Nephew Spike Bones
Nephew Spike Bones’ Punch & Judy show is a new perspective on an old tradition: both Mr. Punch and Ms. […]
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Prom-Prom website updated, refreshed and secured
Uncle Tacko! tasked Mr Jules with updating the prom-prom website bringing it into the modern age and adding a SSL
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Performance Projects
The Judy Project Peepshow Project Sunshine Follies
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Oh We Do Like to Be Beside The Seaside
Tony created an exhibition called “Oh We Do Like to Be Beside The Seaside” about Pierrots with Heritage Lottery Fund
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Illustrated Public Talks
Illustrated Public Talks Dr Tony Lidington has been a showman, researcher and teacher for over 40 years: he has run
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Sunshine Follies 2024
The Sunshine Follies 2024. “Sea Your Future” Promenade Promotions Summer Traineeship We are delighted to announce that Promenade Promotions has once
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Knowledge Exchange Awards
Shortlisted for the ‘Knowledge Exchange Awards’ for ‘The Seaside Follies’ – The University of Exeter’s inaugural KE Awards in 2022
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Publications
Publications ‘Don’t Forget the Pierrots! The complete history of British seaside pierrot troupes and concert parties Tony’s monograph ‘Don’t Forget
Commedia del Arte – the roots of Pantomime and Pierrots
Commedia del Arte. The Italian Renaissance show-form, usually performed by travelling players, inspired and influenced the characters we know as
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The Judy Project
The Judy Project The The Judy Project website Tony has been working with Dr Alissa Mello on The Judy Project.
The Wassail
The Wassail In 2022, Tony was the Toastmaster for Exwick FLOW wassail – a community celebration of the apple harvest
The Salmon Run
The Salmon Run Each September, there is a community celebration of the migrating salmon from Exmouth, with a series of
Vampyre Peepshow
The Vampyre Peepshow “Come and see the wonder of all wonders that ever the world has wondered at!” This was
Consultancy
Consultancy Tony and Promenade Promotions regularly undertake consultation processes both for professional organisations and community groups. Please contact us to
Theatre
Theatre An experienced writer, director and performer, over the last number of years Tony has created a number of critically
Radio
Radio Tony is an experienced broadcaster and has written and presented a number of radio series for BBC Radio 4,
Pantomime
Tony been making Pantomime for a very long time. Tony has produced, written and directed Pantos for many historic venues including Leeds
Teaching
Teaching and Educational projects Promenade Promotions can design and deliver specially tailored projects for a wide range of education institutions.
Peepshow Project
Peepshow Project – The Raree Man’s Peepshow Like Uncle Tacko’s Flea Circus and The Imaginarium this is the next brilliantly bonkers
Research
Research interests My primary research interest is in the field of British popular entertainment forms and how they may be
Television
Tony Lidington appears on the Television every now and then as an expert on seaside and popular entertainment. Tony has
Sunshine Follies
The Sunshine Follies Promenade Promotions Summer Traineeship 2021 – 2024 We are delighted to announce that Promenade Promotions has
Summer Acts – Static Acts
Uncle Tacko’s Imaginarium Uncle Tacko’s Flea Circus Tinglary The Dom-Tink! Spike Bones’ Punch & Judy Show Seaside Games
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Summer Acts – mobile Acts
Uncle Tacko & Captain Ginger Uncle Tacko! and Flossie Seagulls Pirate Galleon
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Raree Man’s Peepshow
Raree Man’s Peepshow https://youtu.be/iZc4C7SgtJI Download the Raree Man’s Peepshow Flyer The peepshow was one of the most popular forms of
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The Dom-Tink!
