Pulling a Swifty

ack, Ronnie and Evie – the very names are redolent of seaside holiday entertainment on Brighton’s famous pier in the summer of 1959. Jack Robinson (actually and later Robbins) is the compère, the frontman, binding the acts together with his wit, a song or two – and a bit of fancy footwork. But it’s his friend Ronnie Deane, the Great Pablo, magician extraordinaire, and his assistant (and fiancée), the “delightful, the delectable, the delorious” Evie White, with her glittering costume, her ostrich plumes and her stunning legs, who are the real stars of the show.