ENTERTAINMENTS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 210, 18 June 1936, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS.

ST. JAMES THEATRE. Drama, wonderful dancing, and the thrill of an amazingly fine tenor voice used with practised artistry combine to make "Street Singer's Serenade," showing to-night and at two sessions to-morrow at the St. James Theatre, something out of the ordinary. Arthur Tracy, from his first note till the end, keeps a virile story throbbing along with the sympathetic timbre of his expressive throat,, and the dramatic pathos of a stirring tale of theatre life is enhanced by his delightful hint of brogue. A big London musical spectacle is being prepared when the Italian tenor suddenly develops throat trouble, and with a packed house disaster is threatened. One of -the chorus girls brings in a street singer whose work has charmed the girls through their dressing-room window. In 20 minutes he has mastered words and music. There is no time to dress him, so he strolls on with his coat collar turned up and his hat pulled down, and takes his double audience by storm. There is, of course, the rich patron lady who tries to spoil him, but it is Anna Neargle, as the girl who discovered him, wlio steers him to success.

Supports include Hi March of Time topical with outspoken comment on world affairs, as instructive as it is thought-provoking, and there is a scenic trip from Adelaide to Alice Springs full of wonders and rugged landscape.