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British Music Hall Society @musichallsociety.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It was a pleasure to welcome Paul Hendy to our archive last week. Paul is the writer & director of the fantastic @thelastlaughplay, which brings together Britain’s comedy greats Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe & Bob Monkhouse in a dressing room. Learn more about our archive: buff.ly/aA14jxy

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Showtune on Radio Abbey (Vicki) @showtunera.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I'm bringing this lovely West End cabaret to The Tree House Bookshop #Kenilworth next Sunday 27th What could be more lovely than Musical Theatre in a Bookshop? www.treehousebookshop.co.uk/events/2026/... Tickets still available

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The Shows We Used to Know

Robert Hazle and Helena Northcote sing songs from forgotten British musicals, the favourites and the flops.

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British Music Hall Society @musichallsociety.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Tickets are selling fast for the 3rd British Music Hall Society Conference at the Cinema Museum on 21st November. There's a 'catering' theme this year, which promises to be huge fun. Book HERE www.ticketsource.com/britishmusic... #musichall #musichallmonday

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Showtune on Radio Abbey (Vicki) @showtunera.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I am very excited by today's show. I am chatting to @roberthazle.bsky.social and Helena Northcote about The Shows We Used To Know which they are bringing to @treehousebookshop.bsky.social in September. On live at 12 or afterwards on Mixcloud

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Showtune on Radio Abbey (Vicki) @showtunera.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This week's show has special guests @roberthazle.bsky.social and Helena Northcote chatting about their cabaret, The Shows We Used to Know which they are bringing to @treehousebookshop.bsky.social in September www.mixcloud.com/RadioAbbey/s...

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 09/08/2026

One more post (tonight, at least), in praise of entertainment that entertains.

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Just a song at twilight . . .

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Jes Steele ✌️ @piratito.com · 30/07/2026

This perhaps only appeals to a niche subset of people here on BS, but ahh the happiness it brings me. Philip Quast (my first, Javert, many years ago in Aus), Bradley Jaden, Jeremy Secomb, and Jordan Donica singing Stars at a special #LesMiserables performance at Radio City Hall. #MakeTheatreNotWar

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Showtune on Radio Abbey (Vicki) @showtunera.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

It's Showtune's 5th Anniversary at the start of July and to celebrate I have 2 special shows. I am absolutely thrilled this week to have been able to chat with the man who casts Musicals, David Grindrod.

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Robert Hazle @roberthazle.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Still awestruck to have been part of this yesterday! An honour to be saluting Noel Coward’s career and marking the 20th anniversary of the Noel Coward Theatre. West End Live in Trafalgar Square: #WestEndLive youtu.be/y8hz1mpH1u8?...

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Noël Coward In The West End: Robert Hazle & Helena Northcote | West End LIVE 2026

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

'The Noel Coward Theatre' (2009) by Francis Hamel francishamel.com

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British Music Hall Society @musichallsociety.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

🎭 What secrets were hiding in the East End music halls? Discover London's forgotten Cockney Yiddish performers — the songs, laughs & stories from the turn of the 20th century. Talk by Vivi Lachs · Tues 26 May · 7pm 🎟️ buff.ly/PrRF2G5

Front cover of book - Whitechapel Noise by Vivi Lachs.

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Robert Hazle @roberthazle.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Celebrating @musichallsociety.bsky.social’s #musichallvarietyday with a trip to the seaside and doing the Blackpool Walk!

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Showtune on Radio Abbey (Vicki) @showtunera.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Today's show is a MGM musicals special. I had so much fun choosing songs that it is an extra 12 minutes long - bonus content! Live at 12 on www.radioabbey.com

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British Music Hall Society @musichallsociety.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Setting up for our ‘archive on show’ afternoon… #womenshistorymonth #musichall

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British Music Hall Society @musichallsociety.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

It's Monday, it's Music Hall! 🎭 #MusicHallMonday The legendary boots of Little Tich — whose Big-Boot Dance influenced everyone from Chaplin to Tati — are on loan from our #archive to Blackpool's Showtown Museum. Go and see them!

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Showtune on Radio Abbey (Vicki) @showtunera.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

I don't have the backing of a big station behind me and yet I have built a show that has regular worldwide listeners. It's very very hard to publicise a radio show, nobody wants to share it, but I'm still plugging away. This week's playlist is 'love'ly www.mixcloud.com/RadioAbbey/s...

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A valentine's themed show of love songs from all eras of stage and screen musicals

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Kevin Daly @kevinddaly.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Meanwhile in NY, Shani Wallis's performance in A Time for Singing, a 1966 flop musical adaptation of How Green Was My Valley got her the role of Nancy in Oliver! (she played the same role Maureen O'Hara played in the film) A Time for Singing lasted 41 performances.

Shani Wallis and Ivor Emmanuel in A Time for Singing.

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Kevin Daly @kevinddaly.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

17-year-old Sheila White so impressed the creatives of the 1966 British musical On the Level that they wrote a charm song for her and it proved an enormous showstopper. On the Level lasted 118 performances, but "Bleep-Bleep" led directly to Sheila getting cast as Bet in the film version of Oliver!

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Showtune on Radio Abbey (Vicki) @showtunera.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Yet another grey and wet day outside. What's needed is an hour of fantastic songs from stage and screen to brighten things up a bit. www.mixcloud.com/RadioAbbey/s...

