The Art of British Popular Entertainment
Prom-Prom has created a sister website called Seaside Follies which is dedicated to the history and art of Pierrots and Concert Parties. With hundreds of archive photos its a modern resource elements of British Seaside Entertainment and plans to develop
Picture Postcard Monthly article “A treasure trove of joy and rapture – the lost history of pierrots and concert parties rediscovered through postcards” – Dr Tony Lidington My first pierrot postcard was a picture of the ‘Dandy Coons’ of Worthing,
Who Do You Think You Are? for BBC1, Wall to Wall Productions Tony was the expert on seaside entertainment, giving advice about Lee Mack’s ancestor who was a performer and pierrot (TX date TBC)
Sickert’ for SkyArts, 7Wonder Productions Tony was the expert on popular entertainment giving advice to Gus Casely Hayford (director of The Smithsonian Museum in Washington, USA) about the interpretation of Walter Sickert’s 1915 painting ‘The Brighton Pierrots’ (TX date TBC)
Clifford Essex – My Pierrot Hero I first started exploring the history of pierrots and concert parties when I was an undergraduate at Sussex University – I was astonished to find that this entire history of a British popular entertainment
Clifford Essex Tony is writing another series for BBC Radio 4, commissioned by Pier Productions about the first ever Pierrot Troupe created by Clifford Essex in 1891 at Henley Regatta. They were originally called “The Pierrot Banjo Team” but changed