen the passing of our much-loved Patron, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. In September, the whole nation, Commonwealth and beyond came together to pay their respects and recall the times Her Majesty touched our lives in so many different ways. We are sure there are many here tonight who will have their own special memories of our magical Queen.

In 1945, as a young Princess, Her Majesty accompanied King George VI, Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) and Princess Margaret Rose to her first Royal Variety Performance.

… This was to be the first of thirty-nine performances attended by The Queen, the final one (the 85th show) taking place in Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee year of 2012, which was also held here in the Royal Albert Hall. Throughout the seven decades of Her Majesty’s Reign, The Queen remained an active Patron of our charity and a knowledgeable one too, having been entertained by everyone from Laurel and Hardy (1947) to Lady Gaga (2009).

Many stars who performed for Her Majesty paid tribute this year, including Sir Paul McCartney CH MBE, who has performed twice on the Royal Variety Performance, first with The Beatles in 1963 and then solo in 1986: “On the sad occasion of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s passing, my memories came flooding back…I feel privileged to have been alive during the whole of her reign. When I was 10 years old I entered an essay competition in Liverpool and

won my division for my essay about the British Monarchy, so I have been a fan for a long time. In 1953, when The Queen was crowned everyone on our street in Speke, Liverpool finally got a television set and we settled down to watch the Coronation in glorious black and white! Looking back I am honoured and amazed to see that I met Her Majesty eight or nine times and each time she impressed me with her great sense of humour combined with great dignity. God bless you. You will be missed.”

Whoopi Goldberg appeared at the Royal Variety Performance in Blackpool in 2009 and recalled that as The Queen approached her “all I could think of was WTH? I’m an American kid from the projects and I’m here in the company of the Queen of England. I was in awe.”

Bette Midler was as on the same bill and said Her Majesty was “steadfast, staunch, and dedicated until the very end. 70 years of duty. Unbelievable.”

A landmark performance took place in 1983 when the show’s theme was ‘dance’, with the legendary Gene Kelly acting as host.

The Hollywood star, Tommy Tune, who appeared with Barbra Streisand in ‘Hello Dolly’, flew in from his hit Broadway show with Twiggy to dance for Her Majesty that year. He said that “following the performance, for one moment I grasped the offered hand of the Queen of the World. Our eyes met and there was no greater honour in my life”.

A number of our residents in Brinsworth House also met Her Majesty throughout their careers and they made a posy from the garden flowers which was taken to London to be laid by our activity coordinator in tribute to our Patron.

TRIBUTE TO HM

Giles Cooper, the Chairman of the Royal Variety Charity, was invited by Huw Edwards to pay his own personal tribute to Her Majesty on the BBC the night before representing the charity at The Queen’s State Funeral and recalled “Her Majesty was such a great supporter of the Royal Variety and will be sorely missed by everyone in the entertainment industry. She not only attended this, our annual fundraiser, an amazing 39 times, but was also our Patron for an incredible 70 years. I’ll never forget her warmth and sense of humour”.

Giles was joined by the Master of The King’s Music, Judith Weir, CBE, who had been appointed as Master of The Queen’s Music in 2014.

Judith said that Her Majesty, as a very young Princess, had actually met Sir Edward Elgar - who had performed with his orchestra at the Royal Variety Performance in 1919! Her Majesty’s knowledge will never be surpassed.

Laurie Mansfield Life President of the Royal Variety Charity said “ I had the tremendous privilege of accompanying Her Majesty in the Royal Box of the Royal Variety Show no less than nine times where she always maintained a keen interest in the work of our charity. We will miss her greatly”.

After seventy years as our Patron, the Royal Variety Charity, would simply and sincerely like to say “thank you Ma’am. You were the best!

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 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.

Phil Dale Vice-Chairman

Ian Freeman Treasurer

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MANAGEMENT BODY OF THE ROYAL VARIETY CHARITY

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Elected Members:

Elected Chairman of the Royal Variety Charity: GILES COOPER

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

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

Elected Members of The Executive Committee: KAY CARMAN • PAT CHURCH • GILES COOPER • DEE-DEE CROSHER PHIL DALE • DANIEL DEAN • IAN FREEMAN • PAUL GANJOU CHERYL GARLAND • VALERIE GARLAND • FAWN JAMES • MARTIN JONES JOHN LOGAN • VICKI MICHELLE MBE • GEORGE MURANYI • SPENCER PHILLIPS BABS POWELL • ROBERT POWELL • REV. CANON ROGER ROYLE • KEITH SIMMONS DOWAGER LADY WESTBURY CBE

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 • THE DOWAGER LADY WESTBURY CBE. JP

Honorary Chaplain of the Royal Variety Charity: REV. CANON ROGER ROYLE

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

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REFURBISHMENT OF BRINSWORTH HOUSE

In 2012, Chairman of the Royal Variety Charity began a campaign to refurbish Brinsworth House, the charity’s care home for elderly entertainers. It was an enormous task – most of the bedrooms were without ensuite bathrooms, there was limited access to the higher floors (with just one staff lift) and generally the whole home needed upgrading with tech and facilities.

Giles Cooper recalls “to start with it was difficult to persuade my fellow colleagues on the management body to proceed with the vision. Quite rightly, they were concerned about whether we could afford it, but most importantly, were worried about where we would house our many residents during the works. In time, however, everyone realised that without improving our facilities it wouldn’t be long before this old building would, in a few years, be no longer fit for purpose.”

Tenders were soon placed for architects and structural engineers and within a couple of years, the plans for the complete refurbishment of Brinsworth House, were agreed. Project Managers and construction companies were then sourced to quote on the work, which had been developed into several distinct phases to ensure the minimum disruption to staff and residents. The task was further complicated by the fact that the old Georgian mansion was Grade 2 Listed and numerous meetings and approvals were required by County Planning officials, together with Officers from Historic England.

Work began in earnest in 2020 and, ironically, the Covid pandemic assisted its progress. The Home was naturally closed to visitors and our policy of not admitting any new residents to the home during the pandemic, meant that whole areas could be cordoned off from residents, allowing the builders to get on with their work separately to the home’s operation.

The brand-new kitchen, fitted with the latest high-tech equipment, together with a complete refurbishment of what was quite a dark and dingy dining room, was completed in December 2021.

Our new wing, complete with 16 ensuite bedrooms, each fitted with fibre connected broadband and digital screens is a site to behold – it really is like a boutique 5-star hotel!

Giles Cooper commented “I’m so delighted that this multi-million-pound project is nearing completion. It really will make an enormous difference to the quality of life for our many residents (and staff!). It also future proofs the ‘entertainment industry’s care home’ for the next 100 years and I’d like to thank all those who’ve assisted us with the fundraising and logistics of making this possible, most particularly the hard work of Peter Hinton and Kirsty Bristow. We can all be so proud of our achievement.”

On 11th November the Executive Committee of the Royal Variety voted unanimously to name the 16 bed wing, THE GILES COOPER WING.

