| Main Performers | Peter Kay,
Julian Clary,
Rhona Cameron,
Jackie Clune,
Martine McCutcheon,
Mika,
Imelda Staunton,
Lesley Garrett,
Ronan Keating,
Gary Barlow
Bobby Crush - piano |
| Orchestra or Band | Steps (Claire Richards, Faye Tozer, Lisa Scott-Lee, Ian 'H' Watkins, Lee Latchford-Evans)
Harlem Gospel Singers Musicians |
| Set List | Steps,
Bobby Crush,
Martine McCutcheon,
Rent,
Peter Kay,
The 6th Equality Award,
Harlem Gospel Singers,
Mika
INTERVAL
London Studio Dancers,
Imelda Staunton and her big band,
Lesley Garrett,
Ronan Keating,
Finale with The Rocky Horror Show |
| Performance Notes | Stonewall is the largest British charity for lesbian, gay and bisexual equality. Founded in 1988 to protest against the Section 28 amendment, which banned local authorities from promoting homosexuality, Stonewall went from strength to strength and in 1994 they hosted the first of seven Stonewall Equality shows at the Royal Albert Hall
From 1994-2001 famous names from the LGBTQ+ community and a whole host of other celebrities took to our stage for the annual Equality Show galas, raising funds for Stonewall UK, the largest British and European charity for LGBTQ+ rights. The seven shows were directed by queer icon Sir Ian McKellen who subsequently also brought the 2006 EuroPride Show to the Hall. When they first started they were the biggest ticketed gay and lesbian event ever held in the UK, at the time. The shows created some of the most iconic moments in the Hall's history such as a dragged-up Sir Elton John singing 'Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves' with Kylie Minogue in a tasselled bikini or Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders appearing in their first live performances in character as Patsy and Eddie from Absolutely Fabulous. |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1998/141),
Poster (RAHE/2/1998/22) |