An interactive exhibition on the history of British seaside entertainment

The exhibition is designed as an outdoor stage, typical of seaside pierrot troupes in the 1920s. It features a range of attractive panels describing the development of the seaside and the entertainment that went with it. There is a “What the Pierrot Saw” machine showing a short DVD of the history of seaside entertainment, plus a pierrot costume, instruments and make-up.

This touring exhibition has been developed by Promenade Promotions director - Tony Lidington, one of the country’s leading authority on seaside pierrot troupes and founder of the last-remaining professional troupe in the country – The Pierrotters

Fiona Spiers, Regional Manager for HLF in Yorkshire and Humberside, said;
“It is vital that the cultural traditions of groups such as the Pierrot troupes are recorded to ensure that their history is conserved for future generations to enjoy.”

The Interactive exhibition, based on an typical, alfresco,
Pierot stage of the 1920's

The exhibition is the culmination of a two year project developed by Promenade Promotions and funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund as part of the Year of the Sea (2005), to record the disappearing traditions of pierrot troupes & Concert Parties that were once a familiar sight in our holiday resorts.

Developments/commissions:

• There are four panels of information in the exhibition which can be tailored to the particular location that the exhibition visits. Prom-Prom can provide the research, design, print and mounting of these panels to commission.

• Practical training in research and archiving skills are available, including digital audio–visual recording techniques and more conventional forms of research can be run with groups of people – perhaps as part of researching the local seaside entertainment history. Each group of young people will then be equipped to create a local exhibition that records the seaside entertainment tradition in their home towns.