The “Royal Variety Performance 2024” will return this year, hosted by Alan Carr and Amanda Holden, who return after a three-year absence, and will be recorded at the Royal Albert Hall on November 22 and broadcast to over 150 million viewers worldwide during the festivities. See below for a list of performers.
If you are away from the UK, please note the broadcast times; you can watch “Royal Variety” for free from anywhere with a VPN.
The world's longest-running variety show traditionally features the best in entertainment from the worlds of comedy, music, dance, and magic, and since 2007 has featured acts selected by public vote from ITV's talent show “Britain's Got Talent.
This year, singer Sydney Christmas will perform, accompanied by Dave Arch and the Royal Variety Orchestra.
From the West End musical world, Elton John and David Furnish will introduce numbers from The Devil Wears Prada (starring Vanessa Williams and cast), an exclusive medley from Cameron Mackintosh's Oliver, Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musical “Starlight Express” company will also perform.
Pop music will be represented by this year's Eurovision winner Nemo, three-time Brit Award winner James Bay, and disco queen Sophie Ellis-Bextor.
Celebrating their 50th anniversary, American world-class magicians and comedy duo Penn and Teller will be in Japan especially for the show, plus host and magician Stephen Mulhern will wow the royal family with his incredible illusions.
Cirque du Soleil, celebrating its 40th anniversary, will perform a world-exclusive performance from its Las Vegas show Ovo, and the English National Ballet will perform “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” from the long-awaited Christmas production of The Nutcracker.
This year's stand-up comedy will feature Ellie Taylor of Ted Lasso fame, political comedian Matt Ford reflecting on the year, plus author and comedian Scott Bennett and award-winning Scottish comedian Larry Dean.
Making special appearances at this year's show will be Lorraine Kelly and the Change and Check Choir (made up of women from across the UK who discovered breast cancer through Lorraine's pioneering campaign), led by former Wet Wet Wet singer Marti Perrault. They will perform their song “Love Is All Around,” which was re-released to raise awareness of early breast cancer detection and to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its release.
The production team behind the smash hit “The Play That Goes Wrong” will present a sneak preview and first performance of their new West End production “The Comedy About Spies.”
Read on to find out how to watch “The Royal Variety” online from anywhere in the world.
“Royal Variety Performance 2024” will premiere on ITV1, STV, and ITVX on Sunday, December 15 at 8 p.m. ET.
ITVX is free to watch and airs thousands of great TV shows and movies. However, a valid TV license is required to live stream the content.
If you are outside the UK during the times “The Royal Variety” is airing, you can use a VPN to bypass regional restrictions that would prevent ITVX from working. Scroll down for details and instructions.
If you are currently away from home and unable to watch Royal Variety Performance 2024 on your usual streaming service.
You can still watch the Variety Show thanks to a VPN (Virtual Private Network), software that allows your device to appear to be in your country, no matter where you are in the world. Ideal for TV fans who are away on vacation or business trips. Our favorite is NordVPN. It is the best on the market.
Using VPN is amazingly simple, just follow these steps.
1. Install the VPN of your choice. As we have mentioned, NordVPN is our favorite.
2. Select the location you want to connect to in the VPN app. For example, if you are in the U.S. and want to watch your usual ITVX stream, select U.K. from the list.
3. sit back and enjoy the action, head over to ITVX and watch “The Royal Variety” online as if you were in the U.K.
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There is no release date for “The Royal Variety Performance 2024” in the U.S., but Brits traveling to the U.S. can watch the show online at ITVX by using a VPN such as NordVPN.
Canadians can watch “The Royal Variety Performance 2024” on Friday, December 27 at 8 p.m. ET on CBC.
However, if you are a Brit traveling to Canada and cannot wait that long, you can use a VPN to connect to ITVX to watch the show, as explained above. I recommend NordVPN.
“The Royal Variety Performance 2024” will not air on ABC in Australia this year.
However, if you are traveling and cannot connect to your streaming platform at home due to geo-blocking, a VPN will allow you to watch the show online, wherever you are I recommend NordVPN.
Kiwis can watch “The Royal Variety Performance 2024” on TVNZ 1 on Sunday, December 22 at 7pm (NZDT).
Brits who are traveling in New Zealand and do not want to wait. As explained above, you can use a VPN to connect to ITVX to watch the show starting Sunday; NordVPN is recommended, and you can also use a VPN to connect to ITVX on Sunday.
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