Vaudeville theatre originated in the late 19th century in North America as a style of variety entertainment featuring various acts such as musicians, singers, comedians, acrobats and animal acts. Shows began as informal variety performances in taverns and music halls before expanding professionally into larger theatres and venues. By the early 20th century, vaudeville emerged as a popular form of entertainment in North America and Britain, characterized by a diversity of acts in a fast-paced, mixed format.

2. • Vauderville theatre was performed
mainly in theatres which are located in a
west end theatre called the stand.
• Vauderville or as it is more commonly
known as American music hall.
• Vaudeville is a style of theatre also
known as variety, which was discovered
in North America from the 1880s through
the 1920s.
• The beginning type of Vauderville was
opened by impresario Tony Pastor in
Manhattan in 1865
• Vaudeville shows truly were a variety
shows at heart but featured a so much
more of a variety such as musicians and
singers, vaudeville shows was like a
showcase for acrobats, animal acts,
blackface comedy routines and much
more

3. • Soon after variety performances moved • A comedian could then proceed into a singer and
from taverns into large luxurious places. then a acrobat and so on.
• A ‘saloon’ became the name of the place • These shows started in England during the 18th and
that held variety performances or 19th century.
entertainment
• The name ‘music hall’ means a concert hall
that featured a mixture of musical and
comic entertainment.
• The shows were usually funded by the sales of
liquor.
• A law was passed in 1751, that you had to have
a licence to put on a variety show.
• This law had a different idea to what was
intended, the smaller taverns that wanted to
have variety shows avoided having licenses by
creating music clubs.
• The larger taverns had licences a little different
they saw this as a way of being able to expand
and was then able to employ professional
musicians and have professionally scenery
created.

5. A variety act could be anything such as Aerial acts which is what you would
see at a circus an act could also be magic, Ventriloquist, knife throwing or
even sword swallowing a variety act can be something simple like dancing
or singing but the whole point of a variety act is for it to be something
different.
Billy Williams George Leybourne Charles Coborn
Musical Hall 1879 Singer at music hall 1868 Music hall performer
singer comedian 1852

6. The origins of royal variety show is back in 1912, when The Royal variety performance this year is the 100th
George the V and Her Majesty Queen Mary agreed to attend anniversary , which means there have been 100 other
the annual Royal Variety Performance performed in Britain performances all different. However some elements are still
for the benefit of the Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent the same as when it started in 1912, the money still goes to
Fund, see Royal Variety Performance, this was performed at the ‘entertainment artistes benevolent fund’ , however this
the palace theatre in London’s Cambridge circus, this was year the show was performed at The Royal Albert Hall which
performed to make money for ‘the variety artistes means that this is the biggest audience that the royal variety
benevolent fund in doing this it was proposed plans to build has ever had. The royals present were Her Majesty The
an extension on a home for elderly entertainers (Brinsworth Queen and the Duke Of Edinburgh , who also met all the acts
house). The first performance was a lavish occasion, The after the performance, unlike in 1912 the performance was
Palace Theatre was decorated with three million roses which televised on the 3rd December 2012 , however the
were draped around the auditorium and over the boxes performance was on the 19th November 2012.
Royal Albert hall 2012.
This is a picture of Palace theatre
what the boxes would 1912. The queen and the Duke of
look like draped with Edinburgh arriving at the royal
roses. variety 2012.