The missus wants a divorce. She’s not happy that I have a fetish about groping different types of pasta and she has left me. I must admit that I’m feeling cannelloni at the moment…. I knew last week that she wasn’t happy with me. I staggered home bladdered last Tuesday night, and the missus … Continue reading
May Gossip Hoover Here are the May morsels of meaningless tittle-tattle from the mystery writer, who hoovers up all the show business gossip from the UK scene. Enjoy! The recent Blackpool Clubland command show came and went unnoticed yet again by the wider UK show business fraternity. For reasons best known to themselves, the organisers … Continue reading
Please don’t dislike me because I’m handsome and and multi-talented. Dislike me because I’m an inveterate liar. I joined ‘Liars Anonymous’ last Tuesday morning and before the crack of noon, they made me Life President! I am now the proud recipient of a truly distinguished award, (albeit fictitious) however, are awards important to us? When … Continue reading
ROGER REMEMBERS – In years gone by I was approached from time to time to take part on a judging panel for a talent competition or something of that sort. Maybe it was because I did a bit of writing on entertainment matters, or possibly they were short of somebody to ask. (Perhaps the … Continue reading
ROGER REMEMBERS – April 2016 In the early 1970s a young lady called Jan Currey appeared on the Yorkshire club scene. Some readers may remember her. She was most attractive and had won the title of Miss Blackpool a few years earlier. Represented by A.T.S., Stanley & Michael Joseph, in Leeds, she combined a … Continue reading
Our latest vox-pop style list gives an idea what part our national game of football plays in the lives of UK Cabaret subscribers. The Euro-finals are coming up and the nation’s obsession with the beautiful game will be heightened over the next few months. England’s fantastic away win in Germany over Easter will have raised … Continue reading
Q Can you tell us how you first ventured into show business? I had a love of old Hollywood musical movies . I adored the big sinning & dancing numbers & beautiful costumes . I’m not theatre or classically trained but when I discovered burlesque & went to see lots of shows I instantly felt … Continue reading
Had an emergency visit to A & E at the local hospital yesterday afternoon, because I’d accidentally swallowed two tablets that were inadvertently left on the table. The doctor, (who was extremely perturbed with regard to my condition) immediately performed a stomach pump and subsequently retrieved an iPad and a Kindle. I feel so much … Continue reading
ROGER REMEMBERS – One wonders if, amid all the lighting effects and volume, some of the polish and stagecraft has disappeared from our stages. Writing about Roy and Jackie Toaduff last time brought it home to me just how smart their performance was. The way they came on, their stage wear, the way they … Continue reading
