Robert Hazle
@roberthazle.bsky.social
Cabaret performer, MD & panto director.
Singing ‘The Shows we Used To Know’: the forgotten favourites and fabulous flops of musical theatre history.
www.roberthazle.com
#showsweusedtoknow
Profile photos: Miranda Mazzarella/Pamela Raith.
Singing ‘The Shows we Used To Know’: the forgotten favourites and fabulous flops of musical theatre history.
www.roberthazle.com
#showsweusedtoknow
Profile photos: Miranda Mazzarella/Pamela Raith.
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Robert Hazle
@roberthazle.bsky.social
· Nov 20
I got to play #NoelCoward’s actual piano at the Noel Coward Gala on Sunday. And it is beautiful! #COWARD125
Hello Bluesky friends, I’m back at one of my favourite cabaret venues, Crazy Coqs, for another edition of the award-winning THE SHOWS WE USED TO KNOW.
This time I have dazzlingly talented guests joining me to sing the things I can’t!
Hope to see you there:
www.brasseriezedel.com/events/rober...
This time I have dazzlingly talented guests joining me to sing the things I can’t!
Hope to see you there:
www.brasseriezedel.com/events/rober...
September 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Hello Bluesky friends, I’m back at one of my favourite cabaret venues, Crazy Coqs, for another edition of the award-winning THE SHOWS WE USED TO KNOW.
This time I have dazzlingly talented guests joining me to sing the things I can’t!
Hope to see you there:
www.brasseriezedel.com/events/rober...
This time I have dazzlingly talented guests joining me to sing the things I can’t!
Hope to see you there:
www.brasseriezedel.com/events/rober...
Reposted by Robert Hazle
"I to Monte Carlo went, just to raise my Winter's rent.. " 🎶
Remembering #otd b.Stepney, London, music hall comic singer, Charles Coborn, The Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo!
@musichallsociety.bsky.social @heathertweed.bsky.social @billyrough.bsky.social @roberthazle.bsky.social
Remembering #otd b.Stepney, London, music hall comic singer, Charles Coborn, The Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo!
@musichallsociety.bsky.social @heathertweed.bsky.social @billyrough.bsky.social @roberthazle.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"I to Monte Carlo went, just to raise my Winter's rent.. " 🎶
Remembering #otd b.Stepney, London, music hall comic singer, Charles Coborn, The Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo!
@musichallsociety.bsky.social @heathertweed.bsky.social @billyrough.bsky.social @roberthazle.bsky.social
Remembering #otd b.Stepney, London, music hall comic singer, Charles Coborn, The Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo!
@musichallsociety.bsky.social @heathertweed.bsky.social @billyrough.bsky.social @roberthazle.bsky.social
The Shows We Used To Know
MAY ROUND-UP
A selection of shows that opened in May in years gone by:
MAY ROUND-UP
A selection of shows that opened in May in years gone by:
May 31, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The Shows We Used To Know
MAY ROUND-UP
A selection of shows that opened in May in years gone by:
MAY ROUND-UP
A selection of shows that opened in May in years gone by:
I’ll REMEMBER HER
by Noel Coward
from ‘The Girl Who Came To Supper’
From #TheShowsWeUsedToKnow at Crazy Coqs
by Noel Coward
from ‘The Girl Who Came To Supper’
From #TheShowsWeUsedToKnow at Crazy Coqs
May 31, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I’ll REMEMBER HER
by Noel Coward
from ‘The Girl Who Came To Supper’
From #TheShowsWeUsedToKnow at Crazy Coqs
by Noel Coward
from ‘The Girl Who Came To Supper’
From #TheShowsWeUsedToKnow at Crazy Coqs
UNROMANTIC US
by Sandy Wilson
from ‘The Buccaneer’
A rare outing for Wilson’s follow up to The Boy Friend.
by Sandy Wilson
from ‘The Buccaneer’
A rare outing for Wilson’s follow up to The Boy Friend.
May 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
UNROMANTIC US
by Sandy Wilson
from ‘The Buccaneer’
A rare outing for Wilson’s follow up to The Boy Friend.
by Sandy Wilson
from ‘The Buccaneer’
A rare outing for Wilson’s follow up to The Boy Friend.
LONDON (IS A LITTLE BIT OF ALL RIGHT)
by Noel Coward
From ‘The Girl Who Came To Supper’
As sung by music hall star Tessie O’Shea in her Tony-winning performance!
by Noel Coward
From ‘The Girl Who Came To Supper’
As sung by music hall star Tessie O’Shea in her Tony-winning performance!
