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The Salamis were such an influential group to many of us on the street circuit - this is a lovely field recording of the lads in action at the 1991 Bradford Festival... enjoy!
Sadly, Ted Beresford died this week - he was a generous, warm and kind man and an inspiration to us all, who will be fondly remembered. Your Ever-Loving, Uncle Tacko! X
Here's a lovely Guardian article about 'The Pierrotters' and our new digitised archive (www.pierrotters.co.uk): www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/dec/29/seaside-clowns-pierrotters-tony-lidington-circus-brighton-p...
'Anything can happen at the seaside': the troupe who kept Britain grinning
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Tony Lidington spent 30 years with the anarchic Pierrotters. He recalls trading songs for mackerel – and lifting spirits with a little lockdown flea circus
Here's a Christmas-time treat - it's a pretty good outline of the history and meaning of pantomime, narrated by Christopher Frayling... and there's a tiny cameo by yours truly as Joey Grimaldi (at around 7 minutes, 30 seconds): www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qm0b
BBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4, It's Behind You! The weird and wonderful story of British pantomime
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Cultural historian Christopher Frayling explores the rich and surprising history of panto.
Following the recent launch of our (second) sister site dedicated to the digital archive of The Pierrotters, have you seen this article written by (Dr) Uncle Tacko this summer? str.org.uk/the-tortoise-a… ![]()
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Thanks to The Society for Theatre Research for publishing it back in June.![]()
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Ruth (Admin) on Uncle's behalf.
The Tortoise and the Hare – Society for Theatre Research
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News Share 7 June 2020 / Grants and Awards The Tortoise and the Hare Image: ‘Adeler & Sutton’s Pierrots’ performing in Southport – from a lantern slide in the author’s archive Tony Lidington received a Research Award in 2019 for his work on Early Pierrot Troupes. A showman, researcher and ...Posts
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‘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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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 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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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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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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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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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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Dan Leno App
Dan Leno App In 2015, Tony worked with Harmony Augmented Reality Company to produce the ...
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Tony works with Frank Skinner on television series
Tony works with Frank Skinner on television series about British popular entertainment In September 2015, ...
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Punch & Judy May Fayre, Covent Garden 2015
Punch & Judy May Fayre, Covent Garden 2015 In May 2015, Tony MC’d as Mr ...
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