2020, Blackpool Opera House
29th November, 2020
Attended 'virtually' by HRH The Prince of Wales
Executive Producers, Royal Variety Charity: Laurie Mansfield & Giles Cooper
Executive Producer, ITV Studios: Fiona Clark
Director, ITV Studios: Richard Valentine
Series Producer, ITV Studios: Lawrie Jordan
Line Producer, ITV Studios: Amanda George
SHOW BROCHURE:
ARTISTS INCLUDED:
JASON MANFORD (host), 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, CAPTAIN SIR TOM MOORE & MICHAEL BALL OBE
The pandemic’s effect on the Royal Variety Charity has been considerable. Our remit and ‘reason for being’ is to help and support anyone in need of assistance who has worked professionally in the entertainment industry.
Before Covid-19, it was only the top 4.8% of those working in the industry that earnt above the average UK wage, but since March this year, not only has this industry suffered a crisis like everyone else, but in parts suffered complete annihilation.
Theatres and music venues have been closed for most of the year, festivals and outdoor concerts were abandoned and tens of thousands of people working in all parts of the industry, mostly on a freelance ‘job-to-job’ basis, have been left to fend for themselves with little or no support from the Government - not qualifying for furlough, or any other scheme that has been offered.
Not only this but the Royal Variety Charity faces the demands and challenges of owning and operating its own residential and nursing Care Home, Brinsworth House, for elderly members of the entertainment profession.
TO CONTINUE OUR WORK, WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW MORE THAN WE EVER HAVE.
Some of our recenet beneficiaries:-
