The Glasgow theatre show that was seen by 10 per cent of all Scots
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A symphony of great musical events is happening across Ayrshire this week as shows spanning pop, rock, jazz, and folk are all set to grace the area.
AFTER more than 50 years, Glasgow’s famous Alhambra Theatre has been brought back to life – in miniature model form.
Superb dancer and choreographer who became a star of 1980s TV gameshows such as Give Us a Clue and Blankety Blank
FROM the moment it first burst on to the stage in Glasgow, the Five Past Eight Show was something special. Sixty-six years ago this week, a handful of stars lit up the Alhambra Theatre in what was to become a city institution. The Evening Times review was suitably glowing the next day, on May 27, 1955. Queues for the Five Past Eight Show “Having seen most of the brightest and best shows at the Alhambra since it first opened its doors I never have left the theatre more satisfied than last night, when Five Past Eight had a sky’s-the-limit first performance,” enthused the revie...