#MusicHallMonday - We are very lucky to be joined by Ex-Players Theatre performer Jacquie Toye in an interview segment of our next talk 'Players Please! Part IV! Don't miss out on an enjoyable evening and book now with tickets available via Ticketsource www.ticketsource.com/britishmusic...

#SongSheetSaturday - Last week's World Cup theme continues with mention of countries currently competing and a flavour of Switzerland from 1919 in 'Tony the Swiss Mountaineer' a song about scaling Alpine heights. Performed by Lancashire comedian George Bass (1888-1928) #Music Hall #Variety #Swiss

The Summer 2026 edition of 'The Call Boy' will be landing with our members this week! If you'd like your own copy, why not join us? As a member, you'll receive 'The Call Boy' 4 times a year, packed with news, stories, & updates. We'd love to welcome you! Join here: buff.ly/TedFHyE

#SongSheetSaturday - With England playing Mexico this weekend and World Cup Fever in the air it seems apt that this week's cover has a football theme. 'At the Football Match Last Saturday', a song written by the comedian and singer Mark Sheridan (1864-1918)- recorded in 1905. #MusicHall #Football

Great to attend @apac-ssn.bsky.social meeting at V&A East Storehouse yesterday & hear about all the good work the APAC committee are doing as well hear V&A news. AND to enjoy some David Bowie items & Ronnie Barker ‘taches from their collections

It’s paperback day for #StoryofaMurder ! In honour of that, let’s answer a few questions about the Crippen murder… hop aboard…

We'll be singing that all day now 😂

Happy #nationalseasideday! Oh I do like to be beside the seaside...tiddly-om-pom-pom 🎵

🎭 The British Music Hall Society turns 63! Come celebrate with us - Thursday 3rd September, 7pm at the Phoenix Arts Club, London. Starring Miss Ada Campe (comedian, Magic Circle member ✨) + The End of the Pier Show 🌊 Every ticket keeps Music Hall alive. Book now 👇 buff.ly/5QqTcvZ

For #SongSheetSaturday & Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈 - Norah Blaney & Gwen Farrar (real-life couple) performing in André Charlot's 192e revue "YES..!" Their advice holds up:

Thank you to everyone who joined us on Tuesday for Peter Charlton’s talk about the elusive Harry Freeman. Our next In the Limelight is Tues 21 July at 7pm at the CAA. We’ll explore links between BBC series The Good Old Days & the Players Theatre, with Jacquie Toye. Book: buff.ly/pJF4su1

#MusicHallMonday 🎭 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 👇 buff.ly/AT9IMbq

More from Harry Freeman (our In the Limelight subject on 23 June) for #songsheetsaturday — 'It Never Troubles Me.' He's easy-going, unfazed by rising water rates and even soap. Learn more when Peter Charlton guides us through his life and songs buff.ly/38XuE80

For #MusicHallMonday 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! #musichall #ExploreYourArchive

#SongSheetSaturday - Lots of hi-jinks in Sunday School in Harry Freeman's 'Leave a Little Bit for You Tutor' (pronounced Tu-tah), with lyrics & music by JP Harrington & George Le Brunn. Our next 'In the Limelight' talk will be all about the life & career of Harry Freeman. Book here: buff.ly/38XuE80

A few more photos from our 'Day by the Sea' last Saturday at the Royal Hippodrome Theatre, Eastbourne...

3 weeks to go until our CfP deadline - 30 June 2026 - get submitting! #musichall #catering #desires #needs

For #musichallmonday - here's an old favourite - Mr Tommy Cooper - gracing the front cover of The Performer in May 1953, 'comedian as bungling wizard' . About to open at the London Palladium in 'The Peep Show' revue. Image: BMHS Archive

We had a SPLENDID Day by the Sea yesterday in Eastbourne. Here's some highlights...Amanda Barrie, Tim Vine and Gyles Brandreth in action #musichall #variety #seaside Images: John McKenzie on behalf of BMHS

Today is our 10th '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 #songsheetshaturday. Have a great time 🪣 🪏 beside the seaside, beside the sea 🌊

The third theatre to feature on our Fifty@50 list is Hoxton Hall. This beautiful Grade II* listed Victorian music hall has a fascinating history, but its future was once under threat. Find out how we helped this important community venue www.theatrestrust.org.uk/about-us/fif... 📸: Sean Pollock

Well done to Martin & Ron at The Cinema Museum who were able to complete the Spotlight collection - observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

#MusicHallMonday 🎶🍺 Featuring The Barman, sung with great success by Wilkie Bard. As we prepare for our 3rd conference in Nov. 2026, we’re inviting proposals on the theme: CATERING for People’s Desires and Needs in the Music Hall See Call for Papers on our website: buff.ly/35wQKXA

On Mother Kelly's Doorstep by George A. Stevens is a music hall 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. Did you know that the Chelsea football team recorded it, too! #songsheetsaturday #musichall

Have you got a Hackney Empire story? The Team at Hackney Empire would love to hear it…

We had a fantastic talk by Vivi Lachs last night, with opportunities to join in some choruses - incl. “Es iz England” - & to hear how lodgers, courtship, marital strife, and the immigrant experience were common themes in Yiddish song & culture. Thank you to everyone who came, & especially to Vivi.

