Many famous actors and actresses, musicians, opera singers, ballet dancers, pop groups and other entertainers have appeared in Jersey over the years.
Among the most prominent can be included Jersey's own Lillie Langtry and Seymour Hicks, who found fame as actors beyond the island's shores, and such giants of the world of music as Yehudi Menuhin, Benjamin Britten, Kiri te Kanawa, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
Individual articles will be progressively added to Jerripedia on the Jersey performances of many of the greatest stars, but in the meantime the gallery below gives an indication of the variety and standing of some of the visiting performers.
- The Beatles in Jersey, 1963, four concerts by the Fab Four
- The Rolling Stones in Jersey, 1964, youths barred from concert for not wearing ties
- El Spelterini at St Aubin, Italian woman tightrope walker performs at St Aubin
- Music: More pictures of visiting artistes in our Music gallery
A gallery of actors, actresses and other entertainers who have performed in Jersey
Actress Sybil Arundale
Actress Lilian Braithwaite
Edward Marris's Pierrots and Veroniques
Pianist Alfred Brendel played at the Opera House
Alice Lingard, who appeared at the Theatre Royal in 1894 in Oscar Wilde's A Woman of No Importance
Arthur Lloyd was at the Theatre Royal in 1888 with his wife Katty King
The Beatles in August 1963
The Beatles relaxing between concerts in Jersey in 1963
Composer, conductor and pianist Benjamin Britten appeared at the Opera House with Peter Pears
Charlie Chaplin in 1912, the year he appeared on stage in Jersey
Dame Edith Evans' appearance at the Opera House was not well supported
Margot Fonteyn, whose parents lived in Jersey for a number of years, found the Opera House stage too small
Fred Karno, who brought his company, including Charlie Chaplin, to Jersey in 1912
Henry Kemble, a London actor who died in Jersey in 1907
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa appeared at the Opera House and Fort Regent
Music Hall star Marie Lloyd was at the Opera House in 1913
Maud, second wife of Opera House manager Wybert Rousby
Peter Pears, who sang at the Opera House
The Rolling Stones in 1964, the year they performed in Jersey
The band of the French 47th Regiment arriving in St Helier from St Malo
Opera House manager Wybert Rousby, with his first wife Clara
Shirley Bassey played at a packed Fort Regent in the 1990s ...
... she had earlier performed in Jersey long before she became famous, in 1965
A hotel menu autographed by the Rolling Stones in 1964
Violinist Yehudi Menuhin appeared at the Opera House
A very young Julie Andrews appeared in a post-war stage show at the Forum Cinema
Chart-topping singer Sandie Shaw appeared at West Park Pavilion in 1968
Edward O'Henry, popular Forum Cinema organist
The Gaieties, a visiting troupe in 1913
Cliff Richard performs at Wesley Grove in 1980
Visiting French performers for the Concours Musicale in 1907
1907 Concours Musicale
Ivy Benson at the Pavilion in 1966
Norman Long Band at Tams
Freddie and the Dreamers in Jersey in 1964
1901
Christopher Woodward, Tommy Cooper and Yana, 1968
Comedy Entertainers in 1906
John Warren, visiting ventriloquist, photographed by Hamilton Toovey in 1907
The Dandies
Pierrots
Pierrots and Veroniques
A visiting theatre group arrives at the Harbour
Jazz great Ella Fitzgerald being interviewed for Channel Television at Fort Regent
Pictures and adverts from 1911
Alhambra advertisement
Cambo and Castelle
Colin WIlson, manager of the Olympia
Cora Corina at the Opera House
Daisy Dainton Opera House comedienne
Leo and Poso
Maud May
Madame Del Monte's polar bears
Olympia advert
Olympia advert
Opera House advert
Opera House advert
The Merries in Triangle Park
Three Jewels
Three Jewels
Tommy Arnold Band at the Plaza
Vic Loving
St Malo and Coombes
Sealions at the Opera House in 1911
Sealions at the Opera House in 1911
Advertisement for Freddie and the Dreamers at Les Arches
The John Ridding Opera Company visited in 1909 ....
.... and performed at the Oddfellows' Hall
Freddie and the Dreamers' Freddie Garrity with a fan at Springfield in 1963
Big Dee Irwin with a fan at Springfield in 1963
A picture by Jersey photographer Hamilton Toovey of the Comedy Entertainers, possibly dating from 1905
The Dagonets, photographed by Hamilton Toovey in 1905
Film star Elizabeth Taylor paid a brief visit to the island in 1957
Depeche Mode at Fort Regent in 1982