Roll-up! Roll-up! The Dom-Tink! is a tip-top attraction! A 20 foot high, try-your-strength “Dom-Tink!” machine.Can you whack his nobble and ring
Uncle Tacko’s Imaginarium
Uncle Tacko’s Imaginarium Think of a world where anything might be inside – where any extraordinary act might be on
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Uncle Tacko & Captain Ginger
Uncle Tacko & Captain Ginger “Captain Ginger” is Uncle Tacko’s cheeky monkey, who has become a firm favourite with everyone
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Uncle Tacko! and Flossie
Uncle Tacko! and Flossie will be available for 2025 https://youtu.be/4fP4qXei0ts A man riding an ostrich? You won’t believe the
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Uncle Tacko’s Flea Circus
Uncle Tacko’s Flea Circus Uncle Tacko is itching to show you his international troupe of personally trained fleas… gasp in
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Winter and Christmas Acts
Mobile | Walkabout Acts Winter Static Acts ‘A Christmas Carol-oke’ Scrooge rides on his mobility scooter and accosts the public,
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Pirate Galleon
https://youtu.be/G7ltZynQgpM Pirate Galleon Two scurrilous twits are aboard a mighty pirate galleon (a mobility scooter) on a quest for hidden
Seaside Games
Seaside Games These are 3 attractively-presented fête-style games with a performing showman: ‘Olly the Octoshy’ (throwing jellyfish beanbags to knock-down
Spike Bones’ Punch & Judy Show
Spike Bones’ Punch and Judy show is a new perspective on an old tradition: both Mr. Punch and Ms. Judy take centre-stage
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Red Riding Hood & the Big Bad Pig
Red Riding Hood & the Big Bad Pig – For Christmas 2023, Tony was the pantomime consultant, working with Nick
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Sunshine Follies 2023
Sunshine Follies 2023 Our annual training programme for young people delivered by Promenade Promotions, teaching the arts of outdoor seaside
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Walk With Us – Dawlish
Walk With Us – Dawlish 2023 Interactive augmented reality walk consultation. Tony was commissioned to liaise with local community groups
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Sunshine Follies 2022
Sunshine Follies 2022 A training programme led by Promenade Promotions and funded by the Helen Foundation and Exeter City Council
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The Sentry Box project
The Sentry Box project, Teignmouth The Sentry box project on Teignmouth seafront – 2022. In 2021& 2022, Prom-Prom was funded
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Sunshine Follies 2021
Sunshine Follies 2021 7 emerging artists learning and implementing the skills of outdoor seaside entertainment in South Devon, during the
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Covid Performance Reporting
Prom-Prom was the only live performance troupe to perform non-stop throughout both lockdowns – as a small-scale, light-footed, al fresco company who
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PAID WORK AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITY – HOW TO APPLY
PAID WORK and TRAINING OPPORTUNITY with Prom-Prom in Outdoor Arts and Street Performance – Deadline Extended to 15 June Promenade
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Dr Tony Lidington awarded Accredited Lecturer status by The Arts Society
We are delighted to announce that The Arts Society have awarded Dr Tony Lidington the status of Accredited Lecturer, allowing
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Support us
We are a not-for-profit social enterprise. Our work covers all sorts of areas, from performing to research and training. Much
‘Seaside Fun!’ – Teignmouth 2020. The first seaside entertainment to perform in the UK after the Covid lockdown!
A short video of our ‘Seaside Fun!’ – featuring Uncle Tacko’s Flea Circus and Professor Gayton’s Punch & Judy, on
Archive video of The Pierrotters discovered!
The first known video of The Pierotters has been discovered and published on this website – https://prom-prom.com/tony-lidington/research/pierrots/the-pierrotters/ along with unseen
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Promoting Dr Lidington
https://player.vimeo.com/video/318336799 Dr Tony Lidington – television showreel (LowRes) from Uncle Tacko on Vimeo Tony Lidington has regularly presented on both
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Rediscovering the Pierrots of Llandudno
Rediscovering the Pierrots of Llandudno A large, Heritage Lottery Fund project, working in collaboration with ‘Venue Cymru’ and the communities
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Seaside Follies Website
Prom-Prom has created a sister website called Seaside Follies which is dedicated to the history and art of Pierrots and
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Picture Postcard Monthly
This article is being reconstructed, please await updates. Picture Postcard Monthly article “A treasure trove of joy and rapture –
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The Voyage
The Voyage 2016 Tony facilitated creative workshops and mentoring support for Engine Room Theatre during the multi-media production of ‘The Voyage’,
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Futures Venture Foundation
Tony Lidington is an advisor (& former trustee) of Futures Venture Foundation, the charitable organisation for the distribution of the
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Teignmouth Seacycle
The Teignmouth Seacycle 2017 A collaboration with Teignmouth Community School and its four feeder schools. A performance that celebrated music-making and
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Resorting to the Coast
Resorting to the Coast A collaboration with The Grand Theatre of Lemmings investigating the seaside performance heritage of the Tendring
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Arts & Culture on Referral Scheme
An arts, health & wellbeing project for older people in Torbay. Working alongside a small group of older people to see if engagement in creative practice can help to alleviate symptoms and causes of anxiety and depression.
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The Dawlish Dawdle
The Dawlish Dawdle. 2016 & 2017 A project in collaboration with Sustrans to celebrate Dawlish as a transition town and the
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Dick Whittington
Dick Whittington at The Northcott Theatre, Exeter, 2nd Dec 2017 – 7th Jan 2018. Co-written and Directed by Tony Lidington.
Who Do You Think You Are? for BBC1, Wall to Wall Productions
Who Do You Think You Are? for BBC1, Wall to Wall Productions Tony was the expert on seaside entertainment, giving
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Sickert for SkyArts and 7Wonder Productions
Sickert’ for SkyArts, 7Wonder Productions Tony was the expert on popular entertainment giving advice to Gus Casely Hayford (director of
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Tony Lidington receives his PhD, May 2017
Dr Tony Lidington received his PhD for his study of the itinerant British Showman in May 2017 Tony was awarded
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The Magic Lanternist: “’Lucky Dicky Crangle & the Cinnabar Moth’ – peepshows past & present”
“Lucky Dicky Crangle & the Cinnabar Moth” – peepshows past & present. Tony Lidington Man of your readers will know
A Million Pictures – “A Fantastical Phantasmagorical Phenomenon for the Twenty-First Century – ghosts, gauzes and grandiloquence.”
