Ballyhoo

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Event Ballyhoo
Venue Tivoli Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
First Date 30 June 1941
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description America's musical revue success.
Bobby ("Uke") Henshaw, renowned for his ukulele playing and mimicry; Eddie Gordon, comedy cyclist; Page and Nona, in thrills on the wire, and Kwam brothers, Chinese equilibrists, are oversea variety performers making their Australian debut in the new revue.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Revue
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Joy Nichols Actor
Billy Bovis Actor and Singer
Maude Fanning Actor and Singer
Millie Hanson Actor and Singer
Ward Lear Actor and Singer
Ethel Smith Actor and Singer
Lyla Thompson Actor and Singer
Doris Tindall Actor and Singer
Ted Tutty Actor and Singer
Ronnie Hay Choreographer
Rebla Circus Style Performer
Raymond Baird Comedian
Morry Barling Comedian
Syd Beck Comedian
John Dobbie Comedian
Eddie Gordon Comedian
Miss Priscilla Verne Compere
Charles Taylor Musical Director
Trevor Young Musician, Xylophonist
Wallace Parnell Producer
Mr Rockley Race Cross-dresser
Alf Verne Race Cross-dresser
Cora O'Farrell Singer
Arthur Woodlock Singer
Molly Duval Soubrette
Fred Parsons Writer
Bobby "Uke" Henshaw
Resources
Text Nationality United States of America
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia
Newspaper The Argus, 30 June 1941, p. 6, digitised on Trove
Event Identifier 134758