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🎭 Britain's home of Music Hall & Variety

Celebrating the acts who built popular entertainment

Registered charity · Est. 1963 · President: Su Pollard

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22/06/2026

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Meet Reg Lever and Elsie Winsor - a duo both on and off the stage - captured here by the lens of Mme Yvonne.
Want to see more gems like this? Join us for Archives on Show, Friday, 31 July at 11am. Booking details below 👇 https://buff.ly/AT9IMbq

20/06/2026

More from Harry Freeman (the subject of our next In the Limelight talk on 23 June) for - 'It Never Troubles Me.' He's an easy-going chap who is not troubled by much including increasing water rates and soap. Learn more about Harry Freeman when Peter Charlton will be taking us through the details of his life and songs - https://buff.ly/38XuE80

15/06/2026

For a wonderful item from our ELLA Shields Collection (currently being catalogued) - a torn song sheet and a note to the pianist - 'figure this out yourself'
Let's Call It A Day!

13/06/2026

- Lots of hi-jinks in Sunday School in Harry Freeman's 'Leave a Little Bit for You Tutor' (pronounced Tu-tah), with lyrics and music by songwriting titans, JP Harrington and George Le Brunn. Our next 'In the Limelight' talk will be all about the life & career of Birmingham-based Freeman. You can book here: https://www.ticketsource.com/britishmusichallsociety/t-rzzydal

10/06/2026

Some more photographs by John McKenzie 📸 from our 'Day by the Sea' last Saturday at the Royal Hippodrome, Eastbourne

08/06/2026

For - here's an old favourite - Mr Tommy Cooper - gracing the front cover of The Performer in May 1953. About to open at the London Palladium in 'The Peep Show' r***e.
Image: BMHS Archive

07/06/2026

We had a SPLENDID Day by the Sea yesterday in Eastbourne. Here's some highlights...Amanda Barrie, Tim Vine and Gyles Brandreth in action.

Images: John McKenzie on behalf of BMHS

06/06/2026

Today is our 'Day by the Sea' at the Royal Hippodrome Theatre in Eastbourne. For all you 'Seaside Girls' (and boys) here's a Vesta Tilley number for

01/06/2026

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“Now then! Don’t stand grinnin’ there, can’t yer see there’s a customer waitin’?”

This wonderful cover for 'The Barman' captures the humour and atmosphere of the music hall perfectly - and it also inspires the theme for our 3rd conference in November 2026:

*CATERING for People’s Desires and Needs in the Music Hall*

Our Call for Papers is now available on our website (deadline: 30 June). Do check it out and think about submitting!
https://buff.ly/35wQKXA

30/05/2026

On Mother Kelly's Doorstep by George A. Stevens is a music hall and variety favourite. First performed by Fred Barnes, and also a hit for Randolph Sutton, it's perhaps best recognised as the theme song of Danny La Rue.

The fabulous songsheet is a beautiful, nostalgic depiction of a lost childhood that perfectly tells the story of the song.

The song has been performed and recorded by many stars of stage and screen over the years, including Dorothy Squires, Barbara Windsor, the cast of Eastenders and the Chelsea Football team. Have we forgotten anyone? Let us know in the comments.

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