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 Events
Grease on Saturday 25th June
Well - a well - a well - a ho!
SOLD OUT
You never know your luck: cancellations may become available
so try Cobbles and Clay 01535 958961 ...
Cabaret Francaise
Friday 1st July
Lucienne de Ville welcomes you
for fine French dining, enchanting chansons and dancing.
We will be once more in residence at Cobbles and Clay
on Haworth's legendary and evocative Main Street
or as we like to call it:
la Rue Principale.
Give Cobbles & Clay a call to reserve your table
01535 958961
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
