ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCES
Hi there this is the place to find all those great UK Royal Variety Shows from the past and present. The listings here show you all the performances that are available out there, many rare, and many you probably thought you would never see again. BUT YOU CAN! So if you have any questions with regard any of shows in this section get in touch with The Doc at oldtimetvuk@aol.com

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1960

Jack Hylton, Max Bygraves, Nat King Cole, Russ Conway, Billy Cotton and his Band, The Crazy Gang, Sonia Rees, Sammy Davis, Jr., Lonnie Donegan, Diana Dors, Jimmy Edwards, Adam Faith, Bud Flanagan, Benny Hill, Robert Horton, Frankie Howerd, Hattie Jacques, Liberace, Vera Lynn, Bob Monkhouse, Cliff Richard & The Shadows, Tiller Girls, Norman Wisdom, Harry Worth, Ivor Emmanuel.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1961

Acker Bilk, Kenny Ball & The Temperance Seven, Shirley Bassey, Jack Benny, George Burns, Lionel Blair, Max Bygraves, Maurice Chevalier, The Crazy Gang, Sammy Davis, Jr., Arthur Haynes, The McGuire Sisters, Morecambe and Wise,Nina & Frederik, Andy Stewart, Frankie Vaughan.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1962

Norman Vaughn, The Black and White Minstrels, Rudy Cardenas, Rosemary Clooney, Dickie Henderson, Frank Ifield, Eartha Kitt, Cleo Laine, Johnny Dankworth, Cliff Richard & The Shadows, Harry Secombe, Andy Stewart, Sophie Tucker, Mike & Bernie Winters Bob Hope with Edie Adams.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1963

Harry Secombe, Charlie Drake. Dickie Henderson. Flanders & Swann. The Beatles. Marlene Dietrich. Tommy Steele. Susan Maughan, Pinky & Perky. Eric Sykes & Hattie Jacques, Steptoe & Son, And Many More

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1964

David Jacobs, The John Tiller Girls, Tommy Cooper, The Bachelors, Gil Dova, Cilla Black, Millicent Martin, Kathy Kirby, Brenda Lee, Dennis Spicer, Morecambe and Wise, Gracie Fields, The Moiseyev Dance Company, Ralph Reader's Gang Show, Jimmy Tarbuck, Cliff Richard & The Shadows, Bob Newhart, Lena Horne with the Chico Hamilton Quartette.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1970

The Pamela Devis Dancers, Max Bygraves, Peter Noone &Herman's Hermits, Freddie Starr, Rostal and Schaefer, Sandy Powell, Kay White,Bob Dixon, Dionne Warwick, The Doriss Girls, The Syd Lawrence Orchestra, Leslie Crowther, TheBlack light theatre of Prague,Caterina Valente, Marty Feldman,Andy Williams.

 THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1971

The Young Generation, The Villams, Bruce Forsyth, Dailey and Wayne,The Stupids, Lovelace Watkins, Norman Collier, Hughie Green,The Little Angels of Korea, Jack Parnell and his Orchestra, The New Seekers, The New Dollys, Ken Goodwin, Sacha Distel, Stéphane Grappelli,Tommy Cooper, Shirley Bassey.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1972

Dickie Henderson, Mike Yarwood, Elton John, Danny La Rue, Arthur Askey, Liberace, Ken Dodd, Jack Jones, Carol Channing...among others.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1973

Dick Emery, Francis Van Dyke, Cliff Richard, Les Dawson, Rudolf Nureyev, Second Generation, Jose Luis Moreno, Peters and Lee, Ronnie Corbett, Duke Ellington. 

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1975

Bruce Forsyth, KwaZulu, Kris Kemo, Dad's Army, Count BasieOrchestra, Larry Parker, Michael Crawford and the cast of Billy, Dukes and Lee,Ruth Welting,Telly Savalas, Charles Aznavour,Rhos Male Voice Choir, Harry Secombe, Vera Lynn.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1976

Lionel Blair, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Los Reales Del Paraguay,Roger De Courcey, Lena Zavaroni, Arthur Mitchell, Gilbert Bécaud, Tom O'Connor, Dawson Chance, Wayne King, Mike Yarwood, Shirley Bassey.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1977

Bernard Delfont, Bob Hope, Julie Andrews, Paul Anka, Pam Ayres, Harry Belafonte, Brotherhood of Man, Tommy Cooper, Alan King, Cleo Laine and Johnny Dankworth, John Williams, Little and Large, Shirley MacLaine, Jim Henson's Muppets, Rudolf Nureyev, Jack Parnell.

ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1978

Arthur Askey, Lionel Blair, Leslie Crowther, Bobby Crush, Charlie Drake, Cyril Fletcher, Rolf Harris,John Inman, David Nixon, Beverley Sisters, Marti Caine, Wendy Craig,Sandra Dickinson, Esther Rantzen,Dilys Watling, June Whitfield, Pepe and his friends, Paul Daniels,Harry Secombe, The King Sisters,Mary O'Hara, Showaddywaddy,Danny La Rue, The Krankies,Andy Stewart, Moira Anderson,Scottish Ballet, National Youth Jazz Orchestra, Acker Bilk, Kenny Ball,Max Bygraves, The Kaye Sisters,The Nolan Sisters, Anne Shelton,Wayne Sleep, Lesley Collier,Diane Langton, Max Boyce, Gracie Fields.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1979

Elaine Stritch, Jim Davidson, James Galway, Red Buttons, Ned Sherrin, Millicent Martin, David Kernan, Julia McKenzie, Marti Caine, Elisabeth Welch, Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket, Noel Edmonds, Amii Stewart, Boney M., Bill Haley & His Comets, Bernie Clifton, Vladimir Vasiliev and Ekaterina Maximova, Pas de deux, Les Dawson, Yul Brynner, Carol Channing and Virginia McKenna.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1980

The Joe Loss Orchestra, Una Stubbs and Lionel Blair, Roy Hudd, Arthur Askey, Chesney Allen and Billy Dainty, Charlie Chester, Charlie Drake, Arthur English, Cyril Fletcher, Richard Murdoch, Sandy Powell, Tommy Trinder, Ben Warriss, Paul Squires, Bruce Forsyth, Grace Kennedy, Sheena Easton, Rowan Atkinson, Wall Street Crash, Harry Worth, Cleo Laine, Henry Mancini, Peggy Lee, Victor Borge, Aretha Franklin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Larry Hagman, Danny Kaye.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1981

Robert Hardy, Dickie Henderson, Lonnie Donegan, Lenny Henry, Itzhak Pearlman, John Inman, Henry Cooper, Tim Rice, Marty Wilde, The Searchers, Donovan, Acker Bilk, Alvin Stardust, Lulu, Adam and the Ants, The Shadows, Cliff Richard, Cambridge Buskers, Anita Harris, Jimmy Tarbuck, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephanie Lawrence, Julian Lloyd Webber, Elaine Paige, Mike Yarwood, Suzanne Danielle, Patrick Moore, Leslie Caron, Mireille Mathieu, Can-Can Dancers

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1982

Richard Harris, Chris Power and Howard Keel, Helen Gelzer,Anna Dawson, Tony Adams, The Pirates of Penzance, The Pirate King, Roy Hudd, Christopher Timothy, Louis Benjamin,Peter Glaze, Tommy Godfrey, Billy Gray, Lesley Collier, David Wall, Richard Stilgoe, Don Smoothey, Ami McDonald, Ruth Madoc, Isla St Clair, Kenneth Connor, Leslie Crowther, Billy Dainty, John Inman, Pete Murray, Bernie Winters, Karen Kay,Suzanne Danielle, Joyce Blair, John Hanson, Gloria Hunniford,Jan Leeming, Esther Rantzen, Vince Hill, Diane Langton, Lorna Dallas, Dennis Waterman, Liz Robertson, Topol, Wall Street Crash, Anton Rodgers, Bonnie Langford, Sylvester McCoy, Michael Praed, Chris Langham, Peter Skellern, James Casey, Roy Castle, Eli Woods, George Cole, Pamela Stephenson, Tim Curry, Sheena Easton, Moira Anderson,Bucks Fizz, Victor Spinetti, Amanda Redman, Robert Longden, Jack Jones, Angela Rippon, Millicent Martin, Ethel Merman.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1983                                                         

