Entertainment boss opens up about why Butlins' Skegness site is 'home of entertainment'
The resort's entertainment and leisure senior manager, Vincent Harley, explained that Butlin's prides itself on being able to offer "brilliant" shows that can appeal to a range of interests and ages.
He said: "There are so many incredible artists that love to perform on our stages and love our audiences. It's just a fantastic place to be."
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Vincent joined the team back in January 2024 and loves his job, explaining that he actually visited the site in 2023 for a weekend away and his partner was picked out of the audience as a volunteer during a Stephen Mulhern show.
Vincent recalled that was when he knew he wanted to work for Butlin's, stating: "I was like I have to be here, it's the home of entertainment."
He and the team work hard to make the shows "bigger and better each year" and work year round on dozens of shows and experiences.
Vincent said: "We are always looking at adding to our shows and making sure we speak to all of our audiences that come here and that we have something for everyone as we are the home of entertainment."
He explained that each break could have up to 8,000 guests, and that's a lot of people to entertain across the four main stages and three smaller stage areas.
He added: "Over 40 per cent of our guests are returning guests as they love Butlin's so much. Some guests return three or four times a year and just return for the Skyline gang."
This is a group of characters created by Butlin's for the site, and are currently performing their new show 'Beside the sea.' The Redcoats are also a key part of the site's entertainment and help keep the fun-fuelled atmosphere with singing, dancing, presenting and even DJing.
Vincent said: "Our audiences just love to connect with the Redcoats, they love seeing them across all the different stages at all our events."
The Redcoats try and make the experience as "immersive" as possible, and they can often be spotted with the Butlin's mascots Billy and Bonnie as well.
Butlin's has also become popular in recent years for its big weekenders which are often themed around a certain decade or genre of music, such as the Ultimate '80s, '90s reloaded or Back to the 2000s.
Vincent said: "We just have such an incredible range of breaks for people to enjoy. There is something for everyone and what I like about our big music breaks is that audience members are singing along and just enjoying the moment."
He added: "What's brilliant about working here is we really are the home of entertainment in terms of what the team do here, it's incredible. We switch between the breaks seamlessly and really make it immersive to the genre of the break.
"It's fantastic and it's what the great thing is about Butlin's, we see people come here to shut out the world and have that break and family time. They want to come together and have a greet weekend and we have such a great line up of big music breaks."
Vincent says there is plenty more to look forward to this year, but that they already "have a really exciting line up for next year and its getting that balance of returning artists who are guest favourites and new
We are building bigger and better and we have a really exciting line up next year and getting that balance of returning artists who are guest favourites" and new shows to offer something different.
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