The Art of British Popular Entertainment
Dr Tony Lidington received his PhD for his study of the itinerant British Showman in May 2017 Tony was awarded his doctorate (PhD) through publication and performance practice entitled “‘The Itinerant British Showman’: an exploration of the history and
“Lucky Dicky Crangle & the Cinnabar Moth” – peepshows past & present. Tony Lidington Man of your readers will know of Dr Richard Crangle and his work with Dr Joe Kember on digitising the magic lantern slide collections at the
“A Fantastical Phantasmagorical Phenomenon for the Twenty-First Century – ghosts, gauzes and grandiloquence.” Dr Tony Lidington considers the possibilities and practicalities of re-imagining a phantasmagoria for our conflicted postmodernist age of cynicism and credulity. What are the constituents of a
Promenade Promotions received a Grants For the Arts Award to create a 21st Century interpretation of the 18th century itinerant artform of the peepshow. We are collaborating with The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, the Northcott Theatre, Exeter University and a
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