Royal Variety Performance 2003

 

 

Entertainment Artistes Benevolent Fund
Light Entertainment Television & Theatre
  Founded 1908          Registered Charity 206451

Patron  HM The Queen.   
President Laurie MansfieldChairman Peter Prichard OBE.  Vice Chairman Phil Dale.
Treasurer  Ray Donn
Executive Administrator  Peter Elliott

Presented on
Monday 24th November 2003
In the presence of
HM Queen Elizabeth II
Patron of the Entertainment Artistes Benevolent Fund

Edinburgh Fesival Theatre

.At The
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
13/29 Nicolson Street
Edinburgh EH8 9FT

Edinburgh Fesival Theatre


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President Laurie Mansfield escorts HM The Queen
President Laurie Mansfield escorts HM The Queen into The Festival Theatre
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Artistes in order of appearance.
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The Fanfare Trumpeters Cat Deeley Rachel Stevens Ronnie Corbett
The Fanfare Trumpeters Cat Deeley Rachel Stevens Ronnie Corbett
Frank Bruno Daniel Bedingfield The Oriental Swan Busted
Frank Bruno Daniel Bedingfield The Oriental Swan Busted
Danny Bhoy Hayley Westenra Fiona Phillips Donny Osmond
Danny Bhoy Hayley Westenra Fiona Phillips Donny Osmond
Gloria Estefan Al Murray Amanda Holden Thoroughly Modern Millie
Gloria Estefan Al Murray Amanda Holden Thoroughly Modern Millie
Jamie Cullum Katie Melua Cirque Du Soleil Dame Edna
Jamie Cullum Katie Melua Cirque Du Soleil Dame Edna
Westlife ScottishPower Pipe Band

Strathclyde Police Band

Drambuie Kirkliston Pipes

Westlife ScottishPower Pipe Band Strathclyde Police Band Drambuie Kirkliston Pipes

Luciano Pavarotti
Luciano Pavarotti

The Finale

Donny Osmond and his brothers meet HM

HM with Jeff Thacker Laurie Mansfield & Peter Elliott   Donny Osmond and his brothers meet HM

Luciano Pavarotti meeting HM the Queen

Ronnie Corbett meets HM the Queen

Dame Edna  Luciano Pavarotti & Gloria Estefan

Jeff Thacker Donny Osmond & Ronnie Corbett

The Queen meets Katie Melua

HM Meets Westlife

Busted & Katie Melua

Westlife

 

Treasurer Ray Donn President Laurie Mansfield

Treasurer Ray Donn  Chairman Peter Pritchard
President Laurie Mansfield

Directed for the stage and produced by Jeff Thacker
  Head of Music Programming
Granada Television
Granada Television
2003 Royal Variety Performance
Transmitted on ITV1 Television
Wednesday 26th November 2003
9.5 Million Viewers

PETER ELLIOTT
On behalf of
The Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund
Would like to thank the following
Granada
Jeff Thacker, Producer
Stuart McDonald, Director
Jackie Tyler, Associate Producer
Glen Middleham, Associate Producer
Keith Lascelles, Production Manager
The Royal Variety Production Team
All Artistes for giving their services
Mandy Lee, Personal Assistant to Peter Elliott
Margaret Rogers
The Administrative Staff of the EABF:
Brian Chidwick, Gloria Moffatt, Carole McMinn
Crown Catering Specialists
Doug McKenzie for Photography
John Stalker, Chief Executive of Theatre
Caroline Brophy, Theatre Manager and her staff
City of Edinburgh Council
Flowers by Inch Nursery
Posy by Flowers by Maxwell
M&H Communications Limited
John Good Holbrook Limited
Brochure Committee:
Laurie Mansfield, Stuart Littlewood, Peter Elliott
Brochure Design & Art
Stuart Foley, Keith Watkins and Malcolm Maxted
M&H Communications Limited
Printing by John Good Holbrook Limited
Our thanks also to:
Steven Abbott, Paul Bowler, Holly Davis, Dmitz Torkoniak,
Jacqui Drewe, Paul Elliott, Neal Easterby, Patricia Evans, lain Funnell, Emily Lee,
Robbie Mclntosh, Laurie Mansfield, Jacqui Quaife, Terri Robson, Terry Shoemaker,
Lisa Thomas, Richard Alien Turner, Marian Williams, Jill Willis, Samantha Wright

The Granada Production Team

Jeff Thacker & his team

Granada Production Team

L/R. Elizabeth Hodges. Adam Cooper. Jeff Thacker.
Glen Middleham. Jackie Tyler. Stuart McDonald.

Lorraine Brooks. Keith Lascelles. Simon Kimmel.
Brian Pearce. Linda Martin. Trevor Brown.

 

After the first Royal Show on 1st July 1912
at The Palace Theatre, Shaftsbury Avenue, London
In the presence of  Their Majesties King George V and Queen Mary
The King said he would attend a once-yearly variety show provided the profits went to
the Variety Artistes Benevolent Fund as the EABF was then known.
The Entertainment Artistes Benevolent Fund has been honoured  by Royal patronage ever since.
The Royal Variety Performance provides most of the funding to maintain Brinsworth House
the Funds home for retired members of the entertainment profession and their dependants.

The 2003 show is the 75th Royal Variety Performance,
for 16 years the RVP was not presented owing to world conflict and Royal Family mourning.
Since that first event, over six thousand artists from all over the world have given
their services freely to the Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund.


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