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No. Date Venue Acts Royal(s) present Ref [a]1 July 1912 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
The Full Monty: 2001; Funny Girls: ... The West End cast of Half a Sixpence: 1963; Adelaide Hall: 1951; Rena Hall: 1923 ... Royal Variety Performance Dancers: 2000, 2004;
It was the first time that the Royal Variety Performance became an annual event. In 1923 it moved to the Coliseum Theatre. Then after a gap in 1924, moved to the Alhambra Theatre in February 1925, where it remained in 1926, held on 27 May. It was the first Royal Variety Performance to be broadcast, with the BBC providing live radio coverage.
Presenter Walsh will host the show 30 years after he first performed on the lineup as a budding comedian
The structure of the West End and Broadway productions were essentially similar, The only major difference was the West End production featured a scene with the cast re-enacting The Beatles' 1963 Royal Variety Performance at the Prince of Wales Theatre, in place of The Ed Sullivan Show.
The Queen, 77, has reluctantly pulled out of the Royal Variety Performance on Nov. 22, ... "She hopes to be back to full strength and regular public duties very soon," the source adds.
The cast of Cabaret opened the show with a performance of Wilkommen, from the musical. ... The origins of the Royal Variety Performance date back to 1912, when King George V and Queen Mary agreed ...
In 1963, they appeared on the ITV Royal Variety Performance in a sketch written by Galton and Simpson featuring Steptoe and Son totting outside Buckingham Palace, the telerecording of the live show, broadcast on 10 November 1963, still exists. The audio of the sketch was also released on a 7-inch single.