04/06/2026
THIS WEEKEND IN LEYBURN
๐๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ - ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฒ
๐ญ Freddie Francis has been a second spot comic for thirty years, touring the country on every variety bill going. We find him in 1956 recalling his life spent touring the halls; the ups, the downs, the riotous, the fantastic and the downright silly! He recalls his days entertaining the troops during the war, playing at the infamous Glasgow Empire, and we discover what really happened when a speciality act lost her snake on stage!!
Ultimately Twice Nightly is a fading memory of the variety stage. The death of something that has been part of everyoneโs life for decades is now on the decline. Where will Freddie go when he finishes this tour? Who will he go back to, and ultimately who really cares?
๐ถ Twice Nightly also includes routines from amongst others: Max Miller, Rob Wilton, Jimmy James and Norman Evans and renditions of many of the popular songs of the time, such as The Man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo, Happy days are here again and Goodnight Sweetheart.
๐๏ธ Showing Saturday 6th June, 19:30, DL8 5DL
๐๏ธ Book tickets here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/leyburnartscentre
๐ณ This performance is part of the Wensleydale Community Arts Festival which takes place throughout June. Performances are also taking placeโฆ
Friday 5th June - Askrigg Temperance Hall - 7.30pm (Doors open 7.00pm)
Sunday 7th June - Reeth Memorial Hall - 7.00pm (Doors open 6.30pm)
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