AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 174, 24 July 1923, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

OSCAR ASCHE Df "CAIBp:" :•;■ The Tact that this evening Is to be Oβvoted to a full-dress and lighting, reheanu ' or "Cairo," over which Mr. Oscar Asth» Himself will preside, will ensure that tat initial representation or tbe Oriental pity, which takes place at His Majesty's TheatS to-morrow night, will be as complete M any staged of "Cairo" in Sydney or Kμbourne. There are still a large number or central seats for tbe initial »nd suiisdquent representation of "Cairo," 'wfckfc may be selected at Lewis R. Eady and Sen, Ltd., and tickets ror tbe back stills »3 i the gallery may be purchased to-day •*■'. Coleman's.. one or the omstandie '• features or "Cairo" is the Bacchanalian bjp let, which Has created a sensation wtwrercr"' "Cairo" has been staged. Tbe opening ef . the scene depicts an old Egyptian palace. haunted (so tbe audience is assured) It" tbe pale wraiths or Cleopatra and the countless lovers' who worshipped at ,-»«.;■ shrine, and reasted and caroused and math merry.. In tbe foreground we see th» llnely-designed hall, and stretching'np'ti' tbe background Is a broad staircase, down ■ which the dancers parade in Die ratter" glittering file until the whole stager Is - filled with bright-hued revellers. Tin wine flows rreely, the music tieconies ewe wilder, and courtiers, soldiers, and Wβ-' tons yield themselves to tbe spirit of tb* Bacchanalian revel, until tbey can endara no more. Their frenzy having reached Iβ climax, ebbs like a spent tide, and ttw curtain rails upon hundreds of men tM women strewn along the ball and up tb* staircase in attitudes or drunken abandofe -.- Another. magnificent scene is that repr*. sentintr the pilgrims' encampment, beaia» tbe Nile. For the production ot- "CaW , " over 200 people are employed, and orer. 300 tons of- scenery are necessary for it*, representation. " . v ;.. THE OPERA HOUSE. ; : r Patrons of the Opera House are flaHae it hard to settle down to straight-oat' vaudeville arter tbe long regime or B» revue. Several or the turns, wblch «m not particularly attractive, have been wrmltted to run into their third wook, tut; there were, however, a handful or itemsoa the' programme in which a high standard' or talent was reached. Slgnor Enrico Palmetto wiy get a much more entlnuiastic reception than he did last night win the audience know him better. He Ii possessed of-a beautiful voice, and slnii with real.emotion and keen appreciation.of his. subject. Between several exeerpV2 from opera, he mixed an English intern*, tation or "Home, Sweet Home,' waits Immediately relt Its way into tbe heart 3t * the .bouse. All the mystery or tbe Cblnesi illusionist obtains In the po.rrormince or Wong Toy sun. who performs some-or bH illusions In a finished manner which completely baffles his audience. His first surprise was to withdraw two pigeons .from a. pan into wbicb he had Just dropped « couple or eggs and a handful of Boor; thereafter be round it quite simple » extract animals from apparently emptyarticles. He also red the audience mysterious fruit, which appeared at tte sound or tbe pistol, and tbe rumble or Or drum, in a glass casket wulch bad: t moment before been emptied. Tbe gym- i nasts, the Two Meurs, again amused tbi house with the nonchalant air in whit* they went through their turn or htHncmg, Tbey showed exceptional strength—«t; least what strength will do w£en properly applied—as well as a number or noveitiei In their line. The burr or the MacKinnoa Boys in an offering or song, dance, and: humour pleased, the audience, -wiifla - another artist rrom the "land or cites," Dora Lindsay, was also well received. Hef - umbrella song was a particularly effectlv*! number, jack Hotrissey gave an ; Inter- ■ esting exhibition of rope manipulation «n4 other cowboy feats. Marie Le Varre, Vi»-' let Elliott, Tnome. Madge Bilton and MaY and Kearns and Hunt were also on tat progi ajunjp. ' -

AMUSEMENTS GUIDE. j

TOWN HALL CONCERT CHMHKH—Tocat . and Dance Concert. '.'. OKM HOUSE—Fullers' Vaudeville. ' IPSOM LlMMY—Grafton .SnaKespeu* [ ciuij m "jsiotie.' ■•,«'■; mcturc thiathm. . - - MTNIIM. —Re-glnaM Denny In "■ "tkii Abysmal Brute." ITWHD-Mary PlcMord in "Tess of m~. Storm Country." HIFPODIICHBl —Lupino Lane In '• "* ; Fiiehdy Husband." - -- -' ■. TlWOU —Dorotby Dalton 10-'.-..HDM ; Secrets." .. *._-::■ CVrnvßODY's—Leatrlce Joy in "Mimile.*.: LYWO--John Gilbert In "Shame." '"„ .:•: i PRIIKSCat— Florence Vldor in "Coneuef" lny the Woman." WBI*-"Isotel" and "Tne Crafflfc". ,' GMND—James Kirkwood m "Tne WU#' F001. ,, "• : ! ■«rr*NMi*— "Blood ana Sand." . ; ■"'"" : VUWtrr HMD—"The Luck or tbe Irim." - I AWCJtPf— "Love's Battle.' ~ • ' IMMMi "Just Tony."