... the Harlequinade as 1 a taster and an endpiece to the main performance. Two hundred yards across Brixton Road was the variety theatre The Empress, with twice-nightly revues and vari ety bills. The Empress' audi ences saw all the stars of the period: Harry ...

... for tennis . Not the Aldwych with Ben catchphrase , calamity ! and his trousers round his ankles . I am talking about variety theatre and the that their trade in the Argyle in Birkenhead , the Empire , Liverpool , the Royalty in Chester , the Glasgow Empire ...

... theatres , but what of the product itself ? The traditional summer season show was spawned by utilising the values of the variety theatre and moving performers to where the customers were during the high summer . In the heyday of summer season , the paying ...

... radio , or were taken to see them in the local variety theatre by your mum and dad , and you formed an ambition to be like them . But when the time arrived for your attempt to join them , the variety theatres were closing down , television was taking its ...

... virtually former BBC weather man Ian McCaskill has got in on the act . People who would years ago have found a home in the variety theatre are the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow . Comedy duo Brahms and Liszt pull fees of £ 5 , 000 plus , due to the fact ...

... musical colleagues . British success was another of the close links in the thirties and forties between jazz and the variety theatre , which is almost impossible to believe in these days , where both jazz and popular music in general is rigidly segmented ...

... celebrities he is researching . I was scrupulously accurate in describing what Max Miller said and did in a northern variety theatre more than 40 years ago because I was there but I must confess that in relation to the ‘ When cherries are story , I remember ...

... theatrical was technical initially , knew Morton well . He said : “ Malcolm was technically the backbone of Scottish variety theatre , more important to its than many of the stars . He lived the business and worked , not for wages , but in the pursuit ...

... Worsley was born on October 16 , in , and had to be a performer from an age . At the age of he saw a vent act at a local variety theatre and decided he wanted to follow in the tradition . At I I he had acquired a dummy and began to appear in local concert ...

... hall in and now stands as a fitting tribute to Williamson and his wife for their hard work and dedication in keeping variety theatre alive . Actor / producer Aubrey told The Stage : was so sad to hear ol John ' s death . He and his wife were quite two ...

... invariably have a gusto about them and so it comes as no surprise to learn that he was first exposed to live performance in a variety theatre . What an Archie Rice he would make – some enterprising director should snap him up immediately . “ My father worked as ...

... things that we really miss when away are our two dogs , ” says Raja . Now they are about to appear at the most famous variety theatre , the London Palladium . “ It is amazing that got that gig , ” says Jarrett . “ about the pinnacle of any ambition to ...