Peterr posted      ### They were great fun, and never pretended to do anything more than sing the songs - ie they weren't into recreating the music hall style.###

Alas I only got to see Cosmotheka once but IMHO they were absolutely recreating the style of the old 'Hall performers. Life was hard on the music hall circuit; if a performer was not up to entertaining the crowd they would well and truly 'die' on stage. The thing I remember about Cosmotheka was the way they exploded onto stage with a well practiced routine guaranteed to hit any audience between the eyes. Just what was wanted to please those partisans at the turn of the century who would take great delight in jibing and booing any act who did not deserve their favours. The folk club of today is a pale imitation of those early Jin Palaces where performers fortunes could be won or lost within seconds.