Author Archives: Mark Ritchie
The Grahams
UK Variety
UK VARIETYThis month we examine a burgeoning area of activity in the variety field, as we check out and feature a few of the producers and performers involved in the variety matinee scene. A market has been clearly identified and the crowds are taking advantage of their kind of entertainment being staged in their own … Continue reading
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May issue UK Clubland
UK CLUBLANDThe Blackpool Clubland Command show of yesteryear were always successful in providing a great prelude to the Club & Institute Union annual conference. Post pandemic, C&IU official Nathan Clarke is the man behind bringing back an annual cabaret event on conference weekend. Nathan engaged the services of producer Barrie Lucas and the first show … Continue reading
UK CABARET MAY 2024 Issue 123 DIGITAL
UK CABARET MAY 2024 Issue 123 DIGITAL is available for downloadSubscribe for a higher quality copy by contacting mark.ritchie@ukcabaret.com Back issues also availableplease see below Continue reading
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The Dixon Agency
Andy Eastwood
Blackpool Showbiz Museum
NOSTALGIA FEATUREBritain’s neglected seaside towns are often starved of investment, with some locations a pale shadow of what they were during the days when British people holidayed on these shores. Some have managed to reinvent themselves, while others have slipped into terminal decline. This month we look back at the Blackpool of yesteryear, as we … Continue reading