Scott Sherrin, Gillian Gregory, Gene Kelly, Royal Ballet School, Bonnie Langford, The Frank and Kay Mercer Latin American Formation Team, The Jukebox Company, Steve Merritt, Michael Barrymore, Wayne Sleep, Graham Fletcher, Fred Evans, Tony Kemp, Sarah Kennedy, Billy Dainty, Monica Mason, Merle Park and David Wall, Kelly Monteith, Sheila White, Grace Kennedy, Clarke Peters, Finola Hughes, The Roly Polys, Paul Henry, Sheila O'Neill, Gemma Craven, James Smillie, Julia McKenzie, Twiggy, Tommy Tune, Diana Moran, The British Amateur Gymnastics Team, Rock Steady Crew, George Carl, The Dancin' Company, Natalia Makarova, Anthony Dowell.                                                   

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1984                                                         

Leslie Crowther, Billy Dainty, Paul Nicholas, Bernie Winters, Jimmy Cricket, The Dancers, Mr Magoo, Brian Andro, Stuart Fell, The Acrobats, Anthony Gatto, Keith Harris, Denis Norden, The Bell Ringers, Les Dennis and Dustin Gee, Angharad Rees, Matthew Kelly, Charlie Drake, Russell Grant, Frank Finlay, Simon Callow, Eileen Atkins, Jean Marsh, Harvey and the Wallbangers, Paul Eddington, The Tillers, Ronnie Corbett, On Your Toes, Roy Hudd, Terry Wogan, James Galway, Henry Mancini, Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, Brian Wilde, David Jacobs, Howard Keel, Paul Daniels, Members of the cast of Me and My Girl.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1985                                                      

Babes on Broadway, Show Boat, Gary Wilmot, The Screen Goddesses (Sarah Payne, Rula Lenska, Gloria Hunniford and Stephanie Lawrence), Louis Benjamin, Jean Simmons, Guys and Dolls (David Healy, Betsy Brantley and Norman Rossington), On the Town (Tim Flavin, Graham Fletcher, Peter Alex-Newton and Elisabeth Welch), Triplets (Michael Aspel, Jan Leeming, Russell Harty), 42nd Street (Philip Gould, Alice Faye, Roy Castle and Fred Evans), Doreen Wells and Tudor Davies, Ron Moody, Sarah Brightman, Norman Wisdom, Su Pollard, Joan Collins, Roni Page, Steve Devereaux, Celeste Holm and Paul Nicholas, Frankie Vaughan and Barbara King, Martin Shaw and Simon Bowman, Liz Robertson, Gigi (Beryl Reid, Amanda Waring, Geoffrey Burridge), Dennis Waterman and Maureen Lipman, José Carreras.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1986

Peter Ustinov. Alan Randall, Su Pollard and Ruth Madoc, Kit and The Widow, Marti Webb, Bob Monkhouse, Marti Caine, Angela Rippon, Petula Clark, Rory Bremner, Peking Opera, Victoria Wood, The Bluebells, Carolyn Pickles, Stéphane Grappelli, Nana Mouskouri, Victor Borge, Frank Carson, Valerie Masterson, Max Bygraves, Lulu, Michael Davis, Ronnie Corbett, Paul Nicholas, Lesley Collier, Stephen Jefferies, Peggy Spencer, Latin American Formation Team, Cyd Charisse, Simon Howe, Tyne Daly, Sharon Gless, Ken Dodd, Huddersfield Choral Society, Val Doonican, Gloria Hunniford, Aled Jones.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1987

Anthony Newley, The Alan Harding Dancers, Jessica Martin, Gary Wilmot, Peter Goodwright, Hilary O'Neil, Allan Stewart, Bernie Winters, Leslie Crowther, George Carl, Bobby Davro, Johnny Logan, Les Dawson, The Roly Polys, Danny La Rue, Dolores Gray, Cannon & Ball, Eartha Kitt, Richard Branson, Hale & Pace, James Galway, Jimmy Tarbuck, Kenny Lynch, Shirley Bassey, Five Star, Ronn Lucas, Les Misérables (Dudu Fisher, Kaho Shimada & Michael McGuire), Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Mel Tormé, George Shearing, Michael Barrymore, Sarah Brightman, Mike Yarwood, Johnnie Ray, Rosemary Clooney, Harry Secombe, Tom Jones.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1988

Ronnie Corbett, Bruce Forsyth, Mickey Rooney and Ann Miller, The Chongqing Troupe, Brian Conley, Kylie Minogue, The cast of Neighbours, Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones, Cliff Richard, the cast of Only Fools and Horses (David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst and Buster Merryfield), the cast of Bread, Jackie Mason, Julio Iglesias, Bananarama, a-ha, The Golden Girls, Bob Monkhouse, Russ Abbot, Bella Emberg, Paul Daniels and Debbie McGee.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1989  

