List of Royal Variety Performances
This is a list of Royal Variety Performances, gala evenings held annually in the United Kingdom, which are attended by senior members of the British Royal Family; initially this was always the reigning monarch(s) but in more recent years, the senior members attending have alternated between HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, HM The Queen Mother, and HRH The Prince of Wales.
Performances
Where no town or city is noted in the venue column in the following table, it means that the venue is situated in London.
1910s
No. | Date | Broadcast | Venue | Compère | Acts | Notes | Source |
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RCP01 | 1 July 1912 | N/A | Palace Theatre | Pipifax and Penlo, Barclay Gammon, The Palace Girls, George H. Chirgwin, The Bogannys, Fanny Fields, Paul Cinquevalli, Harry Tate, Ida Crispi and Fred Farrn Vesta Tilley, La Pia, Little Tich, Arthur Prince, Alfred Lester, Clarice Mayne, Charles Aldrich, George Robey, David Devant, Wilkie Bard, Harry Lauder, Cecilia Loftus. | Named the Royal Command Performance; held in the presence of King George V and Queen Mary. Presented by Oswald Stoll. | ||
RVP01 | 28 July 1919 | N/A | London Coliseum | The Flying Banvards, Ernest Hastings, George Robey and Violet Loraine, Sam Barton, Arthur Prince, Harry Tate, Clarice Mayne, Grock, Du Calion, Ethel Hook. | Renamed the Royal Variety Performance; held in the presence of King George V and Queen Mary. The orchestra was conducted by Edward Elgar. Presented by Oswald Stoll. | ||
1920s
No. | Date | Broadcast | Venue | Compère | Acts | Notes | Source |
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RVP02 | 25 November 1921 | N/A | The Hippodrome | Frederick Sylvester & Co, Norah Blaney and Gwen Farrar, G. S. Melvin, Renee and Godfrey, Malcolm McEachern, Rebla, The Peep Show with Annie Croft, Reginald Sharland, Fred Allandale, Albert Darnley and Mary Gibbs, J. Milton Hayes, Billy Merson, The Five Petleys. | The first time that the Royal Variety Performance became an annual event; held in the presence of King George V and Queen Mary. Presented by Oswald Stoll. | ||
RVP03 | 12 December 1922 | N/A | The Hippodrome | The Flemings, Will Fyffe, Kharum, Du Calion, Lorna and Toots Pound, P. T. Selbit, Muriel George and Earnest Butcher, Tom Webster, Arthur Prince, Harry Weldon, Trix Sisters, The Mirthful Jovers | Held in the presence of King George V, Queen Mary and Queen of Norway. Presented by Oswald Stoll. | ||
RVP04 | 13 December 1923 | N/A | London Coliseum | Bobbie Hind and his all-British Sonara Band, Rupert Hazell, Katrina and 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 and 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 and Fred Kemp, Louis Parker, Barclay Gammon. | Held in the presence of King George V and Queen Mary. Presented by Oswald Stoll. | ||
RVP05 | 12 February 1925 | N/A | Alhambra Theatre | 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 and Company. | Held in the presence of King George V and Queen Mary. Presented by Oswald Stoll. | ||
RVP06 | 27 May 1926 | N/A | Alhambra Theatre | The Twelve Famous Tiller Girls, Dick Henderson, Robb Wilton, Lillian Burgess, Jack Hylton and his famous band, Conn Kenna, Carr & Parr, Bransby Williams, The Houston Sisters, Billy Bennett, Rick Hayes. | Held in the presence of King George V and Queen Mary. The first Royal Variety Performance to broadcast. The BBC provided live radio coverage. Presented by Oswald Stoll. | ||
RVP07 | 27 May 1927 | N/A | Victoria Palace Theatre | P.L. Clark, Mona Grey, Norman Long, The Victoria Girls, Jack Edge, Debroy Somers and his band, Albert Whelan, Lily Morris, Georgie Wood, Dolly Harmer, Tom Blacklock, Mr. Flotsam and Mr. Jetsam, The Three Huxster Brothers. | Held in the presence of King George V and Queen Mary. Presented by J.A. Webb. | ||
RVP08 | 13 December 1928 | N/A | London Coliseum | 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 and his band. | Held in the presence of King George V and Queen Mary. Presented by George Black and Val Parnell. | ||
1930s
No. | Date | Broadcast | Venue | Compère | Acts | Notes | Source |
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RVP09 | 22 May 1930 | N/A | London Palladium | Sixteen Palladium Girls, Harry Prescott and 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 and Knox, Coram, Odali Careno, Totò, Will Hay with Will Hay Jnr and H. Gordon Saunders, Gaston Palmer, Jack Payne and his BBC band. | Held in the presence of King George V and Queen Mary. Presented by George Black and Val Parnell. | ||
RVP10 | 11 May 1931 | N/A | London Palladium | P.L. Clark, Mona Grey, Norman Long, The Victoria Girls, Jack Edge, Debroy Somers and his band, Albert Whelan, Lily Morris, Georgie Wood, Dolly Harmer, Tom Blacklock, Mr. Flotsam and Mr. Jetsam, The Three Huxster Brothers. | Held in the presence of King George V and Queen Mary. Presented by George Black. | ||