SYTNER JAGUAR LAND ROVER SOUTH WEST LONDON

The entertainment business has been through the most awful few years, with many in the industry receiving no help at all from the Government during the covid crisis.

As the industry just about gets back on its feet, the impending ‘cost of living’ crisis makes the work of the Royal Variety Charity all the more crucial.

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

Please don’t forget those who’ve worked so hard to entertain you for so long and please give what you can - both now and in your legacy.

Thank you!

Presented annually in aid of the Royal Variety Charity

Staged at The Royal Albert Hall, London

In the presence of THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES

THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF WESSEX and FORFAR

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE

Executive Producers, Royal Variety Charity Laurie Mansfield, Giles Cooper & 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

YOUR HOST LEE MACK

Lee Mack is one of the UK’s most recognisable and celebrated comics. His relentless determination to have fun is marvellously infectious, while his energy, finely crafted one-liners, and quick ad-libs create an elusive star quality. Lee exhibited all of this in June while hosting the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Party at the Palace to over 13 million viewers.

Lee first came to prominence winning So You Think You’re Funny at the 1995 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Five years later, he was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award (Perrier) for his sketch comedy show, which also included comic actress Catherine Tate. Since then he has performed multiple, hugely successful stand-up tours across the country and in more recent years has been selling out some of the UK’s biggest theatres with longtime collaborators David Mitchell and Rob Brydon.

Since 2006 Lee has been starring, writing and Exec Producing the BBC’s multi-awardwinning and critically acclaimed sitcom Not

Going Out which is now the longest-running sitcom on air in the UK due to reach its 100th episode in the upcoming series. As the quick-witted team captain on Would I Lie To You, alongside Rob Brydon and David Mitchell, 2020 saw Lee’s performance on this show win him a BAFTA for Best Entertainment Performance.

As an actor Lee has appeared in Dr Who, Murder They Hope, Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans, and SemiDetached. In 2018 he made his West End stage debut starring in Molière’s The Miser

As a host Lee is known for ITV’s hugely successful Saturday night game show The 1% Club, which was immediately recommissioned after becoming a firm TV audience favourite. In this same year he also co-hosted BBC’s Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof alongside Holly Willoughby. Lee has also become an integral supporter, and sometime soccer player, for UNICEF’s Soccer Aid charity, which, somewhat incredibly, saw him scoring the winning goals for the World XI team the last two years in a row.

Winning a record-breaking seven Olivier Awards including Best Musical Revival, this intimate and electrifying new production of the much loved musical transforms London’s Playhouse Theatre into Berlin’s famous Kit Kat Club. The experience begins the moment you step through the door, with pre-show entertainment, stage-side dining, private rooms and more all on offer. This production opened at the Playhouse Theatre in December 2021 to rave reviews and is London’s hottest ticket.

One of the most successful musicals of all time, Cabaret premiered back in 1966 with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Joe Masteroff, featuring songs Wilkommen, Don’t Tell Mama, Mein Herr, Maybe This Time, Money and the title number Cabaret

As well as inspiring the 1972 film starring Liza Minelli and Joel Grey, the award-winning original Broadway run has led to numerous subsequent productions in London and New York. ‘Cabaret’ currently stars Callum Scott Howells (It’s A Sin) as the Emcee and Madeline Brewer (The Handmaid’s Tale) as Sally Bowles - and is directed by Rebecca Frecknall, designed by Tom Scutt, choreographed by Julia Cheng and produced by ATG Productions and Underbelly.

CABARET

Space Man was a song Sam wrote in the late summer of 2020. “I knew then that it was a special song and I was stoked that I managed to squeeze in so many references, lyrically and sonically, to artists who’ve been so important to me, from Queen and Elton John to David Bowie,” Sam says. At the time, though, he didn’t have any idea quite how special that sound would become.

Since Space Man gave the United Kingdom its best Eurovision result since 1998 and the highest-charting UK Eurovision entry in over quarter of a century, Sam’s been busy completing a well-deserved and rather stylishly executed lap of honour, taking in performances from Buckingham Palace to the British Grand Prix to Wembley Stadium, millions of streams, off-the-scale social numbers and a world tour that’ll take him well into 2023.

Sam Ryder has had a phenomenal year “I don’t give up at something when I’ve put my mind to it,” he smiles. “Whether it’s music, or any other aspect of my life, I’ll always strive to find the joy and the happiness.” Tonight, Sam Ryder will be performing a special rendition of Space Man.

SAM RYDER

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL

One of the world’s leading entertainment phenomena, Cirque du Soleil has been captivating audiences since 1984 with their jaw dropping and highly original acrobatic performances. Their renowned productions have brought wonder and delight to over 215 million spectators in over 70 countries. Featuring never seen before acts, KURIOS - Cabinet of Curiosities is a mind-boggling escape from reality, unveiling a steampunk-inspired universe where the unexpected lies at every corner.

In an alternate yet familiar past, KURIOS steps inside the mechanical lab of an inventor convinced that a hidden, invisible world exists, a place where the craziest ideas and the grandest dreams await. Once the inventor unlocks the door to this world of wonders, time comes to a complete stop and a cast of otherworldly characters invades his curios cabinet, bringing his makeshift creations to life one by one. As the visible becomes invisible and perspectives transform, KURIOS bursts into a celebration of the power of the imagination.

Taking aesthetic inspiration from the 19th century industrial revolution, KURIOS fittingly arrives in 2023 at London’s Royal Albert Hall. KURIOS will make its European Debut on 13th January until 5th March, during the venue’s 150th anniversary celebrations.

AL MURRAY - THE PUB LANDLORD

Al Murray with his alter-ego, The Pub Landlord, is one of the most recognisable and successful comics in the UK. For over 20 years Al has filled arenas around the world as The Pub Landlord, and won numerous awards and accolades, including the Perrier Award and secured Olivier Award nominations for both of his sellout West End runs.

He has hosted an array of TV series, including Al Murray’s Happy Hour and Time Gentlemen Please. Stepping away from his comedy stage persona, Al Murray hosted the award winning five-part series Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the English? (History) and the quiz show, Al Murray’s Great British Pub Quiz (Quest).

As a writer Al has enjoyed great success with his books; Book of British Common Sense, his ultimate pub quiz book Great British Pub Quiz Book, and his latest Command: How the Allies Learned to Win the Second World War Although Al is currently touring the UK with his show ‘Gig For Victory’, he is very excited to return to the Royal Variety stage.

ita Wilson has recently released her breathtaking new album, Rita Wilson Now & Forever: Duets. The album, coproduced by Rita and Grammy Award-winning producer Matt Rollings, sees Rita singing alongside giants including Willie Nelson, Smokey Robinson, Elvis Costello, Keith Urban, Josh Groban, Vince Gill and Jimmie Allen.

“These songs feel like my Great American Songbook because of the songwriting and the impact that they had on me through their stories musically, and the artists that originally recorded them. I was looking at these songs and how they could be conversations between two people. I liked that the lyrics could be coming from two points of view, even if they were mostly written for one person to sing—I liked exploring the possible conversation in each story.”