It's Bank Holiday Monday! Anyone off to the seaside? If you spot a Punch and Judy show let us know in the comments. Image of Chris Harris in "That's The Way To Do It", his show about 3 generations of the Powell Family - the original Punch and Judy Men. #musichall #punchandjudy #musichallmonday

To kick off the long weekend and as the weather is so glorious here's a "Beautiful Garden of Roses" as sung by Dorothy Ward. If you're doing a spot of gardening this weekend do share your photos. #SongSheetSaturday #MusicHall

Kicking off our Fifty@50 campaign with @grandtheatrebpl.bsky.social The stunning Grade II* theatre is now thriving, but it nearly didn't survive beyond the 1970s The Grand was the first theatre to receive a grant from us and we've supported it in various ways over the years

🎭 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

2026 marks 50 years since Theatres Trust was founded 🎂 Over the past 50 years, hundreds of theatres have benefitted from our help, but to celebrate this anniversary year, we will be highlighting 50 of them - Fifty@50 Look out for posts starting later this week

What a fabulous day we had on Saturday. Thank you to everyone who joined in on Music Hall and Variety Day. Follow us for similar content - we're here all year, folks!

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

Thank you Caroline it was a fantastic & fascinating talk! Thank you for supporting #musichallvarietyday #mhvd2026

That's a wrap on #MusicHallVarietyDay 2026! 🎭✨ Thanks for joining #MHVD2026 — what a day! As Charles Whittle sang, we want to spend the holidays with you… and we'll be back same time, same place next year. Consider it a date! Follow us on Facebook, Insta & Bluesky, and check our website. 🎶

Fantastic! Really cool to see the theatre finally getting a new sign, some construction and cleaning etc being previewed on the Pier's social media recently! I understand the money hadn't been there to turn it back into a full working theatre, but it looks like things have progressed!

#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 Max Miller hides in the bushes at Brighton 🎭

Roy Hudd doing a summer season at the Ocean Theatre, on the pier at Clacton. Also on the bill were Van Buren & Greta - here he is being levitated in Clacton! #MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 #seaside

Did Charles Coburn write in his memoirs @legmania.bsky.social about being carried piggy back across the high wire by Ella Zuila? Here they are at Crystal Palace 1899. Like a day out by the sea for Londoners back in the day. Couldn’t resist chance to get Ella in for #MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026

#MHVD2026 #musichallvarietyday #SirHarryLauder Singer/Entertainer Jimmy McWilliams with Frank Skinner

What happened to Old John Johnson? Why, he's in the sea! 🌊 It features one of music hall's finest nonsense words: Tiddle-iddle-hi-ti-hi-ti-tee - and we think 'Come and Have a Drink With Me' is the only appropriate reply. 🍺 📁 BMHS Archive WHT/023 #MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 #Seaside

What are ‘that lanky likeable comedian’ Bruce Forsythe, ‘Show Business Personality of 1959, Harry Secombe’ & Glenn Melvyn up to here in Blackpool? In 1960 The Stage reported the Blackpool 30 Summer Shows would take £1.5m. How times have changed. Image: BMHS Archive #MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026

🌊 Fancy a Day by the Sea? 🎭 Join us in Eastbourne next month for the British Music Hall Society’s 'Day by the Se'a at the iconic Royal Hippodrome Theatre 📅 Saturday 6 June 2026 🕘 ALL DAY entertainment 🎟️ Only £38 Book now 👉; buff.ly/eUP6dBn

Wilkie Bard’s (1874-1944) ‘She Sells Sea-Shells’, an enduring song from the Music Hall era, was first published in 1908 (the tongue-twister is older). Bard performed it in Drury Lane's pantomime ‘Dick Whittington’ (1908/09) turning it into a smash. #MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 #Seaside

Happy Music Hall and Variety Day 2026! Here to celebrate is Ada Campe riding her cabaret duck Dilys down some stairs at the beautiful Rivoli Ballroom 🦆😄💚 #adacampe #musichallvarietyday #mhvd2026

It’s #musichallvarietyday! A special day to honour Roy Hudd. Here’s ‘The British Music Hall Society Song’ composed by Entertainer Jimmy McWilliams. Performances have included ‘Day By The Sea’ at The Royal Hippodrome Theatre. Wonderful lyrics, catchy tune! #MHVD2026 @musichallsociety.bsky.social

Today is Music Hall & Variety Day Bluesky! Created to mark Roy Hudd’s birthday by @musichallsociety.bsky.social so to all my Music Hall friends and fellow fans, happy MHVD!

Where did theatrical families send their children? Often to coastal boarding schools. Here's my grandmother Norah & friends on the beach at Margate in their school gym slips - spot the boaters in the sand behind them. #MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 #Seaside Read more here: buff.ly/2TnbKmI

In 1877 Papa Cragg, using the name de Castro, bought a wooden waxworks building on South Beach, Blackpool, & opened a variety show starring his family. The season proved a gigantic failure so he took down the structure and rebuilt it inland in Leigh, Lancs! #Seaside saga. #MusicHallVarietyDay

For Roy Hudd's 90th and seaside themed #MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 a programme for 'Hudd's Here' in Scarborough (a seaside town) and an original photo for the cover! And my fav pic of me with the great man at a Dora Bryan plaque do in Brighton, also a seaside town! @musichallsociety.bsky.social