This year Stoke celebrates 250 years of Philip Astley’s modern-day circus.
So, it makes sense that The Circus of Horrors would return to the birthplace of the man who made it all possible to give residents a taste of this weird and wonderful circus performance.
Hanley was transported back to the 60’s for a night as The Bootleg Beatles reincarnated the psychedelic sound of legendary English rock band, The Beatles.
The enthralling, heavy beat of drums filled the Hanley air as Japanese sensations, the Yamato Drummers, graced Victoria Hall with a magnificent performance.
Alexander O’Neal put on an outstanding performance at the Victoria Hall with his sell-out show, 30 Years of Hearsay.
Amazing feats and death-defying stunts were the order of the day as The Circus of Horrors rolled into town for one night only at Hanley’s Victoria Hall.
Some people might know what that says, some might not, but it honestly is a sentence. Way back in the days when your grandparents were the age you are now there used to be a funny show on the radio called Round the Horne. Back then, being gay was illegal, so homosexual men would use a language of their own called Polari to communicate.
‘Bowie’ appeared on stage, revealed by a spotlight, silhouetted in front of a space rocket, dressed as Ziggy Stardust playing the acoustic ‘Space Oddity’.
David Bowie tribute artist (aka Laurence Knight) brought The Bowie Experience to Hanley’s Victoria Hall last night (Friday).
The Lee Rigby Foundation charity was honoured in a competition to find the “Newcomer of the Year” for British wrestling promotion in Stoke-on-Trent.
There were two matches at the Victoria Hall, one for the men’s finals and another for the women’s, which were judged by three officials.
British Professional Wrestling promotion, All Star Wrestling, holds its opening night at Victoria Hall in Hanley.
The rumble in the ring begins at 7.30pm with a different wrestler entering the action every minute, a throw over the top rope being the only exit.
Welsh metal act Bullet For My Valentine gave fans a night to remember after their typically anarchic show in Stoke-on-Trent’s Victoria Hall.