So much attention, has been focused in recent times on Margate's cultural regeneration, in relation to the Turner contemporary and the concomitant growing artistic community, that our more down to earth popular entertainment culture, is overlooked.
Since the kerfuffle over the Theatre Royal last year, performing arts, that punters like me would like to see, appear to have fallen off the public agenda. Now I was reminded by an advert placed by Thanet Leisure Force, which advertises the "remarkable psychic medium" Colin Fry as well as Paul James and Billy Nutt In " The Boys Search for a STAR" , typifies just what Margate's Winter Gardens has to offer and frankly it's rubbish (in my opinion).
It's incredible that Thanet Leisure Force are so bereft of ideas that, one of their most heavily promoted shows happens to be a psychic medium, one also wonders why they don't go the whole damn hog and just exhume an audience.
Incidentally isn't it the case, that in advertising Psychic Mediums, that the law now requires some sort of disclaimer, maybe something to effect, that this performance maybe a load of old balls?
I realise that the traditional seaside summer season show built round, the semi decent performer is long gone but really surely they can do better than this.
Can we buy fish and chips there?
ReplyDeleteI coinsider myself corrected on this one, although I still dont reckon that a tribute band however good is star material.
ReplyDeleteI am number one sceptic but was dragged along to the last Colin Fry show. I am still a sceptic but nevertheless he is a good entertainer and it was a sellout and that, surely, is the objective.
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