The Entertainer
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| Number of locations | 163 |
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| Founded | 1981 |
| Headquarters | Amersham |
| United Kingdom | |
| Founders | Gary Grant |
| Catherine Grant | |
| Subsidiary | New Poly Espana S. L. |
| Type of business | Limited company |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1374624 |
About The Entertainer
The Entertainer Ltd. is the UK's largest independent toy retailer, which operates 163 stores. The company was founded by the husband and wife team Catherine and Gary Grant in 1981, when he purchased a local toy shop in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England.
Battersea Dogs and Cats Home names vet hospital after Paul O'Grady
... Some £100,000 of the fund will be distributed to five other animal charities that were close to The Entertainer s heart, with each getting £20,000...
Jimmy Savile: Steve Coogan on playing paedophile TV presenter in The Reckoning
... " Andrew Neil and Louis Theroux were among the reporters who tried to crack Savile s exterior while he was alive - but interviewing The Entertainer about rumours that swirled around him was like trying to nail jelly to a wall...
Russell Brand: Met Police receive report of alleged sexual assault in 2003
... One of the women who has accused The Entertainer of sexual assault when she was 16 told on Monday that the allegations against him had been " a long time coming"...
Russell Brand behaviour was an open secret, says one accuser
... Alice went on to say her mother did everything in her power to warn her daughter, then still at school, off The Entertainer, then in his 30s...
Southend Adventure Island says Pride 'not for us' over drag act
... The Entertainer performed at the venue for the two previous Pride events...
Dolly Parton, Britney Spears and Taylor Swift tribute acts stage protest over Meta 'ban'
... " The Entertainer, who has performed as Shania for 24 years on and off, explained: " I ve actually got two pages at the minute because one just came back [online] out of nowhere...
Rolf Harris: The trial that sealed a predator's fate
... A production worker on an Australian TV show of Harris s, Tony Porter, flew to London to tell the trial about the time he saw The Entertainer grope a make-up artist...
Paul O'Grady: Camilla says she is 'deeply saddened' by TV star's death
... O Grady s impact on and contribution to the LGBTQ community was highlighted by several of those paying tribute to The Entertainer on social media" When it felt like no one I ever knew in my life was gay, turning on the telly at tea time seeing someone so charismatic, camp and beloved was beyond comforting for so many of us, " " I m sad about Paul O Grady...
Southend Adventure Island says Pride 'not for us' over drag act
By Peter WalkerBBC News, Essex
A drag queen has said he is " very disappointed" after a Theme Park said it would refuse to host future Pride events because of his performance.
Crystal, who was a contestant on series one of RuPaul's Drag Race, was On Stage at Adventure Island as part of the annual Southend-on-Sea Pride festival.
The owner said there was " confusion" over what was allowed and future Pride events were " just not for us".
The Entertainer performed at The Venue for the two previous Pride events.
Crystal said: " It is just another example in a long line of corporations using Pride as a means to make some money but as something to be abandoned once it becomes challenging or difficult. "
A video of Crystal's performance on Saturday showed him using an angle grinder against a metal plate fixed to his crotch, making sparks fly.
Crystal said his act was no different to some entertainers seen on Britain's Got Talent, or by pop stars such as Lady Gaga or street artists in London's Covent Garden , but that his performance was only perceived as sexual because he was in drag.
The performer, real name Colin Munro who grew up in Canada, also said he received homophobic abuse twice in Southend that weekend and police intervened when A Man threatened to punch him and his friend on The Beach in The City Last Year .
" If we were having Good Faith conversations about whether or not my act was appropriate for children, then that is something I would be willing to discuss, " he told The Bbc .
The MailOnline by his performance.
'Backfired'Philip Miller MBE, the executive chairman and owner of Stockvale Group of Companies, which includes Adventure Island , said: " We humbly apologise to all of our loyal customers for any offence caused.
" There was confusion Between Us and The Act as to what we would allow or not, as it were.
" The grinding act was most definitely a nonstarter as We Are ostensibly a Family Park and that is just not family entertainment. "
He added: " Rest assured we will not be re-booking this act or participate in any future Pride celebrations.
" It's just not for us. We tried to be inclusive but it has backfired on us. "
Crystal said he had not been contacted by any representative of Adventure Island since The Performance .
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
