The British Music Hall Society

The British Music Hall Society has been championing the cause of the history of popular entertainment since 1963.  Without Victorian Music Hall there’d be no “Britain’s Got Talent”.  We are here to make sure that nobody forgets where we came from!

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Tickets are now available for our annual symposium taking place at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, on 11 Dec 2026, 11am-4pm.

This year's theme is acquisitions & we have invited members to present their work & share insights.

Tix & more info: www.eventbrite.com/e/apac-sympo...
The extraordinary story of Peter Waring, a popular comedian in the 1940s... but also a shameless and cynical fraudster. Comedy Chronicles writer Graham McCann says: "This is one of the oddest stories about a performer I've ever researched."

www.comedy.co.uk/features/com...
🎪 TOMORROW NIGHT! Roll up for Dr Tim Cockerill’s Flea Circus: The Smallest Show on Earth. Real performing fleas, tiny chariots and a household appliance that ended it all. Believe it, or not?
📅 Tue 10 Nov, 7pm
📍 Club for Acts & Actors

🎟️ Last chance to book: buff.ly/eYwYBDm
#FleaCircus
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