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Performance TitleStonewall - 2001 Equality Show - Working for Lesbian and Gay Equality
Performance Date14 October 2001
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time19:45
Main PerformersLea Delaria,
Lily Savage,
Ennio Marchetto,
Julian Clary,
Graham Norton,
Leon Alderton,
Frances Barber,
David Burt,
Jo Cavanagh,
Paul Broughton,
Akiya Henry,
Paul Keating,
David Langham,
C Jay Ranger,
Mark John Richardson,
Stacey Roca,
Richard Roe,
Louie Spence,
Mark Stanway,
Amanda Valentine,
Tom Walker,
Andrew Whelan,
Marcos White,
Marc Almond,
Trocs,
Jackie Clune,
Lulu,
Jane McDonald

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo,
Closer to Heaven
Orchestra or BandThe Magnets,

Lea Delaria Band:
Janette Mason - MD,
Simon Pearson - drums,
Charlotte Glasson - saxophone,
Arnie Somogyi - double bass

Jane McDonald Band:
Ian Hughs - MD,
Sue Blake,
Sue Ravey - backing vocalists

Equality Band:
Colin Cattle - MD,
Steve Hill, Rob Terry - keyboards,
Alan Wormald - guitar,
Dave Clements - bass guitar,
Alex Yeats - drums,
Nathan Bray,
Graeme Flowers - trumpets,
Barnaby Dickinson - trombone,
Sean Freeman - sax, flute,
Jayne Nesbitt,
Debbie Paul - backing vocalists
ChoirsThe London Gay Mens' Chorus
ConductorsColin Cattle
Set ListCloser To Heaven,
The Magnets,
Lea Delaria,
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo,
Marc Almond,
The Stonewall Equality Award 2001,
Lily Savage
INTERVAL
Jane McDonald,
Ennio Marchetto,
London Gay Mens' Chorus,
Julian Clary,
Jackie Clune,
Graham Norton,
Lulu
Performance NotesStonewall 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 MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/2001/141),
Handbill (RAHE/6/2001/34),
Poster (RAHE/2/2001/22)
Ticket Prices£25-£75
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2001/141Stonewall - 2001 Equality Show - Working for Lesbian and Gay Equality14 October 2001
RAHE/6/2001/34Stonewall - 2001 Equality Show - Working for Lesbian and Gay Equality14 October 2001
RAHE/2/2001/22Stonewall - 2001 Equality Show - Working for Lesbian and Gay Equality14 October 2001
Work
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Oomadeg_V_TowzStonewall - 2001 Equality Show - Working for Lesbian and Gay Equality1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/6245Norton; Graham (4 April 1963); Irish presenter, comedian and actor
DS/UK/7739Almond; Marc (9 July 1957); OBE; English singer songwriter and musician
DS/UK/10785Clary; Julian (25 May 1959); English comedian and presenter
DS/UK/17340O'Grady; Paul (14 June 1955-28 March 2023); MBE DL; English comedian, actor, writer, and drag queen
DS/UK/17379Clune; Jackie (1965-); British entertainer, writer
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