With an illustrious career spanning music, acting and producing, Rita has recorded five studio albums, received a star on the legendary Hollywood Walk of Fame and was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Rita also produced the hit film franchise featuring songs of ABBA, and My Big Fat Greek Wedding and its sequel. Tonight, Rita will be performing a special duet with Gregory Porter.

RITA WILSON GREGORY PORTER

Over the past decade, Gregory Porter has taken the world by storm by bringing contemporary jazz to the masses. Not only has the singer collected GRAMMY Awards for albums Liquid Spirit and Take Me To The Alley, he has also made chart history with all five albums breaking into the Top 10 of the mainstream charts. Gregory has performed at numerous festivals around the world, graced the famous Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury and most recently performed the lead song for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

In 2019, Gregory launched and hosted his own podcast, The Hang, which has spanned two successful series to date and in 2021 Gregory released The PorterHouse with Gregory Porter, a six-episode cooking series sharing recipes inspired by his own experiences.

“It is always an honour and a privilege to perform for the Royal family and an especially wonderful feeling to be back on the stage and performing with Rita at this year’s performance.

BECKY HILL

With an irrefutable aptitude for writing chart-smashing pop songs, BRIT Award-winning Becky Hill has become one of Britain’s biggest artists. Described by David Guetta as “one of the very rare queens of dance music”,

Becky has written and performed on 18 UK Top 40 singles, including six Top 10 singles and one UK number 1 and has amassed over 22.6 million followers and 4 billion streams on Spotify alone. Becky’s BPI certifications total 13 Platinum, 6 Gold and 4 Silver records and she was the third most streamed British female solo artist on Spotify in 2021. Her gold-selling debut studio album, Only Honest On The Weekend, peaked at number 7 on the UK Albums Chart, spawning Platinum selling UK number 3 single, Remember, which also ended the year as one of the most streamed and best-selling songs of 2021 with over 1 million UK sales.

Alongside her solo career, Becky has also collaborated with everyone from David Guetta to Little Simz over the last decade, as well as writing songs for a whole range of artists like MK, Tiesto, Jax Jones, MNEK and Little Mix. Tonight, Becky will be performing one her biggest hits of the year, Remember

MAISIE ADAM

Maisie Adam’s comedy career kicked off in 2017, when she entered the nationwide So You Think You’re Funny? competition (which has previously been won by many of her comedy heroes, including Peter Kay, Aisling Bea, and Tom Allen). Maisie ended up winning the competition becoming only the 4th woman to have done so in its 30 year history. The following year, Maisie was nominated for the Best Newcomer award at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards for her debut show Vague, and won the Amused Moose National Comic Award. Maisie’s anecdotal material and witty charm have quickly won her praise up and down the country and she has since appeared on Mock the Week A League of Their Own Have I Got News for You QI 8 Out of 10 Cats Hypothetical and Would I Lie to You?

Maisie has recently completed her first UK tour of her show Buzzed and due to selling out, will be doing more dates in the UK in FebMarch 2023.

“I’m delighted to be part of the Royal Variety Performance at the Royal Albert Hall, and with the Royal family in the audience. Gosh it’s all very royal isn’t it?”

THREE LIONS: BADDIEL, SKINNER AND LIGHTNING SEEDS

Since its initial release for Euro 96, the anthem Three Lions penned by David Baddiel, Frank Skinner and Lightning Seeds has been sung across England, uniting fans and filling us with hope, joy and countless memorable moments. The double platinum selling track is the only song in existence to have become the UK number one four separate times with the same artist line up: two one-week stints at number 1 in 1996, three straight weeks in 1998, and again in the 2018 World Cup.

This year, David, Frank and Lightning Seeds frontman Ian Broudie have rewritten the song in tradition of great Christmas pop hits of old for the winter World Cup.

ACT TWO

YOUR HOST: LEE MACK NILE RODGERS AND CHIC AXEL BLAKE EHRLICH BROTHERS OMID DJALILI GEORGE EZRA NEWSIES FATMA SAID GIFFORDS CIRCUS ELLIE GOULDING

SING FINALE (ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER, GARY BARLOW AND GARETH MALONE)

NILE RODGERS AND CHIC

Nile Rodgers is truly exceptional. He’s a multiple GRAMMY-winning composer, producer, arranger and guitarist who’s been inducted into both the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. As the cofounder of CHIC, Rodgers pioneered a musical language that generated chart topping hits like Le Freak, (the biggest selling single in the history of Atlantic Records) and sparked the advent of hip-hop with Good Times

Nile transcends all styles of music and has made amongst the most important and successful albums in the careers of Diana Ross, David Bowie, Madonna, Duran Duran and Daft Punk, a legacy that is responsible for over 500 million record sales.

His unforgettable live performances with CHIC cover his entire discography and have been included in Festival Best Performances at both Glastonbury and Coachella resulting in a BBC Music Awards nomination for Best Live Performance, and the LA Times stating, “Nile Rodgers’ influence stretches all over Coachella, beaming the sound of a better future”.

AXEL BLAKE

Winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2022, London-born stand-up comedian Axel Blake is a rising star. He began his journey in 2008 and has built his reputation playing the London comedy circuit as well as engaging fans on social media.

Despite building a loyal following, he did not receive mainstream success until auditioning for Britain’s Got Talent in 2022, which saw him receive Simon Cowell’s golden buzzer. His charismatic comedy won the hearts and laughs of the audience, propelling him to win the coveted competition and a spot at The Royal Variety Performance

Prior to his commercial success, Axel’s career highlights included presenting for the likes of Crep Protect, UNILAD and SBTV and earning support slots alongside big names such as Eddie Griffin and Dave Chappelle. A family man at his core, Axel has a son and daughter with his fiance’ and often shares a glimpse into his everyday life through the lens of his animated persona on social media. Currently touring the UK with his In Style show, including sold out dates in Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham and at London’s Apollo, Axel’s reputation as a star of the future continues to grow.

BROTHERS

Andreas and Chris Ehrlich enjoy massive success with one of the biggest illusion acts in the world.. The two brothers recently drew more than 2.5 million people of all ages across the biggest arenas in Germany. They are the only magicians worldwide to have sold out a football stadium of 40,000 people, which gained them 2 world records and they have recently been appointed Members Of Honour in the Magic Circle of Great Britain.

Their fresh and unexpected shows feature anything from appearing in a helicopter flying in mid-air, sculpting a golden Lamborghini from flames to producing the world‘s largest candy jar, bulging with thousands of sweets.

The brothers will return to the OVO Arena in Wembley on September 30th 2023. This will be their debut performance on ‘The Royal Variety Performance’. “We have travelled all over the world with our show, but to perform for the Royal Family is something very special. We love being in the UK and have a huge fan base there. We are very honoured to be part of this very special occasion.”

