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

Patron  HM The Queen.  

At
Wales Millennium Centre
the show was held in
The Donald Gordon Theatre
Bute Place Cardiff CF10 5AL

Wales Millennium Centre, on Cardiff Bay waterfront, is the most exciting cultural initiative happening in Europe today. Not only a place to see the best in international musicals, opera, ballet and dance, it is also home to seven diverse and exciting cultural organisations.
Within the Centre you’ll find the main theatre – the Donald Gordon Theatre.

Sir David Rowe-Beddoe presents Laurie Mansfield Peter Prichard OBE C.St.J Phil Dale, Ray Donn, and The Dowager Lady Westbury to HM The Queen & HRH The Duke of Edinburgh on arrival at the Millennium Centre Photography by Kind Permission of Granada Media © 2005

The Entertainment Artistes Benevolent Fund Sincerely Thanks all the Artistes, Granada Production Team & Crew, Management  & Staff of the Millennium Centre & Everybody that helped to make the 2005 RVP a great success.
Guest Presenters	Sharon Osbourne	Michael Parkinson	Bradley Walsh	Nigel Harman
Shirley Bassey	Charlotte Church	Katherine Jenkins	Sir Cliff Richard	Catherine Tate
Joe Pasquale	Alan Carr	Will Young	Blueman Group	Skating Willers
Andrea Bocelli	Bryn Terfel	Nicola Benedetti	Andre Portasio	Umbilical Brothers
McFly		Ozzy Osbourne	Caesar Twins
Tomasz Reichelt		Il Divo	Funny Girls
Parker-Urban	Danceoff	Dave Spikey	Urban Strides	Rob Alton
	Killa Kela	Guys & Dolls	Laine Theatre Arts
Treorchy Male Voice Choir		Souvenir Brochure Designed & Produced by	Regimental Band & Drums of the Royal Welsh Regiment

Laurie Mansfield, Life President of the Entertainment Artistes’ Benevolent Fund – the beneficiaries of the Royal Variety Performance – added:”We are thrilled to be bringing the Royal Variety Show to Cardiff for the first time in such a spectacular fashion. This promises to be one of the great nights in entertainment both in the theatre and on television."

Granada Television

Produced by James Sunderland 
Associate Producer Christian Fletcher
Executive Producers: Mark Wells and Sue Andrew
Production Manager: Peter Hall

The Royal Variety Performance was transmitted
by on
Sunday December 11th 2005

James Sunderland says: “This year’s Royal Variety Performance has something for everybody – Music, Comedy, Variety and Spectacle. We’re putting artists together in ways never seen before to create unique ‘one night only’ performances which will be remembered for years. I am delighted that Dame Shirley Bassey will be closing what promises to be an unforgettable night of classic entertainment.”

Producer James Sunderland	Executive Producer Mark Wells	Executive Producer Sue Andrew	Director Russell Norman	Production Manager Peter Hall	Celebrity Executive Mark Wagman
Associate Producer Christian Fletcher	Production Designer Peter Bingemann	Lighting Designer Al Gurdon	Musical Director Mike Dixon	Choreographer Gary Lloyd	Costume Designer Linda Martin

Royal Variety Performance 2003

Royal Variety Performance 2004