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Programme Starry Way Hippodrome Brighton Programme Twinkle Pier Pavilion Worthing 1959 Programme Twinkle Theatre Royal Brighton 1945 Progrramme Masquerade Essoldo ...
ENSA performing in the desert
Pierrot troupes: World War Two
A selection of photographs and images from World War Two. These images are the copyright of the owners and are ...
Madeline Rossiter songsheet - The Royal Strollers
Featured Individuals
Madeline Rossiter The only black female concert party performer and leader from this period: she had her own troupe and ...
Australia - The English Pierrots, on St Kilda beach (the sobbing quintet)
Australia
Australia – The English Pierrots, on St Kilda beach (the sobbing quintet) ...
Fine Art & Paintings
Jack Skinner painting, 1940 TBC ...
Unknown troupes or locations
Photos - various - we either don't know the location and/or the name of these pierrots and troupes. If you ...
The Light Bobs on tour 1
Pierrot troupes: World War One
Pierrot troupes performing during the First World War Here are some archive photographs and images of pierrot troupes & concert ...
Seaside Follies logo
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“Don’t Forget the pierrots!”This digital archive was developed thanks to the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund and Venue Cymru ...
Comedy Postcards
A series of various "comedy" postcards commercially available in their day. Cleary some of them convey sexist views and other ...
Minstrels
A statement about blackface performance.“Racism is abhorrent and has no place in society: the issue of blackface performance in Britain ...

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2 months ago

SOME JOLLY SUMMER NEWS!I am delighted to announce that Prom-Prom has been awarded an Arts Council England project grant for our nationally-recognised traineeship programme - 'The Sunshine Follies'.All the information you need is below and I urge you all to share these details with any locally-based, emerging young artists (aged 17-25) whom you think might be interested.This is a great opportunity to learn and practice outdoor seaside performance and self-employment skills, as well as having heaps of fun (and hard work) during the summer - whilst getting paid professionally!The recruitment deadline is quite short, so try to get the word out as soon as you can. ... See MoreSee Less
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2 months ago

Nephew Spike Bones performing in Dawlish Strand Centre on Saturday - another delighted audience with his new Punch & Judy show… ... See MoreSee Less
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2 months ago

It's Bank Holiday weekend! Today (Saturday) you can see Nephew Spike Bones' Punch & Judy show at the Strand Centre, Dawlish between 12 & 4PM, then at 6PM, I shall be reading stories from the Victorian Fairground at the same venue. On Sunday (26th), we shall be a Coombe Village Show with the try-your -strength machine and Captain Ginger - it's a family event in a lovely field on the banks of the Teign River; then on Monday, we are delighted to be at the Shoalstone Pool Event in Brixham with Nephew Spike's Punch & Judy and our ever-popular seaside games. It's great to have such beautiful local gigs and we are delighted to support our local communities... Come on down! ... See MoreSee Less
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2 months ago

Prom-Prom are delighted to announce that we have regular summer season bookings in both Dawlish (Tuesdays) and Exeter Quayside (Fridays) throughout the school holidays! In addition to these, we shall be posting a complete list of our summer gigs and all our other news in the near future. ... See MoreSee Less
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2 months ago

Spikes’ slot will be 3.30, but best to get a place by 3.15 at the latest… see you here! ... See MoreSee Less
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