Omid is a multi award winning standup comedian, actor, host and writer. He has been performing his stand up to huge acclaim since 1994. This year he has been touring his new show, The Good Times Tour. Omid has also starred in many films including Notting Hill, Gladiator and The Infidel, his television credits include The Letter for the King His Dark Materials Lucky Man Omid Djalili’s Little Crackers, & The Omid Djalili Show

He has also hosted Winning Combination for ITV and most recently Tonight with Omid Djalili (Emshab ba Omid), a Persian Language chat/sketch show which premiered on BBC Persia and was seen by over 12 million people worldwide. Earlier this year he also starred in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee pageant on ITV. On stage he has portrayed Tevye in the highly acclaimed Fiddler on the Roof at the Chichester Festival Theatre as well as playing Fagin in Oliver! at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

“It is an honour to be asked to perform at the Royal Variety Performance and to support such a great cause. It’s my fourth time which has to be some sort of record for the brave people of Iran.”

George Ezra is one of the UK’s biggest music stars. His previous two blockbuster albums, Wanted On Voyage and Staying At Tamara’s, both reached number 1 in the UK, going 4 times platinum in the UK, with over 8 million album equivalent sales globally and 7 billion career streams. He capped off 2019 by winning the Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist.

2022 has seen him return with a third UK number 1 album Gold Rush Kid, featuring the hit singles Anyone For You and Green Green Grass. He recently premiered his acclaimed documentary End to End, chronicling an unforgettable journey by George and two childhood friends across the UK, walking 1,200 miles across 95 days from Land’s End to John O’Groats. George is YouTube Music’s Sustainability Partner for 2022, working with The National Trust to plant 20 million trees.

Tonight, George will be performing the song Sweetest Human Being Alive

READ ALL ABOUT IT: Disney’s Newsies is now playing in London!

Based on a true story, Newsies is set in a New York City printworks at the turn of the 20th century. It’s the rousing tale of a ragged band of teenage newspaper sellers, who dream of a better life. After newspaper magnate Joseph Pulitzer hikes up the prices for his papers charged to the newsies, Jack Kelly rallies his fellow newsboys in an attempt to protest the change, falling in love with young reporter Katherine along the way. These young newsies from across the city come together and rise up against the exploitation of wealthy publishing tycoons and fight for justice using the only power they have – solidarity.

The award-winning Broadway musical with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman and book by Harvey Fierstein is now open at London’s Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, directed and choreographed by Olivier nominee Matt Cole. Audiences in the UK now have the chance to enjoy one of the biggest Broadway hits of recent years. In a brand-new production, theatregoers will be thrust right inside the action as the newsies dance, sing, and fly around the streets of a booming New York City.

NEWSIES

Fatma Said embarked on a musical journey that would take her from her home in Cairo to the Academy of Milan’s Teatro alla Scala, the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists and ultimately to the world’s most prestigious concert and opera stages. As an exclusive Warner Recording Artist she released her debut album El Nour in 2020 to much critical acclaim, winning numerous awards including the Gramophone Classical Music Award for ‘Best Song Album’, the BBC Music Magazine’s Vocal Award as well as Germany’s Opus Klassik. Earlier this year, she released her much anticipated second album, Kaleidoscope, which is inspired by her love of dancing.

Fatma is a passionate advocate for change. In September 2021, she performed at Global Citizen Live in Paris. Fatma has also represented Egypt at the United Nations on various occasions. In 2016, she became the first Egyptian opera singer to be awarded the state’s Creativity Award.

Fatma will be making her debut on this year’s Royal Variety Performance.

Giffords Circus is a vintage style circus that tours the UK each summer. The circus is one of the UK’s most loved entertainment shows for the family, founded in 2000 by Nell and Toti Gifford. Nell sadly died in 2019 and the circus continues in her memory and for her children Red and Cecil.

“I held the jewel of my childhood up to my eye, and through it I saw ponies and a dressing up box and a tent, and that was Giffords Circus.” – Nell Gifford

Giffords is delighted to be making their debut on the Royal Variety Performance giving viewers a small peek into their magical world of circus with a breathtaking act from their 2022 show ¡Carpa!, directed by Cal McCrystal. Sisters Isabella and Daniela Munoz Landestoy are professional aerial artists who trained at the National Circus School in Havana, Cuba. Their act involves them hanging by their hair whilst performing spellbinding aerial acts. They are accompanied by the beautiful vocals of Kate Dimbleby. Kate is a talented songwriter, performer and today is singing Both Sides Now, a song that has featured in previous Giffords Circus shows.

ELLIE GOULDING

Ellie Goulding is a globally acclaimed, multi-platinum selling pop star. She’s won two BRIT awards, two Glamour Awards, multiple Grammy nominations and a Golden Globe nomination. This year, at the BMI London Awards, she was honoured with the BMI President’s Award for her exemplary contributions to music and songwriting. Ellie has sold more than 18 million albums, over 140 million singles, accumulated over 23 billion streams worldwide, has over 50 million followers on social media, 10 million subscribers on YouTube, 5 billion views globally, as well as three UK Number 1 albums.

Ellie’s upcoming fifth studio album, Higher Than Heaven, is an exemplary demonstration of Ellie’s abilities as a songwriter. The album was crafted in collaboration with hitmakers Greg Kurstin, Koz, Julia Michaels, Andrew Wells, Anthony Rossomando, Tom Mann, Ali Tamposi and Andrew Watt. Outside of music, Ellie continues to be a long-standing activist and philanthropist, using her platform to engage young people with global issues and raise awareness about the climate crisis.

“I’m so thrilled to be back performing at the Royal Variety. It’s a great honour and I’m thoroughly looking forward to the evening!”

SING FINALE (ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER, GARY BARLOW AND GARETH MALONE)

In 2012, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Gary Barlow joined together to write the official Diamond Jubilee single. The melodies were written in one afternoon at Andrew Lloyd Webber’s house before Gary visited villages in Kenya to write the lyrics, a poignant location, where Princess Elizabeth had been visiting when she learned of the death of her father King George VI and that she had ascended to the throne. Gary visited remote villages and countries from across The Commonwealth to find singers to perform alongside the Military Wives Choir, conducted by Gareth Malone at The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Concert on June 4th 2012.

The late Queen served the nation and the Commonwealth selflessly and tirelessly for 70 years. Sing has now become an anthem which is about bringing people together to stand shoulder to shoulder and is known to be one of the late Queen’s favourite songs.

On tonight’s Royal Variety Performance, Andrew, Gary and Gareth are back together to perform a very special version of Sing with the London Youth Choir in memory of the late Queen and to say a big thank you for her 70 years of service and for being Patron of the Royal Variety Charity.

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GORDON PETERS 1926-2022 RIP

On 15th June, the Royal Variety Charity lost one of its most ardent supporters, Gordon Peters, aged 95.

Gordon had an illustrious career in television as a comedy actor, including parts in Dad’s Army, Are You Being Served, One Foot in The Grave, Keeping Up Appearances and even with his own series on BBC1 in the early 1970’s, The Gordon Peters Show.

