{"id":3145,"date":"2024-08-27T23:02:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T23:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.wearedeeperblue.co.uk\/history\/?p=3145"},"modified":"2025-02-04T16:32:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:32:14","slug":"tommy-steele-at-the-grand-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.wearedeeperblue.co.uk\/history-clone\/tommy-steele-at-the-grand-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"Tommy Steele at The Grand Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All round entertainer Tommy Steele starred as Dr Dolittle at the Grand Theatre. The photo was taken on\u00a020 February 2008 out in front of the theatre.\u00a0Tommy Steele brought a lot to the Doctor Doolittle role, which made perfect sense as he&#8217;s starred in so many shows that have been good for the whole family. From a title role in 1960s musical Hans Christian Andersen, via Half a Sixpence, to his stint in Scrooge, the showman is the embodiment of classic family entertainment.\u00a0The cheeky cockney was perfect for a national tour of Doctor Doolittle, the smash-hit musical about the vet who can talk to animals.<\/p>\n<p>Tommy Steele has appeared many times in Blackpool, from the early days when he was Britain&#8217;s first rock star, which took him to the ABC Theatre, to drama and pantomime at the Grand Theatre and the Opera House on numerous occasions.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3152\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.wearedeeperblue.co.uk\/history-clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/images.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"302\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3153\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.wearedeeperblue.co.uk\/history-clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GLENN-MILLER-STORY-218x300.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3156\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.wearedeeperblue.co.uk\/history-clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Tommy-Mary.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"319\" height=\"301\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3158\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.wearedeeperblue.co.uk\/history-clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Tommy-Steele-Poster.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All round entertainer Tommy Steele starred as Dr Dolittle at the Grand Theatre. The photo was taken on\u00a020 February 2008 out in front of the theatre.\u00a0Tommy Steele brought a lot to the Doctor Doolittle role, which made perfect sense as he&#8217;s starred in so many shows that have been good for the whole family. From a title role in 1960s musical Hans Christian Andersen, via Half a Sixpence, to his stint in Scrooge, the showman is the embodiment of classic family entertainment.\u00a0The cheeky cockney was perfect for a national tour of Doctor Doolittle, the smash-hit musical about the vet who&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.wearedeeperblue.co.uk\/history-clone\/tommy-steele-at-the-grand-theatre\/\" title=\"Read Tommy Steele at The Grand Theatre\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3148,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[244,246,72,180],"class_list":["post-3145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-71","tag-music","tag-shows","tag-72","tag-events"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.8 (Yoast SEO v25.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tommy Steele at The Grand Theatre<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tommy Steele delighted audiences at Blackpool\u2019s Grand Theatre as Dr. Dolittle in 2008. 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