Michael Ball, David Essex, Rosemarie Ford, Paul Nicholas, Lisa Waddingham, George Marshall, the cast of Coronation Street, Chris de Burgh, Nigel Kennedy, Freddie Starr, Melvyn Bragg, Frank Bruno, Harry Carpenter, David Frost, Hinge and Bracket, Diana Rigg, Selina Scott, Kenny Seagrove, Edward Woodward, Tina Turner, Northern Ballet Theatre, Elayne Boosler, Joe Longthorne, Julian Lloyd Webber, the cast of Folies Bergère, The Argentine Gauchos, Lance Burton, Jerry Lewis, Paula Abdul.

 THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1990   

(A Royal Birthday Gala For The Queen Mother's 90th Birthday) 

Sir John Gielgud, Sir John Mills, Wayne Dobson, Janet Jackson, Sir John Gielgud, Lisa Maxwell, Hayley Mills, Lionel Blair, Jeffrey Holland, Angharad Rees, Christopher Cazenove, Robert Meadmore, Bonnie Langford, Anneka Rice, Dannii Minogue, Mark Curry, Jonathon Morris, Anita Harris, Jill Gascoine, Band of the Grenadier Guards, Geraldine McEwan, Wayne Sleep, Stephen Fry, Michael Denison and Dulcie Gray, Marilyn Hill-Smith, Arthur Davies, James Galway, Bernie Winters, Leslie Crowther, Simon Cadell, Patricia Hodge, Robert Hardy, Dame Vera Lynn, Howard Keel, Willard White, Roger Moore, Michael Caine, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Rowan Atkinson, Cliff Richard, Sir Richard Attenborough, Darcey Bussell, Irek Mukhamedov, Elaine Paige, Plácido Domingo.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1991

David Frost, Diana Ross, Michael Ball, Beverley Craven, Jim Dale, Les dawson, Roy Hudd, Eric Idle, Gloria Hunniford, Julia McKenzie, Elaine Paige, Billy Pearce, The Roly Poly’s Wayne Sleep, Marti Webb, The Cast Of Buddy, A full presentation of the West End musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, Miss Saigon.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1992

Leslie Caron, Kiki Dee, Brian Conley, Philip Schofield, Reva Rice, Lon Statton and the "Starlight Express" company, Jimmy Tarbuck, The Chinese State Circus, Chris Tarrant, Gloria Estefan, Steve Coogan, Jim Bailey ( as Judy Garland ), Mel Smith & Griff Rhys Jones, Barry Manilow, Michael Ball, The London Community Gospel Choir, Jim Tavare, Nigel Kennedy, Sharon Gless, Mike Michaels, Tim Rice, Montserrat Caballe, Rita Rudner, Tom Conti, From the Bolshoi Ballet: Yuri Klevtsov and Nadezhda Gracheva, Surprise guest appearance by Joseph Locke, Michael Crawford, The London Choral Society, The Royal variety Company Featuring: Ria Jones, Jacqui Scott, Philip Gould, Paul Gyngell.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1993

Cilla Black, Grease with Craig McLachlan and Debbie Gibson, Cilla Black, Frank Carson, Jim Henson's Muppets, Right Said Fred, Lesley Garrett, Brian Conley, Simon Drake, Grigorovich Ballet of the Bolshoi Theatre, Bee Gees, Forever Plaid, Bradley Walsh, Darren Day, Joe Pasquale, Lulu, Pickwick with Sir Harry Secombe and Roy Castle, Michael Barrymore, London Community Gospel Choir.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1994

Brian Conley, Ria Jones, Ronnie Corbett, The Passing Zone, Lulu, Billy Pierce, Jonathan Pryce, Sally Dexter and members of the "Oliver!" company, Larry Grayson, Shirley Bassey, Gary Wilmot, Jim Tavare, Gareth Rowan, Clive Anderson, Angela Gheorghiu, Viviana Durante, Zoltan Solymosi, Frank Skinner, Tony Bennett & The Ralph Sharon Trio, Terry Wogan, Michael Flatley, Jean Butler and the Riverdance Company, Take That: Robbie Williams, Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Jason Orange and Howard Donald.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1995

