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No lost gems in Albee double

... comedies . Here Leventon plays the female half of a fading song and dance act struggling against indifferent at a northern variety theatre . Coward acutely the backbiting atmosphere behind the scenes , as husband ( Peter Land ) and wife quarrel with each other ...

Published: Thursday 17 May 2001
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2288 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

DANDY AT HOME

... between a house party, hotel, literary society and, to judge from the some of the more eccentric forms of entertainment, a variety theatre. 'Have you seen the magnetic boy?' wrote Dickens to Lady Blessington about Alexis Didier, a fashionable medium: 'You heard ...

Published: Thursday 12 June 2003
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2161 | Page: 123 | Tags: none

WILTSHIRE/DORSET BORDERS A period house with a large secluded garden, paddock and small area of woodland ..

... between a house party, hotel, literary society and, to judge from the some of the more eccentric forms of entertainment, a variety theatre. 'Have you seen the magnetic boy?' wrote Dickens to Lady Blessington about Alexis Didier, a fashionable medium: 'You heard ...

Published: Thursday 12 June 2003
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 9822 | Page: 129 | Tags: none

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... between a house party, hotel, literary society and, to judge from the some of the more eccentric forms of entertainment, a variety theatre. 'Have you seen the magnetic boy?' wrote Dickens to Lady Blessington about Alexis Didier, a fashionable medium: 'You heard ...

Published: Thursday 12 June 2003
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 57707 | Page: 19 | Tags: none

Grin and bare it

... round the strict laws in an effort to bring a bit of spice to variety , as Michael Dynan reveals last days of the smaller variety theatres presented a rare opportunity for theatregoers to see nudes onstage . This was years before the birth of The Sun newspaper ...

Published: Thursday 13 November 2003
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 794 | Page: 23 | Tags: none

Rhyl Coliseum plans in the open

... Rhyl Coliseum plans in the open One of most famous variety theatres could revert to its former glory , with plans to convert the Coliseum Theatre in Rhyl into an outdoor facility on the seafront . Built more than 80 years ago , the theatre has derelict ...

Published: Thursday 28 July 2005
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 181 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Congratulations from Mountvie Graduates Holly Burn did the Postgraduate Diploma in Acting at Mountview from ..

... stage and screen for Bombshell Productions . Contact : 0790 33 88 353 / holly _ . com Christian Manderfield in , Leeds Varieties Theatre . Telephone : 07977 594867 Agent : MV Management 020 8889 8231 Melissa Melissa has been fortunate enough to have worked ...

Published: Thursday 14 April 2005
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 181 | Page: 50 | Tags: none

BOOK REVIEW: ORCHESTRAL MOVES

... 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 ...

Published: Thursday 04 May 2000
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 214 | Page: 25 | Tags: book review 

So who did kill variety?

... variety producer and noted BBC cricket commentator , oh , and chairman of the Good Old Days stage show at the City Varieties Theatre in Leeds for 25 years . He even stepped in for Leonard Sachs on the television version of the show . Not surprisingly ...

Published: Thursday 16 September 2004
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 271 | Page: 43 | Tags: none

Among whispering pines

... swing and comedy songs , backed by a driving little group , which appeared in West End hotels and restaurants as well as variety theatres . But his Ranchers made some very good records and included Desmond Maloney , later to reinvent himself as musical e ...

Published: Thursday 27 October 2005
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1239 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

KIDDING AROUND

... show but the violence has been toned down . ” Katrina was a huge in the recent Good Old Days spring season at the City Varieties theatre in Leeds . She sang two comic songs in her schoolgirl but was nearer her true age when she appeared in the second half ...

Published: Thursday 08 May 2003
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 291 | Page: 8 | Tags: none