JOE LONGTHORNE , PETER GRANT , BOBBY BALL , JOHNNY CASSON, THE HARPER BROTHERS, STILETTO, MILAN, SIOBHAN PHILLIPS and more appear in the 'Live & Kicking' show at the Blackpool Opera House for The Variety Club of Great Britain and produced for The Parkinson's Disease Society by Personality Artistes Ltd

Box Office Call 0844 8561111 or online via www.blackpoollive.com or by Jean Parkes on +44 1253 899333

 

BOUNCING BACK

Set five years on from John Godber’s original play “Bouncers”, the action sees our four hapless bouncers struggling to make ends meet after the demise of the nightclub Mr. Cinders, the workplace which brought them together in the first place.

 

Time has not been too kind to the, not so “fab four”. Les and Ralph are now sharing a flat and running a small removals business. Lucky Eric is now divorced and the witless Judd is back in the Wrestling game with the WWE! (That’s Wigan Wrestling Entertainment).

  

Bouncing Back is a riotous and cleverly structured four-handed comedy, laced with pathos, and shows the working class British, at their unstoppable bawdy best, wreaking havoc on the continent.

CULTURE DUB

Showmanship is exactly what the audience get with Culture Dub; a very colourful, full on tribute to Boy George and his band. Fantastic Show and Silvio is just amazing. 
 
"If George was 20 years younger, I am sure he'd love where Silvio is taking the whole thing.  And, the voice.  Wow - it makes the hairs stand up on the back of your neck.
Amazing!...Mickey Craig (Founder member of Culture Club)
PETER CORRY - MUSIC AND THE NIGHT

Peter Corry has the kind of voice you never forget, the kind of voice that makes the hairs stand up on the back of your neck and takes you on a musical roller coaster ride of emotion. His latest album has just gone platinum in Europe.

BILSTON BEAR

"One of the best children's shows we have ever had" Pavilion Theatre, Rhyl.

 
   There is not a dull moment in the entire show.  Modern  magical children's show and designed for a family audience of all ages, which takes us on a colourful journey to Rainbow Forest where we meet Tic Toc, the speaking Clock.  Audience participation, exciting competitions, songs and games creates the first wonders of live theatre for children and their families.

SHOWS FROM

PERSONALITY ARTISTES

PETER GRANT

"Peter Grant has come along like a much needed breath of fresh air. In a business where over-praise is commonplace and the word ‘star’ is used to describe anyone who stands before a microphone, it’s a great joy to sit back and listen to Peter. Amazingly, he doesn’t just sing songs, he lives them."

Don Black, songwriter of ‘On Days Like These’, ‘Diamonds Are Forever’ & ‘Walk Away’

Great voice, silkily smooth, Yorkshire's answer to Harry Connick Jnr.   Peter delivers a truly classic  live concert with his 8 piece band, ranging from swing to jazz.   Some new work and plenty of favourites.  This young, new talent is exceptional, already with a gold disc to his credit and a new album in the making.  Touring Autumn 2008 and Spring 2009

Mad About The Musicals

 
"Brilliant Show, technically perfect, a remarkably talented cast and great atmosphere.  Couldn't ask for more."  Lancaster Grand Theatre
 
This show comes with extensive marketing support by the Production Company and always pays return visits because of it's success in terms of quality of production and 'bums on seats'. Every song performed is a show-stopper - everything you would want to hear from the West End musicals delivered with style and finesse - it is the West End on your doorstep.
 

JOE LONGTHORNE

Joe was born on 31st May 1955,  and although the Longthorne's were a travelling family ("Gypsies", Joe says), he spent the first part of his life in the family home in Wilford Terrace in Hull.
 
 
Joe began performing in talent shows at the age of four, and by his early teens was beginning to make a name for himself on TV programmes such as Yorkshire Television's Junior Showtime, which was produced by Jess Yates, a man whose memory Joe still holds in great regard.
 
In 1981, Joe appeared in the London Weekend TV series Search for a Star , and this lead to national recognition. Joe's own TV series was soon to follow. In fact Joe has shared the same stage with many of the world's greatest artists, appearing in Royal Variety Performances and also with Bob Hope at the London Palladium.


Joe's repertoire of voices contains more than a hundred of the world's finest singers, and Shirley Bassey, one of the subjects Joe is most famous for impersonating, says: "Joe can do me better than I can do myself".  For more on Joe please visit his ARTIST page.