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... and boasting a cast of almost 30, it is a tremendous showcase for the sort of speciality acts which used to abound in variety theatres. Roberts himself has three features. He is helped by his grand daughter Summer in showstopping routines with two elephants ...
... Bellantoni,Jeff & Woolman,Matthew. Theatre Bruce, Frank & Foley, Archie (Ed.). More Variety Days: Fairs,Fitups,Music Hall, Variety Theatre,Clubs,Cruises and Cabaret. 21¢m.233. 27i11. bds £10.99 Tod P.,21 Joppa Rd.,Edinburgh EHIS2HA (2.2000) 0953778908 Foley ...
... last, the East End s leading heatre stands a chance to be movated and modernised, nk Matcham s Grade II* _____ _ working Variety Theatre has attracted support from the Arts Council Lottery Fund towards the £15m total. We ve still got a further £4. 5m to find ...
... End's leading k^ ^^Ptheatre stands a chance to be ^Hjjj^^Frenovated and modernised. ^^^^Frank Matcham's Grade II* working Variety Theatre has attracted support from the Arts Council Lottery Fund towards the £15m total. We've still got a further £4. 5m to find ...
... United States, leaving it to fend for itself and surviving largely because of Jack Hylton, who booked it for a tour of variety theatres, which was enormously successful. The more secure the orchestra became, with tours overseas and an annual residency at ...
... upstairs, used as an administrative HQ. The Water Rats, whose membership consists of show- business personalities from variety, theatre, film and television, has been based in Gray's Inn Road for 12 years. Its roll call has included Charlie Chaplin, Laurel ...
... Thrie Estates, taking off his make-up in a taxi to go to a church hall and talk about the conflict between classical and variety theatre j (today we would call it stand-up I and it would be at the Pleasance). The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama ...
... stage, and part of the old trapeze mechanisms still exists. Olympia once seated 3,750 on four levels and was the largest variety theatre in Britain, but over the years, it has seen its fortunes change. Since the mid-twenties it has housed cinema, variety ...
... complex and housing. The 1 24-year-old theatre was saved from being razed 25 years ago when it was restored and became a variety theatre starring top showbusi- ness stars. But more recently it has been the victim of two major fires. Since then it has become ...
... Dave Holmes. With his larger- than-life persona, Tommy Burton would no doubt have been a star of the first magnitude in variety theatres if there had been any still in existence. On September 13, a service to celebrate Tommy's life was held at St Mary's ...
... circus and films, working with, and teaching young people. There was a bit of a glitch in his career in the fifties with variety theatres in Britain closing. So Johnny and wife Jean decided they needed a change of scenery. With their tumbling Volants (Jean ...
... logue of Beltona records which, between 1923-1975, issued some 3,000 78rpm records. Among them are items by Scottish variety theatre artists who seem to be unknown in England. Please does anyone have any biographical details or the actual records of any ...