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In 2014, the church was sold and converted into a theatre, which also included a bar and restaurant in the former church halls. The building was renamed Websters in honour of Alfred Websters who designed some of the stained glass windows of the church. [6] In 2017, the venue was briefly closed after masonry fell from the steeple. [7]
He made further tours of the U.S. in 1912 and 1924, and also performed in South Africa. Theatre historian Roy Busby described Melvin as "a clever artiste [who] appealed to both broad and subtle tastes in comedy; he was a great quick-change artist and a burlesque comedian...
Pantomime or dumb-show Dumbshow, also dumb show or dumb-show , is defined by the Oxford Dictionary of English as "gestures used to convey a meaning or message without speech; mime." In the theatre the word refers to a piece of dramatic mime in general, or more particularly a piece of action given in mime within a play "to summarise, supplement ...
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp is a 1964 pantomime cast album by Cliff Richard, the Shadows, the Norrie Paramor orchestra and other members of the pantomime cast. [1] [2] It is Richard's twelfth album. The album reached number 13 in the UK Album Charts in a 5-week run in the top 20. [3]
Pantomime (/ ˈ p æ n t ə ˌ m aɪ m /; [1] informally panto) [2] is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment. It was developed in England and is performed throughout the United Kingdom, Ireland and (to a lesser extent) in other English-speaking countries, especially during the Christmas and New Year season.
He is known for his appearances in pantomime at the King's Theatre, Edinburgh alongside Grant Stott and Andy Gray (actor), where he also writes the script. In 2019 he released a book, Dear Aunty May, based around his comedy character, Aunty May. He also presents an annual Big, Big, Variety Show! at the Kings, usually featuring his Panto co-stars.
His family, in the 1930s and 1940s, toured the small music halls of Scotland and Northern Ireland and ran seasons at the Metropole, Glasgow and in the Theatre, Paisley, where Logan became house manager for the family. He was in pantomime by 1944, playing the cat in Dick Whittington and His Cat, and soon became a comedy star with BBC Scotland.
When Julian Wylie died suddenly in December 1934, he had several Pantomime productions ongoing, and they were taken over by Arnold. [3] Arnold staged his first London pantomime in 1937, a production of Aladdin. He made at least one venture into Shakespeare with a production casting Ivor Novello as Henry V at Drury Lane in 1938. [2]