Welcome to the website of
Tony Lidington & Promenade Promotions (Prom-Prom) Limited
“The art of British popular entertainment”
This website is for booking Prom-Prom’s accessible, family-friendly acts for 2024/5… it is also a treasure-trove of vernacular entertainments, containing Dr Tony Lidington’s research outputs, publications and archives on British popular performance forms.
Tony Lidington
“… some sort of unreconstructed music hall anarchist”
– John Fox, Welfare State International & Dead Good Guides
“A national treasure…”
– the late Duke of Edinburgh
This website is for booking Prom-Prom’s accessible, family-friendly acts for 2024/5… it is also a treasure-trove of vernacular entertainments, containing Dr Tony Lidington’s research outputs, publications and archives on British popular performance forms.
Tony Lidington
“… some sort of unreconstructed music hall anarchist”
– John Fox, Welfare State International & Dead Good Guides
“A national treasure…”
– the late Duke of Edinburgh
“Come and see the wonders of all wonders that ever the world has wondered at!” – Gustavus Katterfelto
– Wise words –
“One of the ways to avoid being beaten by the system is to laugh at it” – Peter Cook
“We don’t have a plan, so nothing can go wrong” – Spike Milligan
“This too shall pass…” from Hebrew and Sufi folklore
Latest Socials and Posts
Join us for a mince pie, a mulled wine and some cosy Yuletide storytelling! ![]()
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‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens![]()
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Adapted and read by Tony Lidington![]()
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21st Dec, 6.30pm at Alice cross Centre at St James Church, Teignmouth ![]()
Free entry - book your place @alicecrosscentre ![]()
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23rd Dec, 6pm at The Strand Centre, Dawlish![]()
Entry by donation to The Strands support fund.![]()
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@lovedawlish @discoverteignmouthanddawlish
My latest publication arrived today - it is a chapter in 'Researching Popular Entertainment', edited By Kim Baston & Jason Price, which is part of the Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies. ![]()
Chapter 12: “Pierrots on the Prom” - ‘re-enactment, revival and in-heritage transfer in seaside performance’ by Dr Tony Lidington![]()
Here's a link to the site: www.routledge.com/Researching-Popular-Entertainment/Baston-Price/p/book/9781032566436?srsltid=Afm...![]()
Learn all about embodied research practice... I believe it fits very neatly into most Christmas stockings!![]()
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I have been up North seeing various pantomimes, including supporting the Georgian Theatre Royal’s ‘Treasure Island’ by Jo Mawhinney - whilst, there I did a little interview for BBC’s ‘One Show’ with Bonnie Langford about my invention of the audience bombarding the stage with hand-knitted items (a development of Michael Bogdanov’s sponge rock-fights). Bonnie was great fun and the piece will be broadcast on Tuesday evening (tomorrow)… ![]()
Do tune-in, if you can!
Here is the poster for my reading of Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' in Dawlish at The Strand Centre on Monday 23rd December... I hope you can make it along either to this one (or the one in Teignmouth on Saturday 21st)
The trainees have spent another fab week out and about in Dawlish meeting residents, collecting memories, sharing stories and making music! Lovely visits to The Strand Centre and Shefton Court.![]()
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We are nearing the end of our recording process and will be starting work on the next phase of the project working with Luke from Wandering Tiger to edit the stories together. ![]()
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Don't forget to put the 25th January in your calendar for the At The Hop! celebratory event in DawliTeignbridge District CounciluDaisiD#UKSPFUKSPF
Just a heads-up that I shall be giving my candle-lit reading as Charles Dickens of 'A Christmas Carol' again this year: below is the poster for the first of these readings in Teignmouth, on Saturday 21st December. ![]()
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Soon, I shall also upload the poster for the Dawlish event, which will be at The Strand Centre, on Monday 23rd December. ![]()
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Both are free events, with all donations distributed amongst local charitable organisations.
