Royal Variety Line-Up Announcement
Royal Variety Performance 2025
The world’s longest-running entertainment show The Royal Variety Performance returns to the magnificent Royal Albert Hall in London with acts including Jessie J, BGT Winner Harry Moulding and musical extravaganzas from the casts of Les Misérables and Paddington.
The Royal Variety Performance welcomes a new host each year with comedian, actor and presenter Jason Manford taking the reins this year for a spectacular evening in the presence of members of the Royal Family as opera star Katherine Jenkins leads the National Anthem.
As ever, the night promises a star-studded line-up of acts from the world of entertainment with this year’s show including:
A show-stopping finale from the multi-award winning musical Les Misérables, which will see 400 performers take to the stage including Michael Ball, Matt Lucas, Katy Secombe, Bradley Jaden and Killian Donnelly, along with the West End and Paris casts, plus amateur companies from all over the UK, to perform a phenomenal medley celebrating the show’s 40th anniversary.
An exclusive performance from the eagerly anticipated Paddington The Musical introduced by composer Tom Fletcher.
Music from Jessie J, who will be performing a very personal song, ‘I’ll Never Know Why’, taken from her upcoming album, and one of Britain’s most successful and best-loved bands, Madness, make their debut appearance, plus Grammy award-winning Laufey.
National treasure Stephen Fry will also make a guest appearance, hot off the stage from the West End production of ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’.
There’ll be a spectacular, magical illusion from Britain’s Got Talent winner Harry Moulding and comedy from Tom Davis and Mick Miller, plus the incomparable and award-winning impressionist cast from the hit BBC series ‘Dead Ringers’.
Sir Bob Geldof, Midge Ure and special guests will introduce an incredible one-off performance from the Live Aid musical ‘Just For One Day’.
Plus Johannes Radebe will showcase a glittering extract from the award-winning musical ‘Kinky Boots.’
America’s Got Talent winners Adrian Stoica and his border collie, Hurricane, will make their British debut and wow audiences with a special choreographed routine.
The RVP will be produced by Lifted Entertainment, part of ITV Studios.
The Royal Variety Performance has been commissioned by Katie Rawcliffe, Head of Entertainment Commissioning ITV and David Smyth, Entertainment Commissioning Editor at ITV. Executive Producer for Lifted Entertainment is Fiona Clark and Line Producer for Lifted Entertainment is Catherine Saint.
Executive Producers for the Royal Variety Charity are Royal Variety Chairman & Life-President, Giles Cooper OBE and Royal Variety Vice-Chairman, Phil Dale.
Global distribution for The Royal Variety Performance is handled by ITV Studios.
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Notes to Editors:
The Royal Variety Performance is the annual fundraising event of the Royal Variety Charity and has been staged since 1912 (broadcast on radio between 1926-1958 and televised every year since 1960). Its combined global TV audience is just over 152 million.
The Royal Variety Charity assists those who've worked professionally in the entertainment industry and are in need of help. The charity strives to support all those, both young and old, who've worked on the stage, in the wings, in front of a camera, or behind it, as well as all those who have spent their lives working in the numerous support industries dedicated to entertainment.
The Royal Variety Charity owns and manages its own residential and nursing care home for elderly entertainers, Brinsworth House in Twickenham, and offers a nationwide grant scheme to assist those living in their own homes wherever they reside in the UK. In 2024, the Royal Variety Charity set up a dedicated team to assist those in entertainment who are in need of help and support because of mental health issues.
It's a little-known fact that thousands of people who work in the entertainment industry face desperate problems each day. Only the top 4% (*2022 UK survey / AC Nielson) of those who work in the entertainment industry are 'above-average UK earners'. The vast majority live from 'job-to-job' and from 'season-to-season' - many spending long periods with no work at all and with little ability to make any plans for their futures or providing themselves with any security, should they have an accident or fall ill.
His Majesty The King is the sole Patron of the Royal Variety Charity, continuing the long history of the reigning monarch being the charity's Patron, since King George V
Press Contact @ the Royal Variety Charity: david@royalvarietycharity.org