Born in Shildon, County Durham, to a piano-teacher mother and tenor-voiced butcher father, both enthusiastic amateur performers, Gordon spent much of his early childhood as a chorister at Durham Cathedral.

He began his early career as a junior bank clerk, ending up, after national service in the Royal Navy, with the Standard Bank of South Africa, in what is now Harare, Zimbabwe. It was there he entered a talent contest, his comic miming to two songs securing him second place.

Returning to the UK in 1951, he found his first job, a summer season with the Vincent Tildsley’s Mastersingers at Blackpool’s Opera House. By the middle of the decade,

The Stage referenced him as an ‘excellent young burlesque comedian’ and Gordon was soon understudying for the Crazy Gang. His TV work led to him working with stars such as Dick Emery, Tommy Cooper and Harry Worth, but his skill in pantomime led to him rapidly becoming known as one of the country’s leading Dames, working alongside Gary Wilmot, Tom O’Connor and Michael Barrymore amongst many others.

His unique voice was perhaps best known for voicing the Mr Men series between 1995-97.

Up until 2021, Gordon was still touring, accompanied by his long-time friend and musical director David Carter, with his self-devised shows featuring comedy songs by Gilbert and Sullivan, Flanders and Swann, and Noël Coward.

Gordon joined the Executive Committee of the Royal Variety Charity in the 1980’s, giving his time freely to support those in entertainment who had hit hard times and served on the charity’s Grants Sub-Committee since its formation in 2011.

His wit, humour and energy will be sorely missed by us all at the Royal Variety. Rest in peace dear friend!

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.

Our Grants Sub-Committee have worked extremely hard during the last year to give help to an ever-increasing number of grant applicants. It’s been an awful time for our industry, many of whom didn’t receive any help whatsoever from the Government during the Covid pandemic and their need for assistance is more important now, than ever. I’d like to thank the sub-committee’s Chair, John Logan, together with Pat Church and their two new members Paul Ganjou and Keith Simmons. I’d also like to thank Lady Ursula Westbury for accommodating their fortnightly meetings at her flat in London and to Kaushika Amin for her diligence and efficiency. I also want to pay a heartfelt tribute to Gordon Peters, who sadly passed away this year. Gordon worked tirelessly for the charity and his help and support was so greatly appreciated.

From our team of employees, I’d like to thank Peter Hinton and Kirsty Bristow, most particularly for their hard work on the Brinsworth House refurbishment programme. The works have caused huge disruption to the lives of all our staff, but their commitment and dedication working from a portacabin in the front garden for over a year, has been exemplary.

I’d like to thank our Matron, Tatree Preece, together with all the nurses, carers, maintenance staff and kitchen staff for their continued hard work. Their commitment too, has been exemplary, particularly during the challenges of the Covid crisis and its aftermath. I still can’t believe that we didn’t lose a single resident to covid and that’s testament to all of their professionalism, resourcefulness and energy, in getting us through.

I’d like to thank Victoria Bond and Susan Cooper in our events team, who both continue to work so excellently and efficiently. Plus also, a special note of thanks to Kay Carman, for all she does in presenting the weekly live entertainment shows on the Brinsworth House stage, for our many residents.

I’d like to thank our Head of PR, David Pogson, for all he has done throughout the year, most especially around the period of the loss of our patron, Her Majesty The Queen. The two BBC TV interviews that he secured, the first one top and tailing the One Minute silence held the night before The Queen’s funeral and the second, directly at the start of the State funeral, just outside Westminster Abbey. Both interviews received audience numbers, the like of which will never be seen again. Quite extraordinary publicity for the charity and I’m very grateful.

And finally, my continued thanks to our finance team, Martin Dalby, Myra Harte and Treasurer, Ian Freeman.

Giles Cooper, Chairman

LONDON MARATHON

On Sunday 2nd October, the Royal Variety’s

£2,500 for the charity.

Chairman Giles Cooper commented, “On behalf of everyone at the Royal Variety Charity, I’d like to congratulate Peter on completing the London Marathon. No mean feat to accomplish and we’re all so proud of his achievement. As Chairman, it’s also so great to know that our own staff feel so enthusiastic about the great work that we do as a charity, that they’re inspired to raise money for the Royal Variety in such a way.”

Peter commented, “It was a great privilege to be able to run the London Marathon for the Royal Variety in October.

I’m thrilled to have raised over £2.5k for the Charity. I’m incredibly fortunate, as I get to witness, first hand, the importance of the work this Charity carries out for our beneficiaries and the residents at Brinsworth House - there’s nowhere else like it. I only wish that I’d been able to raise more for such a wonderful and important cause.“

Operations Manager, Peter Hinton, completed the London Marathon, raising

BRINSWORTH HOUSE PERFORMERS 2022

JASON ALLEN

TOM CARRADINE

CAROL ANNE WELLS

SIMEON WOOD

STEVE GALLER

THE MAZAIKA DUO: SARAH & IGOR LINDA WATTS

JANE BEAUMONT

THE UKAYE UKES: KAPLAN KAYE & BILL DARE

ROBERT HAZLE

JAMES HODGSON

EMMA JAMES

LLOYD ELLERY

MAURICE KACHUK

DANIEL DEAN

GARY BLAND

TOM WAKELY

Thank you so much for your support!

KATIE LEWIS

SHELLEY ANN RIVERS

MARK PORTER

HENRY DAWE

JAMES KNIGHT

MICKIE DRIVER

STEVE BARCLAY

LINDA ANG & ROBERT

STOUDLEY: PIANO A DEUX

RICHMOND ACTORS CENTRE

STEPH PARRY

ANITA HARRIS

LORRAINE BROWN

STEVE HEWLETT

CASSIDY CJ JANSON

STRINGFEVER

JON COURTENAY KAY CARMAN

COLIN THACKERY

UNION CHAPEL VOICES:

(ALESSANDRO GRUTTADAURIA

DEAN VITEE

VITA PUGLIESE

VIRGINIA ZANCA

ANTHONY FORBES MASASHI FUJIMOTO

LUYANDA JEZILE

ROSELLINA GUARASCIO

CLAUDINA EDWARDS)

LIAM JOSEPH

KATIE MILTON

THOM STANBURY

JACK FOLEY

HENRY PATTERSON

CARLY PAOLI DAVID CAPRI

We would like to thank all of the Artistes who have entertained our elderly Residents at Brinsworth House during 2022 (in order of appearance)

LIFTED ENTERTAINMENT

(PART OF ITV STUDIOS)

Lifted Entertainment is proud to produce The ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2022 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)

BAD CHEFS (ITV2)

BRITAIN GET SINGING (ITV)

COUNTDOWN (C4)

DANCING ON ICE (ITV) DRESS TO IMPRESS (ITV)

EKIN-SU & DAVIDE HOMECOMINGS (ITV2)

