Leeds City Varieties Theatre – Tricks & Trifles – 1925

About this Tricks and Trifles theatre programme

An original theatre programme for Tricks & Trifles at the City Varieties, Leeds, dated 23 November 1925. The bill includes Teddy Stream, Ray Cardle, Sally Hatton and Jimmy Cairns. The City Varieties is one of the most famous music halls in Britain and still operates as a theatre today. Music hall programmes from the 1920s are a highly collectable part of old theatre programmes, and this one comes from a truly historic venue.

Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, a couple of tiny holes on fold (what the codes mean)

Did you know?

• The City Varieties opened in 1865 and is one of the oldest surviving music halls in the country.
• From 1953 to 1983 it was home to BBC TV’s The Good Old Days, where audiences dressed in Edwardian costume.
• Charlie Chaplin is said to have appeared there as a boy with the Eight Lancashire Lads.