RVP11 | 30 May 1932 | N/A | London Palladium | Stetson, Christoper and Columbus, The Bells, Levanda and the Nine Diamonds, Billy Danvers, George Clarke with Madge Aubrey, Flanagan and Allen, Eugene's Magyar band, Jack Buchanan, Will Fyffe, Errol Addison, Iris Kirkwhite, Nervo and Knox, Naughton and Gold, J. Sherman Fisher's Palladium Girls, Lawrence Tiller Girls, G. S. Melvin, Jasper Maskelyne, Cicely Courtneidge, Jack Hylton and his band, Little Doreen, Harry Champion, Vesta Victoria, Fred Russell, Marie Kendall. | Held in the presence of King George V and Queen Mary. Presented by George Black. | ||
RVP12 | 22 May 1933 | N/A | London Palladium | The London Palladium Crazy Gang (Nervo and Knox, Flanagan and Allen, Naughton and Gold, Eddie Gray, Billy Caryll, Hilda Mundy, Lawrence Barclay), J. Sherman Fisher's Palladium Girls, Omar, Billy Russell, Geraldo and his Tango Orchestra, Gaston and Andree, the Ganjou Brothers and Juanita Richards with Billy Hendrix, Aline Fournier and Vittorio Togo, Cardini, The Company, The Carlo Medini Six, Wilson, Keppel and Betty, William and Joe Mendel, Billy Bennett, Evelyn Laye, Jack Hobbs, Roy Fox and his band. | Held in the presence of King George V and Queen Mary. Presented by George Black. | ||
RVP13 | 8 May 1934 | N/A | London Palladium | Kafka, Stanley and Mae Quartette, The Three Bonos, Frank Boston, J. Sherman Fisher's Palladium Girls, The Three Sailors, Arthur Lucan and Kitty McShane, Elsie and Doris Waters, Cedric Hardwicke, Osmund Wilson, Cicely Oates, George Robey, Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra, Jack Holland and June Hart, Murray and Mooney, George Clarke, Bert Platt, Alec Dane, Norah Dwyer, Billy Bennett, Jack Hylton and his band. | Held in the presence of King George V and Queen Mary. Presented by George Black. | ||
RVP14 | 29 October 1935 | N/A | London Palladium | Hannah Wyatt, Jeanne Devereaux, Nervo and Knox, Naughton and 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 and Joy Jeffries, Three Cossacks, Elsie Carlisle and Sam Browne, Will Mahoney, Arthur Reece, Kate Carney, Gus Elen, Florrie Forde, Harry Champion, Harry Roy and his band. | Held in the presence of King George V and Queen Mary in their Silver Jubilee year. It was the last show that King George V attended as he died in January 1936. Presented by George Black. | ||
RVP15 | 29 October 1937 | N/A | London Palladium | 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 and Gracie West, Ralph Reader's Gang Show, The London Palladium Gang Show, Gracie Fields, Will Fyffe. | Held in the presence of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Presented by George Black. | ||
RVP16 | 9 November 1938 | N/A | London Coliseum | 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 and 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, Marie Kendall, Gaston and Andree, Tommy Handley, G. S. Melvin, Talbot O'Farrell, Gillie Porter, Harry Tate, Vesta Victoria, Bransby Williams, Anona Winn. | Held in the presence of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. The last show until after World War II. The finale involving about 150 performers was the biggest ever for a Royal Variety Performance. Presented by George Black. | ||
1940s
No. | Date | Broadcast | Venue | Compère | Acts | Notes | Source |
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RVP17 | 5 November 1945 | N/A | London Coliseum | 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 and Betty, Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler, Tommy Trinder, Chappie D'Amato, Van Phillips, Reginald Burston. | Held in the presence of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Presented by Prince Littler. | ||
RVP18 | 4 November 1946 | N/A | London Palladium | 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 and Blanche Lund, Gil Johnson, the Three Ross Sisters, Halama and Konarski, The Cabana Accordion Six, Nat Mills & Bobby, Robert Lamouret, Arthur Askey, Harry Lester and 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. | Held in the presence of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Presented by Val Parnell. | ||
RVP19 | 3 November 1947 | N/A | London Palladium | 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 and 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, Laurel and Hardy, The Zoris, Tommy Trinder, Gracie Fields. | Held in the presence of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Presented by Val Parnell. | ||
RVP20 | 1 November 1948 | N/A | London Palladium | 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, Sid Field, 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 Girls Choir, The Great Alexander Troupe, Arthur Askey, Buster Shaver and his trio of Lilliputians, The Crazy Gang, Danny Kaye, The Skyrockets Orchestra. | Held in the presence of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Presented by Val Parnell. | ||
RVP21 | 7 November 1949 | N/A | London Coliseum | John Sanger, Arthur Bell, Eric Coates, Phil Parke, Johnny Lockwood, Les Charlivels, Joy Nichols, Michael Bentine, Bill Johnson, Peter Cavanagh, Marilyn Hightower, Elsa and 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. | Held in the presence of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth accompanied by Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. Presented by Alec Shanks. | ||
1950s
No. | Date | Broadcast | Venue | Compère | Acts | Notes | Source |