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

IN FOR A PENNY (ITV)

IT’LL BE ALRIGHT ON THE NIGHT (ITV)

LOVE ISLAND (ITV2)

OLIVIA MEETS HER MATCH (ITVB e ) THE BIG BREAKFAST (CH4)

THE BIG QUIZ (ITV)

THE BRITISH SOAP AWARDS (ITV) THE OLIVIER AWARDS (ITV) THE VOICE (ITV) THE VOICE KIDS (ITV)

UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (BBC)

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

SOPHIE WHITLAM Assistant Producer

AMBER PYOTT Assistant Producer

JAMES LONGLEY Assistant 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

ITV PRODUCTION

FIONA CLARK EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Fiona has worked on a range of entertainment shows for ITV, BBC, Channel 4 & Channel 5. These include ‘Live Aid’,‘Whistle Test’,‘Wogan’,‘The Full Wax’,‘The Word’,‘The Big Breakfast’,‘Children in Need’,‘Elton John at The Royal Opera House’,‘One Night with Rod Stewart’ and ‘An Audience With Michael Buble’. As Executive Producer at ITV, her credits have included, ‘Michael Bublé Home For Christmas’,‘Gary Barlow Journey to Afghanistan’,‘Tonight at the London Palladium’ the BAFTA award-winning ‘The Sound of Music Live’ and the successful return of ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’ with host Jeremy Clarkson. As a Creative Director at Lifted Entertainment, she now works across a range of shows including;‘The Voice’,‘The Voice Kids’,‘Dancing On Ice’,‘The Olivier Awards’,‘The British Soap Awards’ & ‘The Prince’s Trust Awards’. Fiona is honoured to once again Executive Produce this very special show.

AMANDA GEORGE LINE PRODUCER

Amanda George started her television career working for ‘TV-am’ and then went on to work for Sir David Frost and his production company, David Paradine Productions. She joined London Weekend Television in 1996 working as a Production Secretary/Co-ordinator on a variety of programmes. Amanda then moved into Production Management and has worked on many of LWT, Granada and ITV Studios’ high profile entertainment shows such as ‘Blind Date’, ‘Brainiac’, ‘Nelson Mandela: Happy 90th Birthday’, ‘The Kylie Show’, ‘Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas’, ‘The One and Only Cilla Black’ , ‘The British Soap Awards’, ‘The Olivier Awards’, ‘The Prince’s Trust Awards’ plus numerous music specials. Amanda is delighted to be Line Producer on her fourteenth 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 - 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 Tenth year on the Royal Variety Performance and he is thrilled to be taking part once again.

HELEN RIDDELL SERIES PRODUCER

Helen was lucky enough to start her television career in Children’s BBC working on much loved shows such as Blue Peter, TOTP Saturday and TMi. She moved to the BBC Entertainment & Events Department in 2012 and enjoyed working on a variety of special flagship programmes such as Children in Need, The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Concert, Eurovision, The BBC Music Awards, Strictly; It Takes Two, D-Day 70 and One Love Manchester. In recent years Helen has continued her love of entertainment at ITV, series producing The Voice and The British Soap Awards. It has been a dream to work at The Royal Albert Hall and Helen is delighted that it’s coming true this year when she joins the hugely talented team on The Royal Variety Performance.

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 the company’s output, including numerous ‘An Audience with..’ specials featuring Take That, Celine Dion, Kylie Minogue and Joan Rivers. Mark has consulted across a wide range of programmes including being a key part of the BAFTA winning team behind ‘Her Majesty The Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebration’ Recently Mark has been part of the team behind Global Citizen Live, The BRITS, The Concert for UKraine and The Platinum Jubilee Celebrations for Her Late Majesty.

PETER BINGEMANN PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Peter Bingemann has been the Production Designer of many high profile shows including the ‘Live 8’ concerts and the ‘Concert for Diana’ at Wembley Stadium. He designed ‘The Children’s Party’ at Buckingham Palace to celebrate the Queen’s 80th birthday, and created ‘We Are Most Amused’, for Prince Charles’ 60th birthday. Other recent designs include ‘Britain’s Got Talent’,‘Celebrity X Factor’,‘The British Soap Awards’,‘Bublé at The BBC’,’The VE Day 70 Concert’, ‘Let’s Sing & Dance for Comic Relief’,‘The Nobel Peace Prize Concert’ in Oslo’, ‘The BRIT Awards’, ‘Sunday Night at The Palladium’, ‘Popstar to Operastar’, ‘Take That Come to Town’, ‘Neil Diamond: One Night Only’, ‘The BAFTA Film Awards’ at The Royal. Albert Hall, ‘The Classical BRIT Awards’ and ‘The Laureus Sports Awards’ in Lisbon. Peter is proud to be taking part in his fifteenth Royal Variety Performance.

KEVIN DUFF SOUND SUPERVISOR

Kevin started his career in 1987 at London Weekend Television and cut his teeth on the many music and variety shows that they produced. Since then he has worked all over the world and is now part of the Zen Broadcast team based at their Hampshire studio’s. A five-time BAFTA Award winner and also RTS Craft Award Winner, Kev is thrilled to once again be looking after the audio aspects of The Royal Variety Performance for ITV.

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. His extensive recording credits include; Joni Mitchell, Diana Ross, Paul McCartney, Tina Turner, Celine Dion, Lady Gaga and Robbie Williams. David has worked on over two hundred feature films including; Music Oscar winners ‘The Shape of Water’, ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ and ‘Gravity’, Piano Solos for ‘The Kings Speech’ , ‘Aladdin’, ‘Interstellar’, ‘Notting Hill’, ‘Star Wars’ episode three and five films from the ‘Harry Potter’ series. David is honoured to be the Musical Director for this, his twelfth Royal Variety Performance.

CAROLINE CALEY STAGE MANAGER

Caroline trained at LAMDA and worked in theatre before joining the BBC where she was lucky to work on a wide variety of programmes from ’Top of The Pops’ to ‘Jonathan Creek’ and two happy years on ‘Blue Peter.’ As a freelancer, she has worked in both scripted comedy/drama and live entertainment and events, including ‘Absolutely Fabulous’, ‘Miranda’, ‘The IT Crowd’, ’The Jury’, ‘Benidorm’, ‘Horrible Histories the Movie’, ‘The Outlaws’ and ‘Call The Midwife’. Live TV includes ‘Live 8’, ‘The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Concert’, ‘Comic Relief’, ‘The Magicians’, ‘The Sound of Music Live’, ‘BBC Sports Personality of the Year’, ‘Dancing On Ice’, ‘The Voice UK’ and ‘Friday Night Live’. Caroline is very happy to be joining the team once again for her thirteenth Royal Variety Performance.

