entertainer
and educator
Joanne Edutainment
singer, chanteuse, actress and educatress extraordinaire
Who is Joanne?
I work as a presenter and a singer. You may have come across me via one of my three roles:
Lucienne de Ville chansons and fun new ventures: ABBA sing-a-longs and more recently, GREASE!
Pollie Toothill Victorian tour guide and mega-star presenter of historical television documentary 'Bradford ... A Fascinating City'.
J&J Projects for Schools Science presenter.
I live in Yorkshire and travel widely in the UK and overseas for my work.
I really love what I do and if you want to find out how I got to this point, just scroll down a bit ...
EDUCATION, FUN, ENTERTAINMENT
Coming soon ... not to be missed ...
Ooh LaLa!
cabaret at
Cafe in to the Opera
Monday 12th September 2022
12 noon - 3.00pm
with Lucienne de Ville beautiful chanteuse
Stuart Garden on the keys
fine dining and a setting to match.
This could be the definitive experience of modern cabaret and you will want to say, "I was there."
Tickets are a snip at £30 pp and are available at
Cafe in to the Opera, Salts Mill
3rd floor (stairs or lift) or alternatively online here .
A bientot!
And looking further ahead ...
Mamma Mia!
returns to Cobbles and Clay on
Saturday 24th September
Your very own Super Trouper advises early booking because tickets sell fast.
Don't risk finding a ticket becoming your personal Waterloo!
Cobbles and Clay 01535 958961
About me
My background is quite diverse. I've been a Bluecoat Entertainer at Pontin's, a teacher in a Language School in Eastern Europe and worked in a heavy engineering company in Germany which is why I can speak and sing in German!
My singing career began in my early twenties when I toured the Working Men's Clubs, holiday camps and sang at private parties.
I created Lucienne de Ville in 2014. My inspiration came from Lucienne Delyle, a French chanteuse born in Paris in 1900. Like me, she had something of a portfolio career: she was a pharmacist by day.
As Lucienne, I sing in French, German and English, bringing together my love of languages, singing and entertaining.
In 1990 I started work at the University of Bradford. I had a number of roles and eventually became involved in promoting science and engineering at schools in the UK and overseas. Excitingly, this work took me to Botswana, the UAE, the Baltic States and across Europe.
J&J Projects was created in 2015 to continue promoting science and engineering. The scientist behind it is Jack Bradley who is a chartered Mechanical Engineer and we are proud to present real science and real engineering with real engagement and appeal.
Pollie Toothill is another of the characters I play. I am delighted to be one of the professional guides with Saltaire Walks and Talks, founded by the inimitable and inspiring Maria Glot.
When I joined the Walks and Talks team, a friend and historian, Alan Cattell, researched Pollie Toothill from the census records in the 1870s. As Pollie, I guide visitors around Saltaire and share the village and the mill's history and Pollie's own personal story. Find out more on the Pollie Toothill page.
I love being Pollie and can relate to her story now. The history of Saltaire is really fascinating and I love dressing up in a cloak and long dresses of the 19th century.
J&J Projects 2020 building hovercrafts
I really enjoy having a 'portfolio' career which uses the skills and experience gained
from a childhood of acting at Bradford Playhouse through to representing
Science and Engineering internationally.
I am delighted
to bring together subjects I'm passionate about to
entertain, educate,
create fun and
