Archive - Past Performances
The history of the Royal Variety Performance is truly fascinating; over a century of presenting the most amazing, diverse and spectacular shows provides not only a wonderful history of the support given to the Royal Variety Charity by senior members of the Royal Family, but also serves as a breathtaking chronological history of the very best in entertainment from around the globe, year by year.....
...from Sir Edward Elgar to Luciano Pavarotti, from The Beatles to Take That, from Laurel & Hardy to Morecambe & Wise, from Tony Hancock to Michael McIntyre, from Aretha Franklin to One Direction, from Sammy Davis Jnr. to Michael Jackson, from Duke Ellington to Sir Elton John, from Liberace to the Spice Girls, from Bob Hope to Peter Kay, from Tommy Cooper to Harry Hill, from Dame Shirley Bassey to Lady Gaga, from Sir Laurence Olivier to Gene Kelly...the list of legendary performers is incredible, fascinating and endless.
Click on one of the bars below to reveal the shows in each decade:
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2020's
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2023, Royal Albert Hall View Performance 2022, Royal Albert Hall View Performance 2021, Royal Albert Hall View Performance 2020, Blackpool Opera House View Performance
2010's
2019, London Palladium View Performance 2018, London Palladium View Performance 2017, London Palladium View Performance 2016, London Eventim Apollo Hammersmith View Performance 2015, London Royal Albert Hall View Performance 2014, London Palladium View Performance 2013, London Palladium View Performance 2012, London Royal Albert Hall View Performance 2011, Manchester Lowry View Performance 2010, London Palladium View Performance2000's
2009, Blackpool Opera House View Performance 2008, London Palladium View Performance 2007, Liverpool Empire View Performance 2006, London Coliseum View Performance 2005, Cardiff Millennium Centre View Performance 2004, London Coliseum View Performance 2003, Edinburgh Festival Theatre View Performance 2002, London Hammersmith Apollo View Performance 2001, London Dominion View Performance 2000, London Dominion View Performance1990's
1999, Birmingham Hippodrome View Performance 1998, London Lyceum View Performance 1997, London Victoria Palace View Performance 1996, London Dominion View Performance 1995, London Dominion View Performance 1994, London Dominion View Performance 1993, London Dominion View Performance 1992, London Dominion View Performance 1991, London Victoria Palace View Performance 1990, London Palladium View Performance1980's
1989, London Palladium View Performance 1988, London Palladium View Performance 1987, London Palladium View Performance 1986, London Theatre Royal View Performance 1985, London Theatre Royal View Performance 1984, London Victoria Palace View Performance 1983, London Theatre Royal View Performance 1982, London Theatre Royal View Performance 1981, London Theatre Royal View Performance 1980, London Palladium View Performance1970's
1979, London Theatre Royal View Performance 1978, London Palladium View Performance 1977, London Palladium View Performance 1976, London Palladium View Performance 1975, London Palladium View Performance 1974, London Palladium View Performance 1973, London Palladium View Performance 1972, London Palladium View Performance 1971, London Palladium View Performance 1970, London Palladium View Performance1960's
1969, London Palladium View Performance 1968, London Palladium View Performance 1967, London Palladium View Performance 1966, London Palladium View Performance 1965, London Palladium View Performance 1964, London Palladium View Performance 1963, London Prince of Wales View Performance 1962, London Palladium View Performance 1961, London Prince of Wales View Performance 1960, London Victoria Palace View Performance1950's
1959, Manchester Palace View Performance 1958, London Coliseum View Performance 1957, London Palladium View Performance 1956, The show that never was View Performance 1955, London Victoria Palace View Performance 1955, Blackpool Opera House View Performance 1954, London Palladium View Performance 1953, London Coliseum View Performance 1952, London Palladium View Performance 1951, London Victoria Palace View Performance 1950, London Palladium View Performance1940's
1949, London Coliseum View Performance 1948, London Palladium View Performance 1947, London Palladium View Performance 1946, London Palladium View Performance 1945, London Coliseum View Performance1930's
1938, London Coliseum View Performance 1937, London Palladium View Performance 1935 - London Palladium View Performance 1934 - London Palladium View Performance 1933 - London Palladium View Performance 1932 - London Palladium View Performance 1931 - London Palladium View Performance 1930 - London Palladium View Performance1920's
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