SOPHIE WHITLAM ASSISTANT PRODUCER

Sophie graduated from the University of Winchester in 2014 with a BA Honours degree in ‘Theatre Production- Stage and Arts Management’. Although Theatre has always been a big passion, at the age of 15 Sophie was offered a work experience placement at Tiger Aspect and from then, her love for TV developed. Whilst studying at University she worked for Channel 4 and ITV and after graduating, Sophie was offered a job at Fountain Studios for a year as their Studio Runner, where she met many people in the industry. From here, she quickly moved on to work on a variety of high profile TV shows, both in the UK and abroad, such as ‘Britain’s Got Talent’, ‘Saturday Night Takeaway’ and ‘Family Fortunes’. Sophie is ecstatic to be back for her second Royal Variety Performance, making her Mum, Dad and Auntie Pam very proud.

JAMES LONGLEY ASSISTANT PRODUCER

James started his Television career in 2015 working on the Channel 4 show ‘Gogglebox’, where he stayed for 3 series. Following this, James joined the BBC to work on ‘Top Gear’, which was the show he watched as a child and inspired him to want to work in TV. After leaving Top Gear in 2019, he went on to work on shows such as ‘The One Show’, ‘Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two’, ‘The Grand Tour’ and ‘A League Of Their Own: Road Trip’. This is James’ first time working on the Royal Variety Performance and he is very excited to have joined the team, making his Mum, Sue, very proud in doing so as it is her favourite show.

ANTHONY VAN LAAST CBE STAGE DIRECTOR

Anthony is thrilled to be working on his 16th 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 before working in the theatre in repertory and the West End. She then started her TV career as an ASM on Canned Laughter, the forerunner to Mr Bean. She worked on Saturday Live and Friday Night Live in the mid 80s for C4 as Stage Manager together with Absolutely, The Lily Savage Show, the Comedy Awards and the BAFTA Television Awards and many dramas, comedy and sketch shows. Most recently she has Stage Managed Portrait Artist and Landscape Artist of the Year and been Senior Event Manager on the National Television Awards for many years. Keren has stage managed the Royal Variety Performance a number of times and is proud to do so once again.

AMBER PYOTT ASSISTANT PRODUCER

Amber graduated from the University of Portsmouth in 2014, with a BSc degree in TV and Broadcasting. Whilst studying, Amber performed as a dancer in the ‘London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony’ and became a runner on ‘X Factor’. This was her first glimpse of the Entertainment Industry and knew this is what she wanted to do. After graduating, Amber secured a job as a Programme Assistant on ‘Good Morning Britain’ and ‘Lorraine’, before moving into the Entertainment sector. Since then, she has worked on a variety of high-profile tv shows and events such as: ‘Comic Relief’, ‘Britain’s Got Talent’, ‘Have I Got News For You: 30th Anniversary Special’, ‘Global Citizen Live’, ‘The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, and HRH Prince of Wales’ 70th Birthday Show ‘We Are Most Amused and Amazed’. This year Amber had the pleasure of working on The late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations and is delighted to be back for her third Royal Variety Performance.

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Performance

Performance

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.

His Majesty King George V

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.

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. Our current Queen Elizabeth attended as Princess, aged 19, accompanied by the King and Queen and her younger sister, Princess

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 and Eartha Kitt, as well as fresh local talent like Roy Castle, Max Bygraves and magician David Nixon. The omission of the adored Crazy Gang from the bill caused minor uproar.

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.

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.

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.

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 first time.

The 1980 Performance marked Her Majesty the Queen Mother’s 80th birthday, and as such was a

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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 UK and abroad.

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 until at least 2021, and further strengthened the Charity’s links with the country’s most prominent commercial

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, in the presence of Her Majesty The Queen 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 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 The Prince of Wales and 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 first time.

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

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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! 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.

OVER 100 YEARS OF HISTORY

For more information on the history of the Royal Variety Performance, please visit: www.RoyalVarietyPerformance.org/history

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.

Congratulations to all contestants and to all at Syco Entertainment and Thames TV for producing another amazing series of ‘Britain’s Got Talent!

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

RICHARD JONES

2016 Series 10

Lance Corporal Richard Jones became the first ever magician to win and won his 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.

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.

Comedian Axel Blake was crowned the winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2022 after a dramatic live series finale on Sunday 5th June. The comic beat ten other acts to the top spot after a night that judge Simon Cowell branded the “best final he has ever judged”.

Axel beat young ventriloquist Jamiewho was in tears as hosts Ant and Dec gushed over how well he had done in the competition. Singing schoolteacher Tom Ball finished third - despite being pipped as the favourite by many fans on social media. The comedian was left a little lost for words after Ant and Dec announced his name, saying: ‘I’m shaking, thank you everyone for voting for me…I can’t believe it.’

Following his performance, David Walliams said it was a “winning performance”, and that Axel would “storm” the Royal Variety Performance, while Simon Cowell insisted: “I really believe that we have discovered a star.”

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.

ASHLEIGH & PUDSEY

2012 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.

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.

HISTORY OF BGT WINNERS

LOST VOICE GUY

2018 Series 12

Lee Ridley, from Newcastle-upon-Tyne was the first comedian to win and won his 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.

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

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.

AXEL BLAKE

2022 Series 15

The 34 year old comedian from West London won Britain’s Got Talent in June, winning his spot on this evening’s Royal Variety Performance!

PREVIOUS ROYAL PERFORMANCES

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 Bee

Vocal Choir, Kerry Godliman, Luke Evans, Groan Ups, Harry Connick JR, Come From Away - Cast Of The West-End Musical, Lewis Capaldi, The Kanneh-Masons, 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 KannehMason, 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 CelebrationDiversity, Spelbound, Paul Potts & Stavros Flatley, Bradley One Direction, Des O’Connor, Rhod Gilbert, Ronnie Corbett, Alicia Keys, Katherine Jenkins & Placido Domingo, The Bodyguard - Heather 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 Ballet of 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, SusanJane 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 Hend https://open. spotify.com/artist/4w3QqrcmBv8dasemwBXmxf erson, 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 & 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.

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.

THANK YOU

THE ROYAL VARIETY CHARITY WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND CONTRIBUTION TO THIS EVENING’S SHOW:

ROYAL HOUSEHOLD

Sankalpa Guniyangodage, Suzanne Lofthouse-Jackson LVO, Emily Mortimore, Charlotte Cresswell, Izzy Stephenson, Janet Emmerson, Hannah Howard

ADVERTISING

Evelyn Partners, Fluent Group, Handshake, HTP Architecture, Jackson Coles, Lexicon Recruitment, Mikhail Pietranek, Nick & Sandra Thomas, Opera Beds, Penhaligons, QDOS Entertainment, Quinn London Ltd, Shanly Homes, Sharp Consumer Electronics, Soho Estates, Sytner Land Rover

