- Title:
- Poster : 291 Club
- Object name(s):
- Poster
- Brief description:
- Blue and white poster advertising the '291 Club', at Hackney Empire. The 291 Club was a Black variety show held at the Hackney Empire in the later 1980s and early 1990s. It launched the career of many well-known artists and performers including Curtis Walker, Ishmael Thomas and Felix Dexter. The trio’s stage sketch show went on to become The Real McCoy, one of the first all-Black comedy sketch show on British television aired from 1990 – 1996 on the BBC.
- Collection:
- Hackney Museum
- Associated date:
- 23/10/1992 = 27/11/1992
- Associated place:
- Hackney Empire
- Inscription content:
- APC Productions and Hackney New Variety presents the return of the 291 Club Britain's top black entertainment show Hackney Empire Every Friday from Oct 23 to Nov 27 Some shows will be filmed for TV
- Object name:
- Poster
- Object number:
- 1993.9
- Object production date:
- 1992
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/56550394-4b0e-3c42-8fb4-01aa380370a2
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/56550394-4b0e-3c42-8fb4-01aa380370a2, Hackney Museum, CC BY-NC
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