Wink the Other Eye

Synopsis

Contains music hall songs such as Daisy Daisy and Champagne Charlie is My Name. The story is set in Wilton's and tells of the lives of the artists of the great music hall era. This show was piloted in 2005 at Wilton's to rapturous audiences.

Our Review:

22 July 2008

The world’s oldest surviving music hall, built in 1858 by John Wilton behind his public house, Wilton’s does indeed ‘grace’ evocatively-named Graces Alley in London’s East End. Described in its heyday as the “handsomest room in town”, this welcoming auditorium boasts curving balustrades and barley-sugar columns.

Now Wilton’s hosts its first true music-hall show since 1880. Spanning the years between 1859 and 1922, it aims to chart the rise and fall of this celebratory and inclusive entertainment through the history of Wilton’s itself. It also weaves a story around fictional artistes familiar from their signature songs representing the types who sang point numbers there, presenting situations their audiences would recognise with glee. The show’s title comes from the aspirational story in the song “The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo”. Your night out at Wilton’s would also have included speciality acts such as acrobats and illusionists.

So tonigh...

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