Global Entertainment Circuits and Touring Variety
From Manila to Singapore and Tokyo, musicians, dancers, magicians, and revue troupes performed in nightclubs, theatre restaurants, and amusement parks in the 1950s and the 1960s. Regional touring and commercial circuits connected and diversified the ‘variety’ of entertainment in circulation in the Asia-Pacific. Explore the touring hubs on the circuit of international entertainment and trace the traffic along global routes that were supported by infrastructures of tourism and entrepreneurship.