“A Fantastical Phantasmagorical Phenomenon for the Twenty-First Century – ghosts, gauzes and grandiloquence.” Dr Tony Lidington considers the possibilities and
There Will Be Fun
There Will Be Fun In 2017 Tony Lidington performed in ‘There Will Be Fun’ – an animated exhibition for The
Lonely Hearts Club
In 2017 Tony directed Lonely Hearts Club, by Luke Barnes, for Unity Theatre Liverpool: a new play about a young
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Jack & The Beanstalk
Jack & The Beanstalk 2015 5th December 2015 to 3rd January 2016 Our reviews speak for themselves! The press have
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Dan Leno App
Dan Leno App In 2015, Tony worked with Harmony Augmented Reality Company to produce the first ever 3D avatar of
Tony works with Frank Skinner on television series
Tony works with Frank Skinner on television series about British popular entertainment In September 2015, Tony worked with Liberty Bell
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Punch & Judy May Fayre, Covent Garden 2015
Punch & Judy May Fayre, Covent Garden 2015 In May 2015, Tony MC’d as Mr Punch at the Covent Garden
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Chin Up! & Poppies
Chin Up! 2015 -17 Working with Torbay Council & Doorstep Arts, Chin Up! is 2-year project, in collaboration with Doorstep Arts,
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Clowning Around on BBC 4 Extra
Clowning Around on 4 Extra From the BBC Radio 4 Extra website: Tony Lidington traces the role of the clown
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Cinderella
Cinderella 2013 Cinderella – one of the oldest pantomime stories of all – was the perfect choice for the
Puss in Boots
Puss in Boots 2014 Puss in Boots wowed audiences of all generations with its fast-paced plot, foot-tappingly catchy songs and
Joe Smith & His Waxworks
Joe Smith & His Waxworks This was another BBC Radio 4 commission made by Pier Productions. I adapted “Joe Smith
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The Great Fete
The Great Fete In the Summer of 2014, Promenade Promotions was commissioned by Exeter City Council to work with 25
Echoes of Oz
Echoes of Oz A community project led by Irregular Arts and performed in October 2015 at City Park, Bradford. Tony Lidington played
Jack and the Beanstalk, Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond 2015
Jack and the Beanstalk, Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond 9th December 2015 Jack and the Beanstalk, Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond “TRADITIONAL
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Jack and the Beanstalk review at Georgian Theatre Royal, North Yorkshire – ‘unmissable and incredibly refreshing’ The Stage
Jack and the Beanstalk review at Georgian Theatre Royal, North Yorkshire – ‘unmissable and incredibly refreshing’ by Helen Brown How
Who Will See the New World?
We hope you enjoyed the sneak preview! If you haven’t heard about it already, ‘The Raree Man’s Peepshow’ is Tony
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The Raree Man’s Peepshow – RAMM Showcase
Don’t miss the exciting showcase of the Raree Man’s Peepshow at Exeter’s RAMM Museum this week. Shows are on Wednesday
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‘The Banker’s Progress’: A Peepshow in Three Parts – Coming Soon!
‘The Raree Man’s Peepshow’ is Tony Lidington’s latest venture into the world of historical, nonsensical popular entertainments: like ‘Uncle Tacko’s Flea Circus’
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The Peepshow Project is well underway!
The Raree Man Peepshow Project is now well underway. If you haven’t heard about it by now, click here to
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Programme notes on Joey – King of Clowns & Dan Leno – The King’s Jester
Programmme notes on Joey – King of Clowns & Dan Leno – The King’s Jester Joey – King of Clowns
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Arts and the Economy
Arts & Economy In the light of the comment from Maria Miller (the
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Night of Dragons – Sidmouth Festival 2002
Sidmouth’s “Night of Dragons” – the director’s notes The Night of Dragons had been in the planning for nearly a
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“Up Frankie!” – director’s notes (Autumn 2010)
I thought it might be interesting to post some of the notes I have contributed to the programmes of productions
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Photos from 2013 – Hebden and Northcott
Photos from 2013 – Hebden and Northcott
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Saltaire Festival 2013
Saltaire Festival 2013
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Wartime Entertainment – 2 year project announced
We shall be working with Doorstep Arts & Torbay Council on a 2-year project exploring wartime entertainments – pierrot troupes,
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Prom-Prom to create 21st Century interpretation of 18th Century Peepshow
Promenade Promotions received a Grants For the Arts Award to create a 21st Century interpretation of the 18th century itinerant
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Uncle Announces Summer Season 2014
Uncle Announces Summer Season 2014 Our 2014 summer season starts in May once again with Exmouth Festival. We have a range of
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