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Tony Lidington & Promenade Promotions (Prom-Prom) Limited
“The art of British popular entertainment”
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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
Play Video
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
The fun of playing with seaside audiences in Dawlish this summer! www.facebook.com/reel/332875989913556 🤣
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Here's a direct upload of 'The Sunshine Follies 2024' video, in case the Youtube share isn't reaching everyone!
We spent the summer working with our 'Sunshine Follies' trainees - take a look at this short video about it all... it was great fun and started-out some new, young, al fresco practitioners on their self-employed & joyful journey!
'The Sunshine Follies' 2024 - part of the 'Sea Your Future' training programme, funded by ACE
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A seaside entertainment training programme delivered by Promenade Promotions (Prom-Prom) Limited, funded by Arts Council England. Emerging artists from the s...
Today we completed a remarkable summer season, with a host of glorious memories: thank you to all 14 of the professional street artists who worked alongside us this year; congratulations to Nephew Spike Bones for his premier season of a cracking new Punch & Judy show, which hit all the national press and built a loyal following; all the ‘Sunshine Follies’ trainees passed the Arts Council funded training programme with flying colours & completed a first season of professional work in the entertainment industry; we greatly appreciate all 24 promoters of the events (many of whom booked us for repeat activities during the summer) and of course the thousands upon thousands of audience members we entertained and and with whom we have shared the joy this summer. ![]()
This has been my 42nd consecutive summer season entertaining folk at the British seasides and one of the most rewarding... thank you to every one who has supported us and I hope we can do it all again next year! ![]()
Your Ever-Loving,![]()
Uncle Tacko! ![]()
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Today we completed a remarkable summer season, with a host of glorious memories: thank you to all 14 of the professional street artists who worked alongside us this year; congratulations to Nephew Spike Bones for his premier season of a cracking new Punch & Judy show, which hit all the national press and built a loyal following; all the 'Sunshine Follies' trainees passed the Arts Council funded training programme with flying colours & completed a first season of professional work in the entertainment industry; we greatly appreciate all 24 promoters of the events (many of whom booked us for repeat activities during the summer) and of course the thousands upon thousands of audience members we entertained and and with whom we have shared the joy this summer. ![]()
This has been my 42nd consecutive summer season entertaining folk at the British seasides and one of the most rewarding... thank you to every one who has supported us and I hope we can do it all again next year! ![]()
Your Ever-Loving,![]()
Uncle Tacko! ![]()
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(Photograph by Appleton Photography)
It’s the last Dawlish Day with this years Sunshine Follies! And it’s not raining!! Come and wave them off as they sail off into the sunset as the summer season comes to a close.![]()
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@discoverdawlishwarren @lovedawlish @exeterculture