Des O’Connor, Carol Kenyon, Bruce Forsyth, Allan Stewart, Robson & Jerome, The Pendragons, Mack & Mabel, Alistair McGowan, Marvin Hamlisch, Bob Downe, Elaine Paige, Cirque du Soleil, Hale and Pace, the cast of Riverdance, Joe Pasquale, Jolson - Brian Conley, Cliff Richard.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1996

Des O’Connor, Bob Monkhouse, Moscow State Circus, David Strassman, Eternal, Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson, Robson & Jerome, Steve Coogan, Victor Borge, Joaquín Cortés, Brian Conley, Jim Davidson, Vik and Fabrini, Darcey Bussell and Jonathon Cope, Joan Rivers, Martin Guerre, Jackie Mason, Tom Jones, the cast of The Brittas Empire.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1997

Des O’Connor, Chicago featuring Ruthie Henshall, Henry Goodman, Ute Lemper and Nigel Planer, Joe Pasquale, Enya, Barbara Cook and Michael Ball, Darius Matthews and Daddy's Little Princess, Jonathan Ross, Andy Leach, Stephen Mulhern, Alan Brazil & the Four Poster Beds, Andy Ford, Lydia Griffiths, Vladimir, Fame – The Musical, Dr Trevor James, Andi Peters, Spice Girls, Aleggria House Troupe, Harry Hill, Michael Bolton, Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake featuring Adam Cooper and Scott Ambler, Jim Davidson, Celine Dion.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1998

Paulette Ivory, Laine Theatre Arts Dancers, Lily Savage, B*Witched, Peter Kay, Ulrika Jonsson, Eclipse, Oklahoma!, Jim Tavaré, Martine McCutcheon, Ronan Keating, Stephen Gately, Barry Manilow, Annie - the Musical, Phil Cool, Boyzone, Rambert Dance Company, Ennio Marchetto, Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu, Stomp, Spice Girls.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 1999

Brian Conley, The Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Jean Butler and Colin Dunne, The Corrs, Steps, Bradley Walsh, Billy Geraghty, Paul Zerdin, Charlotte Church, Ed Byrne, Westlife, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Ken Dodd, The Shaolin Monks, Terry Alderton, Andrea Bocelli, LeAnn Rimes, Nigel Parkinson, Barry Manilow, Cliff Richard, West End cast of The Lion King.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2000

Brian Conley, Hey Pachuco - Martin Crewes and the RVP Dancers, Jane McDonald, Ben Elton, Kylie Minogue, Blast! (musical), Jane Horrocks, Julian Clary, Martin Clunes, Omagh Community youth choir, Mark Williams, Cirque du Soleil, Tim Vine, Ronan Keating, The King and I, Elaine Paige, Notre Dame de Paris, Ronnie Corbett, Dame Shirley Bassey, African Footprint, Richard Stilgoe and Peter Skellern, Star for a Night - Celestine Walcott-Gordon, Bryn Terfel, Dominic Holland, Lionel Richie, The Beautiful Game and Westlife.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2001

Julian Clary, Jackie Mason, Hearsay, Jethro, Cher, Adam Watkiss, Samantha Mumba, Vinnie Jones, Charlotte Church, The Full Monty, Donny Osmond, Jennifer Lopez, Craig David, Al Murray, Alessandro Safina, Cirque Du Soleil, Robert Meadmore, Russell Watson, Anatoliy Zalevskyy, Denise Van Outen, Jon Culshaw, The Corrs, Barbara Windsor, Cilla Black, Jimmy Tarbuck, Frankie Dettori, Dale Winton, Claire Sweeney, Ruby Wax, Paul O'grady

 THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2002

Bond the legend, Will Young,Liberty X, Paul Zerdin, Brian Conley, Stomp, Men in Coats,Diana Krall and Natalie Cole,Bombay Dreams, Jimmy Carr,Kylie Minogue, Our House, Lee Mack, Elaine Stritch, Contact,Omid Djalili, Enrique Iglesias, Bob Monkhouse, Gareth Gates, Ronan Keating, Anastacia and Shania Twain.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2003

