AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 292, 7 December 1920, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

ofEr;a HOUSE. The bia lii "' mc new programme at Hie Opera House last night «a« the iiirn of Kvans an'l Deen. l)ll!e;l as "the iiiUjstrel hoy and tiie Mary ri'k-ford of vaudeville." Without vein;; ill any way seu-;a-tioual. they put on a bright frolic of dmire and muM? tuat kepi toon tapping. The girl in her motbods au;l style diil retail the- inaJrap augel-fare of the movies, and rhe rcilDoklnf; tainliouriue selection, or •Jlsplay. or whatever It was. together with KiiiiiP parrli-ularl.T clever and catchy skate-ilaai-inff hy lioti par;ners, put patrons in Miili liii-f trim that they iusistt-il loudly i:lit] dcrldrely on n repeat of the dan c. Anoc»itr very excellent act among the ue«" furiiri was that of Ward and Sherman. waj-.' versatility In doing tue same uf lri»h-Auierlcan abaurd:ty a dozen differeu; way*, each funnier ruan the \wa, was itfinonstrated h.v the laughing appreciation they won from the audience by a military farce -sketch. Carlton Mas, ventrik«iuist. this week provides bis dummy pal ".ferry" with a ceries of funny nautical *ayins;s and adventures, with a couple of new tsonjjs, and there i« not a dull moment vvjjiie be is on the *tage. Hal; and Menzies provide a new domestic comedy

<ki'L.li, which has not 'been done here before, and is a clever fan-e, while a comedy .-ki.-nii of a more boisterous style U put ou by Cle2? and Hurt, making their first local appearance. Another *eric* of culonr i-ketflias and cartoons were daslied off by Ki.\. Alberto's amusing turn of .'traisiit and comedy conjuring, the sensational light-wire feats of the Eddy Duo, xylophone selections by De Wilfred, and a budget of son?* and pianoforte Hems by Ual Kale completed , a programme that was Interesting. This bill of fare win tie put on nightly, and at tile usual matinee-i during the week.