AGENTS / MANAGEMENT / PR

Richard Allen Turner - Avalon, Rob Aslett - Avalon, Manish Aurora - Columbia Sony, Tristan Baker - Runaway Entertainment, Ed Bartlam - Underbelly, Emma Bradshaw, Alex Buchanan - Buchanan PR, Nina CamilleriLondon Youth Choir, Jodie Cammidge - Polydor Records, Barbara Charone - MBC, Nirvana Chelvachandran - Decca Records, Claire Close - Polydor Records, Matt Cole - Matt Cole Choreography, Chris DempseyYMU, Kate Dimbleby, Jacquie Drewe - Curtis Brown, Gerard Edwards Webb - Cirque Du Soleil, Pippa EversDawbell PR, Oliver Fillion-Boutin - Cirque Du Soleil, Sean Gross - Warner Classics, Sarah Haddow - Shadow TV & Podcast Promotion, Tom Hansell - London Youth Choir, Guy James, Dan Keen, Molly Ladbrook-HuttDecca Records, Melanie Lechmann, Ronnie Ley - Sony Records, Ryan Lofthouse, Martin Lowes - The Really Useful Group, London Youth Choir, Amanda Malpass - Amanda Malpass PR, Laurie Mansfield, Lais MartinsWaring - LD Communications, Alex Martin, Cal McCrystal, Clare McGowan - Avalon, Ava Millard - Runaway Entertainment, Daniela Munoz Landestoy, Isabella Munoz Landestoy, Jochen Neuffer, Natalie NicholsParlaphone, Claire Nightingale - PBJ Management, Yusef Osman - Avalon, Lillie Pounds - The Really Useful Group, Simon Raw - Raw PR, Kelly Rumbelow, Niki Sanderson - Non Stop Promotions, Phil Saville - Sony Records, Alex Segal - Intertalent Group, Samantha Sewell - Columbia, Sony, Dan Shipton - Black Skull Creative, Rachel Staunton - London Youth Choir, Christian Storm, Tom Stutt, Andreas Sucker - Sugar and Friends, Takis, Tap Management, Jon Thoday - Avalon, Jannick Totdmann - Ehrlich Entertainment, Sara Verrall - Polydor Records, Jen Whyte, Jonny Wilkinson - Insanity Talent Management, Rebecca WilliamsCirque Du Soleil, Doug Wright - LD Communications, Sam Wright - SeeSaw PR.

MARKETING / PHOTOGRAPHY / CREATIVE / SECURITY / EXTERNAL SUPPLIERS

GCEMedia - Patrick McNamee, Rupert Frere – Schmooly, Tom Owen, David Kitchen – D&A Films, Creative Technology, DLM Events, Plus 4 Audio, Potion Pictures, PRG, Capital Scenery, Prompt Screen, Roadrunner Rigging, EMG Live, Limitlesssfx, Pictureshop, Zen Broadcast and Bobby Warans. BCQ Group, Ally.

VENUES AND SPONSORS

The Royal Albert Hall: Craig Hassell, Ian McCulloch, Lucy Noble, Dave Gamble, Robin Dennis, Kinney Bailes, Alex Isaacs, Natural History Museum: Ella Hagon, Caitlin Connors, Holly Dodgson from foodbydish, Doug Wintle from Wise Productions, I-Pop, Briadee Thornton and Jay Bullock from Anubis Security

BROCHURE

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LIFTED ENTERTAINMENT (PART OF ITV STUDIOS)

Executive Producer - Fiona Clark, Series Producer - Helen Riddell, Director - Richard Valentine, Line Producer - Amanda George, Head of Production - Jeanette Moffat, Talent Executive - Mark Wagman, Assistant Producers - Sophie Whitlam, Amber Pyott and James Longley, VT Producer- Jamie Wiggins, Production Manager - Louisa Elliott, Script Supervisor - Michelle Arnold, Production Coordinator - Amma Djan, Production Secretary - Amy Hill, Production Accountant - Angela Skelton, Production Runner - Joy Laing, Production Designer - Peter Bingemann, Art Director - Emily Fain, Technical Stage Director - Simon Bourne, Stage Director - Anthony Van Laast CBE, Choreographer- Nichola Treherne, Stage ManagersCaroline Caley and Keren Eliot, Lighting Director - Dave Davey, Costume Designer - Justine Westwood, Make-up Supervisor- Nichola Bellamy, Production Buyer - Bobby Warans, Camera Supervisor - Mike Callan, Sound Supervisors- Kevin Duff, Andy Wernham, Mark Ballard - Plus 4 Audio, Vision Mixer - Hilary Briegel, Video Editors- Mark Wybourn, Mark Goodwin & Steve Nayler, Musical Director - David Arch, The Royal Variety Orchestra and ITV Music Team.

ROYAL VARIETY CHARITY

Elected Members: Chairman: Giles Cooper, Vice-Chairman: Phil Dale, Treasurer: Ian Freeman, The Executive Committee (elected): Kay Carman, Pat Church, Dee-Dee Crosher, Daniel Dean, Paul Ganjou, Cheryl Garland, Valerie Garland, Fawn James, Martin Jones, John Logan, Vicki Michelle MBE, George Muranyi, Spencer Phillips, Babs Powell, Robert Powell, Rev. Canon Roger Royle, Keith Simmons, Dowager Lady Westbury 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, The Dowager Lady Westbury CBE. JP, Cdre. RNR, Hon. Chaplain: Rev. Canon Roger Royle Management employed by the Royal Variety Charity Finance Director: Martin Dalby, Matron of Brinsworth House: Tatree Preece RN, ONC, BA (Hons) MA, Administrator: Kirsty Bristow, Head of PR: David Pogson LVO, Operations Manager: Peter Hinton, Grants Officer: Kaushika Amin, Events Co-Ordinator: Susan Cooper, Events Officer: Victoria Bond, 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 Lunekesi, Nurses & Carers: Sue Amory, Mohammed Atia, Dorothy Atkins, Pedro Barretto, Gemma Bishop, Fiona Brown, Emilinda Canlas, Carolyn Cole, Michelle Dasseville, Dudi Dollani, Ecaterina Duda, Winnie Ellis, Caesalia Fernandes, Sheila Ford, Anita Gasu, Kate Geoffrey, Annie George, Alina Gurung, Hawabai Hashim, Marie Helene, Kathleen Howden, Khamar Hussein, Esther Idahosa, Remelda James, Sruthi John, Golda John, Emese Juhas’z, Karuna Kandel, Malar Kavya, Mark Lester, Ariel Madronio, Cecilia Marston, Geena Martin, Millicent McLead, Kelly McCarthy Gale, Stephen Moriarty, Mohinder Panesar, Patricia Smith, Mary Walsh, Raymond Warren

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Established by the Royal Variety Charity in 1912, residential carehome Brinsworth House is set to adopt next generation Digital Signage Displays from Sharp UK.

Having been introduced to Brinsworth House through it’s Connect Partnership with Telecom and IT Support provider Fluent Group, Sharp will install 25 screens in resident rooms to display their daily activities, upcoming events, and a personalised appointment schedule.

On behalf of Sharp UK and Fluent we wish tonight’s performers the very best of luck!

Giles Cooper & Laurie Mansfield would especially like to thank Fiona Clark, 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

Royal Variety Charity

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