El Granadas and Peter |
The history of a variety act. |
Appearances |
The London Palladium 1944 - Geraldo and his orchestra 1946 - Royal Command Performance 1948 - with Danny Kaye(2nd Feb to 2nd March?) 1948 - with Dinah Shore 1950 - with Jack Benny (June 19th - July 2nd) 1951 - with Judy Garland (April 9th - April 30th) 1952 - with Les Paul and Mary Ford 1954 - with Billy Eckstine (April 19th - May 2nd)
Of course we can’t fit all the dates that El Granadas ever did on this web page—nor do we know all the dates at the moment, the detective work is continuing. However, we are working on an database that will be attached to this page at a later date. So for now, here is just a flavour of the dates the act performed.
1937 Jan 4 - Hull Tivoli Jan 11 - Ratenstall Palace Jan 18 - Smethwick Empire Jan 25 - Romford Plaza Feb 1 - Resting Feb 8 - Carlisle Her Majesties Feb 15 - Salford Hippodrome Feb 22 - Preston - Kings Palace March 1 - Southampton Hippodrome March 8th - Resting March 15th - Belfast Opera House March 22nd - Llandudno Arcadia March 29th - Llandudno Arcadia April 5th - Resting April 12th - Resting April 19th - Resting April 26th Blackpool Feldmans May 3rd - Heeley Green Sheffield May 10th - Lincoln Gala & Poole May 17th - Burnley Victoria May 24th - Croydon May 31st - Eastbourne Royal June 7th - Bridlington Spa Theatre June 14th - Cleethorps June 21st - Resting June 28th - Torquay Pavilion July 5th - Boscome Hippodrome July 12th - Resting July 19th - Bristol Royal July 26th - Southampton August 2nd - Worthing August 9th - Frescotis and Obare(sic) August 16th - Hippodrome Wolverhapton August 23rd Empire Sheffield August 30th - Stratford Empire Sept 6th - Aldershot Sept 13th - Birmingham Sept 20th - Chesterfield Hippodrome Sept 27th - Chester Royalty Oct 4th - Popley Queens (sic) Oct 11th - St Helens Oct 18th - Exeter Royal Oct 25th - Brighton Hippodrome Nov 1st - Wednesbury Nov 8th - Resting Nov 15th - Peterbourgh Empire Nov 22nd - Doncaster Q Park Nov 29th - Moss side Dec 6th - Liverpool Rotunda Dec 13th - Dublin Olympia Dec 20th - Resting Dec 27th - Ryked (sic)
1938 Jan 3rd - Luton Grand
1944 August 13th - 3rd September—London - Prince of Wales Theatre - with Max Miller
1946 April 15th Tower Circus Blackpool
1947 George and Alfred Black’s review “Stand Easy”
1949 “Tower Circus” Blackpool “China” Stockholm “Casino” Oslo “National Scala and Lorry” Copenhagen “Tuchinski” Holland
1950 Belgium Holland Germany
1951 “Tivoli Gardens” Copenhagen Odense Liseberg Gotenburg Folkets Parks Liverpool Stadium Circus “Circ Medrano” Paris US Zone & German Variety
1952 “Moulin Rouge” Paris “Hansa Theatre” Hamburg “Trolle Rhodins Circus” Sweden
1954 Goteborg Copenhagen Finnland Hamburg “Cirque Medrano” Paris
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