Cat Deeley, Strathclyde Police Pipe Band, ScottishPower Pipe Band, The Drambuie Kirklston Pipe Band, Laine Theatre Arts Dancers, Flur na H-alba, Rachel Stevens, Ronnie Corbett, Daniel Bedingfield, The Oriental Swan (Hua Wong, Chen Wen and Wen Xiaoyan), Busted, Danny Bhoy, Hayley Westenra, Donny Osmond, Gloria Estefan, Al Murray - The Pub Landlord, Jamie Cullum, Katie Melua, Cirque du Soleil, Westlife and Luciano Pavarotti.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2004                                             

Shane Richie, Natasha Kaplinsky,Funny Girls, Jamelia, Jimmy Carr,Brian McFadden and Delta Goodrem, Round the HorneRevisited, Girls Aloud, The Producers, Josh Groban, Ennio Marchetto, Michael Bublé, Lemar,Elton John, Billy Elliot the Musical,Dara Ó Briain, Royal Variety Dancers and Capital Voices,Denise van Outen, David Omer and Yamil Borges, Will Smith,Sharon Osbourne, Ozzy Osbourne, Gwen Stefani, Liza Minnelli, English National Operaand Cliff Richard.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2005

Sharon Osbourne, Michael Parkinson, Bradley Walsh, Nigel Harman, Charlotte Church, Katherine Jenkins, Sir Cliff Richard, Catherine Tate, Joe Pasquale, Alan Carr, Will Young, Blueman Group, Skating Willers, Andrea Bocelli, Bryn Terfel, Nicola Benedetti, Andre Portasio, Umbilical Brothers, Mc Fly, Ozzy Osbourne, Caesar Twins, Tomazs Reichelt, Il Divo, Funny Girls, Parker-Urban, Danceoff, Dave Spikey, Urban Strides, Rob Alton, Killa Kela, The cast of 'Guys & Dolls' and Shirley Bassey

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2006

Jonathan Ross, John Barrowman with The Puppini Sisters and Capital Voices, the cast of Spamalot, Omid Djalili, the cast of The Sound of Music, Sugababes, Meat Loaf, Jamelia, David and Dania, Jason Byrne, Take That, the cast of Wicked, Barry Manilow, the cast of Avenue Q, James Morrison, Jump, Ken Dodd, Rod Stewart and Michael McIntyre.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2007

Philip Schofield, Kate Thornton, The Heavy Cavalry and Cambrai Band, Seal, Viva la Diva (Katherine Jenkins and Darcey Bussell), Al Murray - The Pub Landlord, Enrique Iglesias, Big Howard, Little Howard, the cast of Hairspray, James Blunt, Russell Brand, English National Ballet, Raymond Crowe, David Jordan, MOMIX - The White Widow, Paul Potts, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Bon Jovi, Lang Lang, Kanye West, Joan Rivers, Dany Daniel & Edina, Teatro, Stephen K. Amos, Philip Achille, Jimmy Tarbuck and Natasha Day.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2008

Tess Daly, Graham Norton, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Emma Bunton, Mathew Horne, James Corden, Tom Daley, Myleene Klass, Jimmy Tarbuck, Craig Revel Horwood, Arlene Phillips, Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli, Josh Hartnett, Rebecca Adlington, Brendan Fraser, Christine Bleakley, Adrian Chiles, Connie Fisher, John Barrowman, Pete Waterman, Nicki Chapman, Neil Fox, Peter Kay, Brian May and Kerry Ellis, John Barrowman, Josh Groban, Leona Lewis, Rhod Gilbert, Rihanna, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Armstrong and Miller, The Pussycat Dolls, Naturally 7, Duffy, Take That, Only Men Aloud!, George Sampson, Michael McIntyre, Geraldine McQueen, Cliff Richard and The Shadows, the West End casts of Jersey Boys, La Cage Aux Folles, The Lion King and Zorro.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2009

Peter Kay, Michael Bublé, Alexandra Burke, Hal Cruttenden, Miley Cyrus, Diversity, Adam Hills, Lady Gaga, Bob Golding, Roy Walker[1] Les 7 Doigts de la Main, Katherine Jenkins, Paddy McGuinness, Jason Manford, Pilobolus featuring the music of David Poe, Mika, Bette Midler accompanied by Jake Shimabukuro, André Rieu, Faryl Smith and The Soldiers, Paul Zerdin, the Heavy Cavalry and Cambrai Band, the cast of Sister Act the Musical, with Whoopi Goldberg and the cast of Here Come the Girls (Anastacia, Lulu and Chaka Khan).

