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Here is another publication that's hot off the press and just in time for Christmas! It's called 'Blockbusters of Victorian Theater, 1850–1910' and published by McFarland & Co. My chapter is called 'L'Enfant Prodigue - A Prodigious Production', all about the French pantomime production of 1890/91 which inspired Clifford Essex to create the first British seaside pierrot troupe and which also provided the subject-matter for the first ever full-length feature film to be produced in Europe. Read more about it here: mcfarlandbooks.com/product/blockbusters-of-victorian-theater-1850-1910/ 😄 ... See MoreSee Less
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Promenade Promotions
This coming weekend, Prom-Prom are busy brininging festivity and nonsense to the streets of Devon & Cornwall: the 'Christmas Carol-oke' with Scrooge and Christmas Present will be at the switch-on of Bodmin Christmas lights on Friday evening (24th) and then Taunton Winterfest on Sunday (26th). Meanwhile, on Saturday (25th), Captain Ginger will be out in Exeter Town Centre alongside Holly the Bubble Pixie and Penny Plonk... festive larks for all! ... See MoreSee Less
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3 weeks ago

Promenade Promotions
A quick heads-up that Spike & I will be performing 'A Christmas Carol-oke' in Exeter this weekend - at St Thomas' Christmas Market on Saturday and InExeter's Fore Street Christmas Flea Market on Sunday (both 12-4PM). See you there... "Bah - humbug!" ... See MoreSee Less
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PAID WORK AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITY – HOW TO APPLY

PAID WORK and TRAINING OPPORTUNITY with Prom-Prom in Outdoor Arts and Street Performance - Deadline ...
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Dr Tony Lidington awarded Accredited Lecturer status by The Arts Society

We are delighted to announce that The Arts Society have awarded Dr Tony Lidington the ...
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Uncle Tackos Flea Circus Teignmouth Aug 2020

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We are a non-profit making social enterprise. Our work covers all sorts of areas, from ...
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Uncle Tackos Flea Circus Teignmouth Aug 2020

‘Seaside Fun!’ – Teignmouth 2020. The first seaside entertainment to perform in the UK after the Covid lockdown!

A short video of our 'Seaside Fun!' - featuring Uncle Tacko's Flea Circus and Professor ...
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The Pierrotters

Archive video of The Pierrotters discovered!

The first known video of The Pierotters has been discovered and published on this website ...
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Promoting Dr Lidington

Dr Tony Lidington - television showreel (LowRes) from Uncle Tacko on Vimeo Tony Lidington has ...
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Seaside Follies

Seaside Follies Website

Prom-Prom has created a sister website called  Seaside Follies which is dedicated to the history ...
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Picture Postcard Monthly

Picture Postcard Monthly article “A treasure trove of joy and rapture - the lost history ...
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Futures Venture Foundation

Tony Lidington is an advisor (& former trustee) of Futures Venture Foundation, the charitable organisation ...
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Lee Mack

Who Do You Think You Are? for BBC1, Wall to Wall Productions

Who Do You Think You Are? for BBC1, Wall to Wall Productions Tony was the ...
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Walter Sickert - SkyArts, 7Wonder Productions

Sickert for SkyArts and 7Wonder Productions

Sickert’ for SkyArts, 7Wonder Productions Tony was the expert on popular entertainment giving advice to ...
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Graduation Day Tony is awarded a PhD

Tony Lidington receives his PhD, May 2017

Dr Tony Lidington received his PhD for his study of the itinerant British Showman in ...
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In transit in Richmond

The Magic Lanternist: “’Lucky Dicky Crangle & the Cinnabar Moth’ – peepshows past & present”

“Lucky Dicky Crangle & the Cinnabar Moth” – peepshows past & present. Tony Lidington Man ...
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A Million Pictures – “A Fantastical Phantasmagorical Phenomenon for the Twenty-First Century – ghosts, gauzes and grandiloquence.”

“A Fantastical Phantasmagorical Phenomenon for the Twenty-First Century – ghosts, gauzes and grandiloquence.” Dr Tony ...
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harmony dan leno app page

Dan Leno App

Dan Leno App In 2015, Tony worked with Harmony Augmented Reality Company to produce the ...
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