West End shows Kinky Boots, Les Misérables, Just One Day and Paddington The Musical will feature in this year’s Royal Variety Performance.
Hosted by Jason Manford, the event which will return to the Royal Albert Hall on 19 November will be filmed by ITV for broadcast at a later date.
The star-studded line-up will include Katherine Jenkins, Jessie J, Stephen Fry, Madness, Laufey, Britain’s Got Talent winner Harry Moulding, America’s Got Talent winners Adrian Stoica and his border collie Hurricane, Tom Davis, Mick Miller and the cast from the hit BBC series Dead Ringers. Bob Geldof, Midge Ure and special guests will introduce a performance from the Live Aid musical Just One Day.
The show’s finale will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the multi-award-winning musical Les Misérables featuring 400 performers including Michael Ball, Matt Lucas, Katy Secombe, Bradley Jaden and Killian Donnelly, along with the West End and Paris casts, and amateur companies from all over the UK.
Produced by Lifted Entertainment, part of ITV Studios, the Royal Variety Performance has been commissioned by ITV’s head of entertainment, reality and daytime commissioning Katie Rawcliffe and David Smyth, ITV entertainment commissioning editor. The executive producer for Lifted Entertainment is Fiona Clark and the line producer for Lifted Entertainment is Catherine Saint. The executive producers for the Royal Variety Charity are Giles Cooper and Phil Dale. Global distribution for The Royal Variety Performance is handled by ITV Studios.
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