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2010                                              

Michael McIntyre, Adele, John Bishop, Susan Boyle, Chelsea Pensioners, Cheryl Cole, Jamie Cullum & Rumer, Ray Davies & Paloma Faith, Micky Flanagan, Lee Mack, Sarah Millican, Kylie Minogue, N-Dubz, Spelbound, Take That, Russell Watson & The Royal Ballet, Daniel Whiston, Jack Whitehall and the casts of Les Misérables and The Wizard of Oz.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2011                                            

Peter Kay, Tony Bennett, Barry Manilow, Cee Lo Green, Jason Manford, Pixie Lott, Jai McDowall, Leona Lewis, Hayley Westenra, Penn & Teller, Nicole Scherzinger, Greg Davies, Jimeoin, Tim Minchin,David Garrett, Omid Djalili, Sam Wills, Ramin Karimloo, Simon Bowman, John Owen-Jones, and Il Divo.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2012                                             

David Walliams, Robbie Williams, Heather Headley, Kylie Minogue, Bruce Forsyth, Girls Aloud, Rod Stewart, One Direction, Andrea Bocelli, Katherine Jenkins, Neil Diamond, Ashleigh and Pudsey, Rhod Gilbert, Bill Bailey, Jimmy Tarbuck, Ronnie Corbett, and Matilda the Musical.                                         

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2013

John Bishop, Olly Murs, Robbie Williams, Gary Barlow, Attraction, Dame Edna Everage, the cast of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the Musical, Bryn Terfel, Jessie J, Mary J. Blige, Jimmy Carr, Torvill and Dean, Chas & Dave, the cast of I Can't Sing! The X Factor Musical, Caro Emerald, Flavia Cacace, Gareth Malone & Voices, Hal Cruttenden, Jason Byrne, John Newman, Rizzle Kicks, Seann Walsh and the cast of Stephen Ward the Musical     

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2014

Michael McIntyre, Bette Midler, Dame Shirley Bassey, Ellie Goulding, Collabro, McBusted, Demi Lovato, Jack Whitehall, Simply Red, Russell Kane, Ed Sheeran, the cast of Miss Saigon, Pumeza, Alfie Boe, Sarah Millican, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Trevor Noah, Rod Woodward, Stephen Mulhern, La Soiree and One Direction             

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2015

Jack Whitehall, Beverley Knight, Brandon Flowers, Chris Ramsey, Cirque du Soleil, The Corrs, Sir Elton John, Jeff Lynne's ELO, Josh Groban, Jules, Matisse & Friends, Kacey Musgraves, Kylie Minogue, Little Mix, the cast of Mary Poppins, Matt Forde, One Direction, The Play That Goes Wrong, Ricky Martin and Romesh Ranganathan

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2016

ABC, An American in Paris, Gary Barlow, Rob Beckett, Leslie Caron, The   Chuckle Brothers, Cirque du Soleil, Bernie Clifton, Alan Davies, Diversity,DNCE, Escala, Tom Fletcher, Barry Gibb, Richard Jones, Joe Lycett, OneRepublic, Amber Riley, Emeli Sandé, Sting, Robbie Williams, Lady Gaga

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2017

Miranda Hart, The Cast of 42nd Street, Tom Allen, The Cast of Annie, Michael Ball, The Cast of Benidorm, James Blunt, Alfie Boe, Circus Abyssinia, Paloma Faith, Kelsey Grammer, Cassidy Janson, The Killers, Beverley Knight, Jason Manford, The Cast of Miranda, Tokio Myers, Amber Riley, The Script, Seal, Louis Tomlinson, Colin Cloud

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2018

Greg Davies, Take That, The Cast of Hamilton, George Ezra, Clean Bandit, the cast of Tina – The Tina Turner Musical, Andrea and Matteo Bocelli, Lost Voice Guy, Rick Astley, Rhod Gilbert, Cirque du Soleil, Sigrid, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Circus 1903, Ed Gamble, Rose Matafeo, Gad Elmaleh and Rod Woodward.

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2019

Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan, Colin Thackery, Rod Stewart, Lewis Capaldi, Mabel, Harry Connick Jr, Luke Evans, Cast of Come From Away. Flo & Joan, Cast Of Grown Ups, Robbie Williams, Emeli Sande, Cast f Mary Poppins, Jamie Callum, Kerry Godliman, Cirque Du Soleil, Frank Skinner.  

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2020

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2021

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2022

THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 2023