May 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
LONDON (IS A LITTLE BIT OF ALL RIGHT)
by Noel Coward
From ‘The Girl Who Came To Supper’
As sung by music hall star Tessie O’Shea in her Tony-winning performance!
by Noel Coward
From ‘The Girl Who Came To Supper’
As sung by music hall star Tessie O’Shea in her Tony-winning performance!
SOMEONE TO BELIEVE IN
by Julian Slade
From ‘Vanity Fair’.
One of his best songs, from a now almost completely forgotten show.
#showsweusedtoknow
by Julian Slade
From ‘Vanity Fair’.
One of his best songs, from a now almost completely forgotten show.
#showsweusedtoknow
May 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
SOMEONE TO BELIEVE IN
by Julian Slade
From ‘Vanity Fair’.
One of his best songs, from a now almost completely forgotten show.
#showsweusedtoknow
by Julian Slade
From ‘Vanity Fair’.
One of his best songs, from a now almost completely forgotten show.
#showsweusedtoknow
QUIZ TIME!
How many of these titles can you complete….? They’re all ‘shows we used to know’ that opened in May.
How many of these titles can you complete….? They’re all ‘shows we used to know’ that opened in May.
May 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
QUIZ TIME!
How many of these titles can you complete….? They’re all ‘shows we used to know’ that opened in May.
How many of these titles can you complete….? They’re all ‘shows we used to know’ that opened in May.
May 3, 2025 at 8:46 AM
THE SHOWS WE USED TO KNOW is off to the @buxtonfringe.bsky.social this summer!
May 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
THE SHOWS WE USED TO KNOW is off to the @buxtonfringe.bsky.social this summer!
April round-up of #ShowsWeUsedToKnow:
Some forgotten favourites and fabulous flops!
More over on Instagram…
Some forgotten favourites and fabulous flops!
More over on Instagram…
May 1, 2025 at 7:26 AM
April round-up of #ShowsWeUsedToKnow:
Some forgotten favourites and fabulous flops!
More over on Instagram…
Some forgotten favourites and fabulous flops!
More over on Instagram…
Exciting news for fellow theatre history fans -
The Saville Theatre hosted some major #showsweusedtoknow including Ivor Novello’s ‘Gay’s The Word’ and the Bricusse/Ornadel collaboration ‘Pickwick’!
The Saville Theatre hosted some major #showsweusedtoknow including Ivor Novello’s ‘Gay’s The Word’ and the Bricusse/Ornadel collaboration ‘Pickwick’!
Plans to restore the former Saville Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue as a home for @cirquedusoleil.bsky.social have been granted planning permission 👇
Saville Theatre redevelopment granted planning permission
Plans to restore the former Saville Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue as a home for Cirque du Soleil have been granted planning permission
www.thestage.co.uk
April 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Exciting news for fellow theatre history fans -
The Saville Theatre hosted some major #showsweusedtoknow including Ivor Novello’s ‘Gay’s The Word’ and the Bricusse/Ornadel collaboration ‘Pickwick’!
The Saville Theatre hosted some major #showsweusedtoknow including Ivor Novello’s ‘Gay’s The Word’ and the Bricusse/Ornadel collaboration ‘Pickwick’!
AND HER MOTHER CAME TOO
from “A to Z” in 1921
by Ivor Novello / Dion Titheradge
Filmed at the first outing of “The Shows we Used To Know” at Crazy Coqs recently.
from “A to Z” in 1921
by Ivor Novello / Dion Titheradge
Filmed at the first outing of “The Shows we Used To Know” at Crazy Coqs recently.
April 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
AND HER MOTHER CAME TOO
from “A to Z” in 1921
by Ivor Novello / Dion Titheradge
Filmed at the first outing of “The Shows we Used To Know” at Crazy Coqs recently.
from “A to Z” in 1921
by Ivor Novello / Dion Titheradge
Filmed at the first outing of “The Shows we Used To Know” at Crazy Coqs recently.
A week since having the best time singing songs from those ‘Shows We Used To Know’ at Crazy Coqs. What a fab venue!
April 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A week since having the best time singing songs from those ‘Shows We Used To Know’ at Crazy Coqs. What a fab venue!