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RVP22 | 13 November 1950 | N/A | London Palladium | Tommy Trinder, Sheila Matthews, The 20 John Tiller Girls, The Three Bentley Sisters, The Debonairs, Terrys Juveniles, Norman and Ladd, Max Bygraves, Billy Cotton and 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 and Gold, Max Wall, Nervo and Knox, Max Miller, Flanagan and Allen, The Band that Jack Built. | Held in the presence of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Presented by Val Parnell. | ||
RVP23 | 29 October 1951 | N/A | Victoria Palace Theatre | 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 and 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. | Held in the presence of Queen Elizabeth accompanied by Princess Margaret. King George VI was too ill to attend. Presented by Jack Hylton. | ||
RVP24 | 3 November 1952 | N/A | London Palladium | The Victoria Palace Tiller Girls, The Three Barbour Brothers, Medlock and Marlowe, Crompton, Three Monarchs, Tony Hancock, 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 and Warriss, Josef Locke, Joy Nichols, Fred Russell, Maurice Chevalier, Ian Wallace, The Band of the Coldstream Guards. | Held in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh - the first time they attended together. Presented by Val Parnell. | ||
RVP25 | 2 November 1953 | N/A | London Coliseum | 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 and Joni, Anne Shelton, Max Bygraves, Sheila O'Neill and 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. | Held in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh. Presented by Prince Littler. | ||
RVP26 | 1 November 1954 | N/A | London Palladium | 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 and Frederic, The Crazy Gang with Paul Cutts and Shirley Eaton, David Whitfield, Frankie Laine, Jack Parnell and 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, 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 and the Hope Repertory Company. | Held in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh. Presented by Val Parnell. | ||
RVP27 | 13 April 1955 | N/A | Opera House Theatre, Blackpool | Reginald Dixon, Lupino Lane, George Truzzi, Peter Glaze, Kenneth Sandford, Pamela Bromley, Vera Day, The John Tiller Girls, The Victoria Palace Girls and Boys, Kathryn Moore, The Flying De Pauls, The Barbour Brothers and 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 (T.A.) (Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders), Beryl Grey with John Field, Jack Tripp with the John Tiller Girls, children from the Blackpool Tower Ballet, Charlie Cairoli with Paul, Wilfred and Mabel (Pickles), Albert Modley, Flanagan and Allen, Eddie Fisher with the BBC Northern Orchestra, Al Read. | Held in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh. The first Royal Variety Performance to be held outside London. Presented by Jack Hylton. | ||
RVP28 | 7 November 1955 | N/A | Victoria Palace Theatre | 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, Joseph 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 Seton, Emrys Jones, Lupino Lane, The Chinese Classical Theatre Company, Moscow State Folk Dance Company. | Held in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh. Presented by Jack Hylton. | ||
RVP29 | 18 November 1957 | N/A | London Palladium | Bob Monkhouse | The Kaye Sisters, 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 and his Orchestra, Ralph Reader and 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 and Vera Lynn, Alicia Markova, Alma Cogan, The John Tiller Girls, Tommy Cooper, Winifred Atwell, Tommy Steele and his Steelmen. | Held in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh. Presented by Val Parnell. | |
RVP30 | 3 November 1958 | N/A | London Coliseum | 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 and his Show Band, Frankie Vaughan, Bruce Forsyth, Bernard Bresslaw, Antonio and his Spanish Ballet Company, Roy Castle, Harry Secombe, 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. | Held in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh. Presented by Bernard Delfont. | ||
RVP31 | 23 June 1959 | N/A | Palace Theatre, Manchester | Tommy Trinder | Paddy Glyn, The Eight Mitchell Singers, The 20 John Tiller Girls, The Pietro Brothers, Marty Wilde, Cliff Richard, Harry Robertson, Lord Rockingham's XI, Cherry Wainer, Benny Hill, Al Read with Jimmy Clitheroe, 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 conducted by Sir John Barbirolli. | Held in the presence of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Presented by Bruce Forsyth. | |
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References
- ↑ Although both Bob Golding and Roy Walker performed, neither act was shown on the subsequent televised show
- ↑ "Royal Variety Performance 2009". Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund. 8 December 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
External links
- Official website
- History of the Royal Variety Performances
- "Royal Variety Performance 2010". Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
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