Binkie Beaumont Centenary

He’s the most famous West End theatre producer you’ve probably never heard of. For over 30 years he dominated what audiences would enjoy in the West End, at one point producing half of the city’s stage shows. This year is the centenary of the birth of Binkie Beaumont (1908 – 1973). Please find info links below. Richard Huggett’s books would not win any great biography prizes but is full of camp anecdotes and a rich source of information about the great man and so proves entertaining and invaluable.

LINKS:

Wikipedia – Binkie Beaumont

The Theatre Archive Blog – Binkie Beaumont

Obituary: Vivienne Byerley, Independent, The (London), Apr 6, 1995 by Kitty Black

BOOKS:

Binkie Beaumont: Eminence Grise of the West End Theatre by Richard Huggett (Author)

IMAGES:

National Portrait Gallery – by Angus McBean

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Stage Spy: My Fair Lady goes posh with Tatler and flowers

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Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends live cast recording announced

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The Unfriend seeks a friendly new home in the West End

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Stephen Campbell Moore and Adrian Scarborough to star in When Winston went to War with the Wireless

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Sex Education’s Patricia Allison to star in new play Jules and Jim at Jermyn Street Theatre

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SMASH stage musical set for Broadway

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Blippi is back! Blippi The Wonderful World Tour coming to the Alexandra Palace in London

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Aspects of Love – Laura Pitt-Pulford and Jamie Bogyo perform ‘Seeing is Believing’ – new video

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Black Superhero starring Danny Lee Wynter & Dyllón Burnside – in pictures

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Avril Freck to interview Lesley Manville, Sophie Thompson, Alison Steadman & Noma Dumezweni

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Danielle De Niese, Laura Pitt-Pulford & Anna Unwin join Aspects of Love West End revival

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Photos: A Little Life production photos released featuring James Norton and cast

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Black Superhero reviews

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New musical Treason announces Edinburgh, Sheffield & London dates

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The Way Old Friends Do – Red carpet celebrity photos

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Tracie Bennett to star in How to Succeed in Business  Without Really Trying at Southwark Playhouse

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The Way Old Friends Do Reviews

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The Good Person of Szechwan Reviews

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Stranger Things stage show announces West End dates

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I Should Be So Lucky Stock Aitken Waterman musical to tour

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Mark Gatiss’ A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story returns to Alexandra Palace for Christmas 2023