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... Curtain up on a variety theatre revival HOSE familiar with Sigmund tha gmonod e loade oo et ta joke leads to great relief and elation. “The trouble with Freud,” commented the comedian, Ken Dodd, “is that he never played the Glasgow Empire on Saturday ...
... Fans mourn icon of Scottish variety theatre Kate Foster and Jim Gilichrist HE died just a month after he stood before an emotional audience at the Glasgow Pavilion, the kind of environment which was his very life’s blood, and sang I'm Not Waiting to Say ...
... some 60 years before, the arrival of cinema spelled the beginning of the end for the great institution that was Scottish variety theatre.Thelastdays of onesuch theatre form the basis for Variety, anew play by Douglas Maxwell to be performed by Scottishco ...
... nto revue and variety and later on to radio, m and television. the few professionals able to make a living today from variety theatre. Currently, he is midway through a successful tour of a show called Double Scotch, with singer Peter Morrison and the ...
... which is to be a celebration of Brian's life and :yhllfx}xln has bfi:en arr: im to reflect hisafigelgng love of Scottish Variety Theatre, will be held at Warriston Crematorium Lorimer Chapel, on Tuesdaj', May 29, at 9 am, all friends are respectfully invited ...
... wonder juggles financial plans and the arrival of a new baby. Channel 4, Spm A Laugh On The Ocean Wave The great days of variety theatre are a thing of the past but the show goes on in cruise ships across the globe where there’s much more chance of a captive ...
... places and m’nallabitguiltyinnotu'e-in al that. I think d:iengusinas nownm:on’t want to see themselves in the role of variety theatre.” However, Mr Gordon | believes that, despite the steady vanishing of its stars, a rotential adu:iience still exists I ...
... Maxwell, performed by the Grid Iron Theatre Company, directed by Ben Harrison. Variety chronicles the death throes of variety theatre in Scotland. Another Scottish | playwright, David Harrower, has collaborated with leading Norwegian Variety - Grid iron ...
... *Hourly until tipm Preter Wispeiwey _Tuesday Janéiek String Quartet Smetana. Jana’ek, Dvordk 120 pm Lunchtime Talk Scottish Variety Theatre Conversations Grid iron Theatre Company Lloyds TSB Scotiand Edinburgh Festival Foundation T 300 am hédtre-étévision David ...
... Festival offering at the King’s Theatre of Variety, a drama by Douglas Maxwell about the decline and death of Scottish variety theatre, I found it hard to register my critical assessment of the bellowing, boorish and banal production by sinking into ‘critical ...
... d 5 £59 Where fear and fame shared the applause Glasgow variety theatres that fell by the wayside.. - - The most famous Glasgow the-. atre of them all was nick‘named the “gnveyard of ‘English comics”. It is said that a terrified Des O'Connor fainted on ...
... -l INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL : Telephone credit Variety. King's Theatre Workd premiere of *:-nmuu thows of Scottsh variety theatre: Aug 1,7.30 pm, 52 : ‘Monologues about the poor and marginalised indian Hiras (eunuchs). Aug -6, 10.30 pm, £4 The Royal ...