To celebrate the Embassy Theatre’s one hundredth centenary season, BBC Radio Lincolnshire have released their superb documentary as a part of their Secret Lincolnshire series.
The documentary features interviews with a host of household names – singers, comedians and variety performers, who offer their own unique insights into performing in our wonderful venue. The documentary also includes an exclusive chat with Lady Anne Dodd who for many years, accompanied Sir Ken Dodd on his regular trips to Skegness – assisting the man himself, who performed here for 45 consecutive years.
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It’s long been a popular East Coast venue for locals, holidaymakers and entertainers and in 2026, the Embassy Theatre in Skegness is celebrating its centenary. The seafront venue, which has seen many changes since it opened, has hosted some of the biggest names in British showbusiness and variety, with legendary comic Sir Ken Dodd appearing at the Embassy for 45 years in a row. Karl Bird went for a backstage tour of the theatre and spoke to some of the stars who have performed there, including Jasper Carrott, Showaddywaddy frontman Dave Bartram, Alfie Boe, and in one of his final interviews, Jimmy Cricket. Produced and presented by Karl Bird.
The BBC have also published a wonderful tribute online too – click here to read all about it. The BBC also broadcast a feature about our centenary on BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (Look North) on Monday 17th August and this was followed by a broadcast on BBC East Midlands Today on Thursday 20th August. How wonderful to have been featured on BBC One – celebrating our centenary season with huge audiences across the Midlands. We extend our gratitude to the BBC teams for their hard work.
To listen to the wonderful documentary from BBC Radio Lincolnshire, click on the image below or click here.
BBC Radio Lincolnshire is available throughout the county on 94.9FM. You can also listen online or via the BBC Sounds app or simply ask your smart speaker to play BBC Radio Lincolnshire.
The Embassy Theatre team and the wider Magna Vitae family would like to thank everyone involved in the production of this wonderful tribute.
