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:

2020's

2010's

2000's

1990's

1980's

1970's

1960's

1950's

1940's

1930's

1920's

1910's