The Royal Variety Performance announces 2025 line-up of shows & stars

West End shows including Les Misérables, Paddington, Kinky Boots & Just For One Day

Stars include Stephen Fry, Michael Ball, Katherine Jenkins, Matt Lucas, Jessie J, Jason Manford, Laufey, Johannes Radebe & more

The Royal Variety Charity has announced the full line-up for its forthcoming Royal Variety Performance 2025 at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

The Royal Variety Performance returns to the Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday 19 November 2025. The show will also be broadcast on ITV1, with a date and time to be announced.

The annual performance, organised by and in aid of the Royal Variety Charity, is attended by senior members of the Royal Family. The date of this year’s event was announced back in February.

This year’s hosting duties have gone to acclaimed comedian and actor Jason Manford, and West End shows performing at this year’s Royal Variety Performance 2025 include:

Les Misérables: The Royal Variety Performance will celebrate the 40th anniversary of hit musical Les Misérables, with a finale that 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. The Les Misérables finale is a precursor to the Royal Albert Hall hosting the Les Misérables The Arena Spectacular World Tour show next year.
Paddington The Musical: Buzzy new West End musical Paddington will perform at this year’s RVP, introduced by composer of the show Tom Fletcher. Paddington opens at the Savoy Theatre on 1 November.
Just For One Day – The Live Aid Musical: Sir Bob Geldof, Midge Ure and special guests will introduce an incredible performance from West End show Just For One Day, which is now in its final months at the Shaftesbury Theatre.
Kinky Boots the Musical: Strictly’s Johannes Radebe will take the stage as Lola in a scene from award-winning musical Kinky Boots, which is returning to the West End next year.
The Importance of Being Earnest: Stephen Fry will make a guest appearance at the Performance, direct from the stage of the Noel Coward Theatre in London where he is performing as Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy. It’s not yet known whether Fry will take to the stage of the Albert Hall as Lady Bracknell or himself!

Other acts and stars appearing at this year’s Royal Variety Performance include:

Jessie J, who will be performing ‘I’ll Never Know Why’ from her upcoming album
Much-loved band Madness
Grammy award-winning Laufey
Magical illusion from Britain’s Got Talent winner Harry Moulding
Comedy from Tom Davis and Mick Miller
The cast of hit BBC series Dead Ringers
America’s Got Talent winners Adrian Stoica and his border collie, Hurricane

Photos: The Royal Variety Performance 2024

Last year’s Royal Variety Performance 2024 saw Britain’s Got Talent winner Sydnie Christmas take up her prize and perform at the Royal Albert Hall, hosted by Amanda Holden and Alan Carr, and attended by His Majesty The King.

The Royal Variety Performance is the world’s longest-running entertainment show, and money raised from the night is in aid of the Royal Variety Charity, helping people from the world of entertainment in need of care and assistance.

Looking for more productions? Explore the full list of West End shows in London.

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Main photo: The Royal Variety Performance 2025 - Les Miserables (Photo Danny Kaan), Just For One Day (Photo Evan Zimmerman), Kinky Boots (Photo Pamela Raith)