Thank you Lottie! 🎶
Enough #positivethoughts for 3 days:
Hubby’s birthday day out
The perfect Bloody Mary thanks to @brasseriezedel.bsky.social
Great concert from @roberthazle.bsky.social
Hubby’s birthday day out
The perfect Bloody Mary thanks to @brasseriezedel.bsky.social
Great concert from @roberthazle.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Thank you Lottie! 🎶
Thank you Vicki! So glad you enjoyed.
P.s. Everyone should check out @showtunera.bsky.social, it’s a wonderfully curated show!
P.s. Everyone should check out @showtunera.bsky.social, it’s a wonderfully curated show!
What a lovely concert @CrazyCoqs this evening. Shows We Used to Know with @roberthazle.bsky.social was a fantastic journey through the lesser known gems of the early days of Musical Theatre.
April 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Thank you Vicki! So glad you enjoyed.
P.s. Everyone should check out @showtunera.bsky.social, it’s a wonderfully curated show!
P.s. Everyone should check out @showtunera.bsky.social, it’s a wonderfully curated show!
Beyond thrilled to be making my Crazy Coqs debut later this month, singing songs from
‘The Shows We Used To Know’:
TICKETS: www.brasseriezedel.com/events/rober...
‘The Shows We Used To Know’:
TICKETS: www.brasseriezedel.com/events/rober...
April 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Beyond thrilled to be making my Crazy Coqs debut later this month, singing songs from
‘The Shows We Used To Know’:
TICKETS: www.brasseriezedel.com/events/rober...
‘The Shows We Used To Know’:
TICKETS: www.brasseriezedel.com/events/rober...
April 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Opened this week in 1960: FOLLOW THAT GIRL at the Vaudeville Theatre where it ran for 211 performances.
March 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Opened this week in 1960: FOLLOW THAT GIRL at the Vaudeville Theatre where it ran for 211 performances.
Opened this week in 1917 THE MAID OF THE MOUNTAINS at Daly’s Theatre where it ran for 1,352 performances.
February 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Opened this week in 1917 THE MAID OF THE MOUNTAINS at Daly’s Theatre where it ran for 1,352 performances.
Opened OTD in 1963 HOUSE OF CARDS at the Players Theatre, where it played for a month before transferring briefly to the West End.
Written by Peter Greenwell and Peter Wildeblood as a follow up to the moderately successful The Crooked Mile, also at the Players.
Written by Peter Greenwell and Peter Wildeblood as a follow up to the moderately successful The Crooked Mile, also at the Players.
January 26, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Opened OTD in 1963 HOUSE OF CARDS at the Players Theatre, where it played for a month before transferring briefly to the West End.
Written by Peter Greenwell and Peter Wildeblood as a follow up to the moderately successful The Crooked Mile, also at the Players.
Written by Peter Greenwell and Peter Wildeblood as a follow up to the moderately successful The Crooked Mile, also at the Players.
Opened OTD in 1957 AT THE DROP OF A HAT at the Fortune Theatre where it ran for 808 performances.
A two-man revue of comic songs written and performed by Michael Flanders and Donald Swann. Popular songs included ‘A Transport of Delight’, ‘The Gnu’, and ‘The Hippopotamus’.
A two-man revue of comic songs written and performed by Michael Flanders and Donald Swann. Popular songs included ‘A Transport of Delight’, ‘The Gnu’, and ‘The Hippopotamus’.
January 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Opened OTD in 1957 AT THE DROP OF A HAT at the Fortune Theatre where it ran for 808 performances.
A two-man revue of comic songs written and performed by Michael Flanders and Donald Swann. Popular songs included ‘A Transport of Delight’, ‘The Gnu’, and ‘The Hippopotamus’.
A two-man revue of comic songs written and performed by Michael Flanders and Donald Swann. Popular songs included ‘A Transport of Delight’, ‘The Gnu’, and ‘The Hippopotamus’.
Opened OTD in 1903 A PRINCESS OF KENSINGTON at the Savoy Theatre where it ran for 115 performances.
January 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Opened OTD in 1903 A PRINCESS OF KENSINGTON at the Savoy Theatre where it ran for 115 performances.
10 years ago (!!): Pushkin in Boris Godunov at the Brockley Jack Theatre.
January 18, 2025 at 9:18 AM
10 years ago (!!): Pushkin in Boris Godunov at the Brockley Jack Theatre.
A few more photos from the Hippodrome125 celebration earlier this week with @lucigosling.bsky.social, Wendy Carr and Rosalyn Wilder:
January 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
A few more photos from the Hippodrome125 celebration earlier this week with @lucigosling.bsky.social, Wendy Carr and Rosalyn Wilder: