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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
He later put some of his success as a variety performer down to his lanky physique. He was 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall, but weighed only 13 stone (83 kg) in adult life. He then became a messenger for W S Crawfords, an advertising agency at 233 High Holborn before serving as a fitter in the Royal Air Force in the Second World War and working ...
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.
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In fact, the royal was seen chuckling so hard that he had to wipe a few tears away. One fan posted a short Prince William Loses It During Comedian Tom Allen's Set at the Royal Variety Performance