Come along and celebrate the life of our former President Roy Hudd at the Sondheim Theatre at 5pm on Sunday 14th May 2023 in a one-off ‘News Huddlines’ reuniting some of the original cast members including Chris Emmett and Alison Steadman.
Tickets and further information can be found here.
Plans are afoot to raise funds for a statue to that much loved comedian and actor Roy Hudd OBE, who died in 2020. Please click on the link below to read all about it:
It’s back for a fourth year!
Music Hall & Variety Day was introduced by the British Music Hall Society in 2020. It is an opportunity for theatre collections and collectors, performers, theatres and theatre historians to celebrate Music Hall and Variety theatre. The day is celebrated annually and marks the birth date of Roy Hudd, who was President of the Society for 28 years until his death in 2020. Music Hall and Variety fans are encouraged to post photographs on social media of personal artefacts, stories and memories of the genre using the hashtags #musichallvarietyday #MHVD2023. The more who join in and use the ## might lead to #MusicHallVarietyDay trending on social media. Wouldn’t that be something?
During the course of the day, there will be an excellent online talk at 2pm by Dr Billy Rough – you can book via Ticketsource here.
The Courier wrote an excellent article about Dundee and the talk which you can read here:
| Royal Hippodrome Theatre, Eastbourne Saturday 3rd June 2023 10.30am – 6.15pm A full day of music hall, variety, comedy, song, mind reading, ventriloquism, archive film clips and interviews. |
Booking for BMHS members opens on Monday 30th January 2023. A booking form was included in the winter edition of The Call Boy. Tickets go on general sale on Monday 6th March 2023.
Tickets: £32.
The theatre’s box office telephone number is 01323 802020 or you can book online here.
Artistes appearing include Bernie Clifton, Hilary O’Neil, Max Fulham, Andy Eastwood, Matt Daniel-Baker, Peter John, Richard Gauntlett, Philip Day, Michelle Grant, Jane Horn, Kevin Gauntlett, The cast of the Hippodrome’s 2023 summer show, Don’t Stop The Music, Carol Anne Wells and Laurence Payne.
Sadly, Dame Maureen Lipman has had to pull out as she will be appearing in London during May and June in her one-woman play Rose. However, we are delighted that Susie Blake will be joining us that day, chatting about her long career which includes working with Frankie Howerd, Russ Abbot, Victoria Wood and Roy Hudd; appearances on Coronation Street and Mrs Brown’s Boys; and stage roles in Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em with Joe Pasquale; When We Are Married and Wicked. Susie is currently touring in the Agatha Christie play The Mirror Crack’d playing the leading role of Miss Marple.
It’s back for the 3rd year – Music Hall and VarietyDay – will take place on Monday, 16th May 2022.
After the success of the past two years, we are calling on the world of theatre, Music Hall and Variety to once again celebrate this day by posting images on social media of personal artefacts, archive items, stories and memories of this genre using #musichallvarietyday and #MHVD2022.
2020 saw the introduction of this day which is celebrated annually and marks the birthdate of Roy Hudd, President of the BMHS for 28 years until his death in 2020. Paul O’Grady became our new President in January 2021.
We will be posting on Facebook and twitter throughout the day. We encourage you to do the same and to share stories and ephemera with the group – Friends of the British Music Hall Society as well as via twitter (@musichallsoc).
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