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Fabulous show tunes from all eras of stage and screen musicals

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Robert Hazle @roberthazle.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

If you like musicals, you’ve got to give Showtune a listen. The best mix of show songs out there!

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Robert Hazle @roberthazle.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

🎶 NEXT WEEK 🎶 www.brasseriezedel.com/events/rober...

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Robert Hazle @roberthazle.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Hello Bluesky friends, I’m back at one of my favourite cabaret venues, Crazy Coqs, for another edition of the award-winning THE SHOWS WE USED TO KNOW. This time I have dazzlingly talented guests joining me to sing the things I can’t! Hope to see you there: www.brasseriezedel.com/events/rober...

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Anthony Binns @anthonybinns.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

"I to Monte Carlo went, just to raise my Winter's rent.. " 🎶 Remembering #otd b.Stepney, London, music hall comic singer, Charles Coborn, The Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo! @musichallsociety.bsky.social @heathertweed.bsky.social @billyrough.bsky.social @roberthazle.bsky.social

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Robert Hazle @roberthazle.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

The Shows We Used To Know MAY ROUND-UP A selection of shows that opened in May in years gone by:

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Robert Hazle @roberthazle.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

I’ll REMEMBER HER by Noel Coward from ‘The Girl Who Came To Supper’ From #TheShowsWeUsedToKnow at Crazy Coqs

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Robert Hazle @roberthazle.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

UNROMANTIC US by Sandy Wilson from ‘The Buccaneer’ A rare outing for Wilson’s follow up to The Boy Friend.

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Robert Hazle @roberthazle.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

LONDON (IS A LITTLE BIT OF ALL RIGHT) by Noel Coward From ‘The Girl Who Came To Supper’ As sung by music hall star Tessie O’Shea in her Tony-winning performance!

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Robert Hazle @roberthazle.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

SOMEONE TO BELIEVE IN by Julian Slade From ‘Vanity Fair’. One of his best songs, from a now almost completely forgotten show. #showsweusedtoknow

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Robert Hazle @roberthazle.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

QUIZ TIME! How many of these titles can you complete….? They’re all ‘shows we used to know’ that opened in May.

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Robert Hazle @roberthazle.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

THIS TIME IT’S TRUE LOVE from ‘The Girl Who Came To Supper by Noël Coward #ShowsWeUsedToKnow

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Robert Hazle @roberthazle.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

THE SHOWS WE USED TO KNOW is off to the @buxtonfringe.bsky.social this summer!

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Robert Hazle @roberthazle.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

April round-up of #ShowsWeUsedToKnow: Some forgotten favourites and fabulous flops! More over on Instagram…

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Robert Hazle @roberthazle.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Exciting news for fellow theatre history fans - The Saville Theatre hosted some major #showsweusedtoknow including Ivor Novello’s ‘Gay’s The Word’ and the Bricusse/Ornadel collaboration ‘Pickwick’!

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Robert Hazle @roberthazle.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

AND HER MOTHER CAME TOO from “A to Z” in 1921 by Ivor Novello / Dion Titheradge Filmed at the first outing of “The Shows we Used To Know” at Crazy Coqs recently.

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Robert Hazle @roberthazle.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

A week since having the best time singing songs from those ‘Shows We Used To Know’ at Crazy Coqs. What a fab venue!

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Robert Hazle @roberthazle.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Thank you Vicki! So glad you enjoyed. P.s. Everyone should check out @showtunera.bsky.social, it’s a wonderfully curated show!

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Robert Hazle @roberthazle.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Beyond thrilled to be making my Crazy Coqs debut later this month, singing songs from ‘The Shows We Used To Know’: TICKETS: www.brasseriezedel.com/events/rober...

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Robert Hazle @roberthazle.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

A quick round up of March’s remaining #ShowsWeUsedToKnow: More info over on Instagram!

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Robert Hazle @roberthazle.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Opened this week in 1960: FOLLOW THAT GIRL at the Vaudeville Theatre where it ran for 211 performances.

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Robert Hazle @roberthazle.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Opened this week in 1917 THE MAID OF THE MOUNTAINS at Daly’s Theatre where it ran for 1,352 performances.

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Robert Hazle @roberthazle.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Opened OTD in 1963 HOUSE OF CARDS at the Players Theatre, where it played for a month before transferring briefly to the West End. Written by Peter Greenwell and Peter Wildeblood as a follow up to the moderately successful The Crooked Mile, also at the Players.

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Robert Hazle @roberthazle.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Opened OTD in 1957 AT THE DROP OF A HAT at the Fortune Theatre where it ran for 808 performances. A two-man revue of comic songs written and performed by Michael Flanders and Donald Swann. Popular songs included ‘A Transport of Delight’, ‘The Gnu’, and ‘The Hippopotamus’.

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Robert Hazle @roberthazle.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Opened OTD in 1903 A PRINCESS OF KENSINGTON at the Savoy Theatre where it ran for 115 performances.

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Robert Hazle @roberthazle.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

10 years ago (!!): Pushkin in Boris Godunov at the Brockley Jack Theatre.

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Robert Hazle @roberthazle.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

A few more photos from the Hippodrome125 celebration earlier this week with @lucigosling.bsky.social, Wendy Carr and Rosalyn Wilder:

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