Samantha Barks & Sheridan Smith among stars confirmed to appear at The Royal Variety Performance

Photo credit: Emilio Madrid (Samantha Barks)

It has been confirmed today that The Royal Variety Performance will be going ahead on 29 November this year.

Whilst a broadcast date has yet to be revealed, it will be recorded to be televised on ITV from Blackpool’s Winter Gardens with a star-studded line-up.

Confirmed to appear are Michael Ball, Samantha Barks (making her first televised performance from Frozen), Gary Barlow, The Black Blues Brothers, Melanie C, Jo Caulfield, Celeste, Daliso Chaponda, Jon Courtenay, Jason Manford, Stephen Mulhern, Sheridan Smith (performing as Cilla Black from the Cilla musical), Steps and Marisha Wallace.

More information will follow in due course.