AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 115, 18 May 1925, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

LONG TACK SAM

The vaudeville entertainment provided by. the .New Zealand Entertainers (Ltri.l. which commenced its season on Thursday last. will be staged at His Majesty's Theatre nightly until Saturday. Matinees will also be held on Wednesday and Saturday. Hcadintr the bill is Long- Tack Sam. the famous Chinese entertainer, and his troupe of twelve. Oriental star?. The other and are all or a first class nature. KREISLER. The world-famous violinist RTPlslcr Will give three recitals in the Town Hall, Auckland, on Tuesday. Thursday, and Saturday. June 2, <i. 6. The fart that *ew Zealand Is far removed rrom what are called ihe art centres of the world, such as London, Paris. New York, Vienna, and Milan, is not now an insuperable obstacle, as there are evidences of an ever-Increasing: public who desire to hear the best the. world can produce in the realms or artistic entertainment. Thus Krelsler. the world's greatest living violinist, has come to the Antipodes at tne very summit of his wonderrul career, and will give three recitals at Auckland, two at Wellington, and one each at. Christchurrh and Dunedrn, under ihe direction or Mr. E. J. Carroll. Fritz Krelsler has undoubtedly earned supreme distinction among- the, cognoscenti of the earth. He is at the height of his power, and. according to all accounts, he Iβ now weaving his rnaglc spells in really a sensational manner in Australia. The preferential box plans are now open at Lewis R. Eady and Son. and other particulars will be found in our advertising columns. . GALLI-CURCT. " If you wish to be a popular artist, if you hope, to sing for the masses, you must reach their hearts." declares Galli-Curri. " Only the singer who can touch the heart, who can move to tears or Inspire one with the mood or the song ran attain a real hold upon Ihe public. There are many excellent singers, but their vosrue is limited, because their appeal is primarily to the intellect." It is her ability to touch the hearts or men and women in every walk or life that has made her thp idol or millions in all parts of the musical world. In opera, she wins her audiences through her amazing vocal powers and by reason of her sincere, compelling- impersonations, but it is in concert that her appeal is directly and intimately made. The preferential plans in connection wtth the two concerts to be given in Auckland will open at Lewis R. Eady's at 10 a.m. on Wednesday next, May ?0. The box office has been Inundated with inquiries from all parts or the district. PERRY BROTHERS' CIRCUS. Perry Brothers' Circus opened its Auckland season on Saturday evening-, and quite deserved the success which greeted it from the outset. The seating capacity or the big tent was taxed almost to its utmost, and every turn in the show was enthusiastically received. One always associates children with circuses, and on Paturdav there were hundreds of delighted youngsters who were taken along by their parents or who had obtained the price or admission and taken themselves In. A few. of course tried the proverbial method or creeping in under the (lap. but they failed miserably, the attendants being exceptionally watchful. The circus is worthy of its name, for it 1s a good show and not a mere third rate entertainment disguised under the name that has and will always appeal to young and old. There are acts of darinfr and danger, skilful riding, pretty animal turns, and a large zoo. The opening act was a thrilling trapeze exhibition hy two artists who swung and somersaulted high up near the top or the canvas in a really amazing manner. Equally clever was the. act in which a man. lying up his back on a trestle, balanced and twirled a little girl on the. soles or his feet. He followed this by balancing a ladder arrangement, while a small child climbed about it, and he then provided a sensational climax by balancing a long, heavy pole on his shoulder while a youth or no mean weight climbed to Its top and " stunted "on its end. A tumbling exhibition by some children -was well liked. Then a dainty young: lady skipped and balanced on the back or a horse as It galloped round mc ring, while a pony or great intelligence quite delighted the audience with his act. Something novel was provided by two boxing horses which staged a realistic three bouts in quite a serious manner. It Is impossible to comment upon all the acts —the jumping or Lone Mar. 'he remarkable performance of two girls who swung from the top or the tent, nne twirling: the other from a contrivance which she held in her teeth, and various other feats. Jumbo, the performing elephant, and the Jions who did all forts nf tricks at the command or their tamer, who entered their cag-e. must be mentioned as features or the cirrus. And what would a circus be without a clown" There are two or three, of these comical - faced fellows in Ihe show, and they were In the sawdust ring nearly all the time, their quips and jrt!;es and trickery inrusins: the perrormanre rrom start to finish. Perry Brothers have brought to Auckland a nne combination, and it Is safe to surmise that ! every audience which gnes along to see if will be just as pleased as were all the people who entered the tent on Saturday night. TOWN HALL CONCERT. The fine programme or choral music, organ snlos. and vocal items prepared for last Saturday evening's city concert attracted a crowded audience." The first part or the.programme was an In Memoriam to the late Premier. This consisted or an impressive pcrrormanre on the pranrl organ hy Mr. narnett or Chopin's " Marrhe Funebre " from the second iiianororte sonnta. and expressive rendprinps or BrMg-cs •■ Crossing the par " by the choir, and Sullivan's •■ Thou'rt Passing Hence " by Mr. Barry Coney. The sernnd portion nr the ei-enlng was given tn Branny? " yineta.". pqaw's •• Sly I.Hue Prptty one." FajJge-s " Song or the Haulers." arid Mnrley's " \ow i? thp Month of Maying." whirh were contributed by the Municipal Choir audience. Mr." Coney was heard in an pfTertlve performance of Schubert's •• The Wanderer." and Mr. Parnett played with rnueh acceptance on the organ 'items by SrhubPrt. VYolstpnliolme. and Rubinstelr Mr. Eric.Waters acted as pianist. GRAFTOX LIBRARY COURSE. The Grarton Library Course will be inaugurated In-mnrrow night. May- Ifl at 8 p.m., with a dramatic and musical entertainment arranged by Mr. .1. F. Montague The programme is a specially attractive and varied ohe. and will include a' dellehtrm onp-art comprty. humorous scenes anrt sketches in costume by Miss Aldrldge. and Nonlp Wris-ht : two instrumental Hems by Mr. MrFarlane < 'cellist >. and Miss Venahles iplanlFti; pongs tiy Mrs. Cyril Tnwspy Miss Lots Evans. Miss Dixon. and Mr Burton: humorous sketches by Mr Mr. Ehyaln. and a Shakespearean scene by Miss Daphne Knight. THE MrXiriPAL BAND. The Municipal Rand will give a concert in the Town Hall on Wednesday next at s p.m. The first symphony of Beethoven Is tn he (riven In its entirety, in addition -to "William Tell" overture, a selection rrom ■" Tannhau?pr." Saint saens' suite •■ Aipprienne." and other One numbers. Kenneth Impel., baritone, will render vocal item". AMUSEMENTS GUIDE. (For Entertainment Announcements gee Back Page.) HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE —Long Tack sam. OPERA HOUSE —Jim Gerald's Revue Company and Vaudeville. UPPER QUEEN STREET— Perry Bros.Circus. PICTURE THEATRES. NATIONAL AND LYRIC —CaroI Dempster In " Love and Sacrifice." STRAND —-Anna Q. Mlsson in " rtetween Friends." and the Funeral or the late Prime Minister. TIVOLI —Baby Peggy in " The Family Secret." and " My Dad."' EVERYBODY'S —Jack Holt in " .\orth or 36."

HIPPODROME—Mac Murray in " Madcm-ni-ellfi Midnight." PRINCESS—Pepey Shaw and Robert AgTiow in " Gold Heel?." and " The veiled AYoman." QUEEN'S —Richard Talmadpp in " Let's On" and Milton >ills in -.The Tslp of Lost Ship?." GRAND— Norma Talmartfre in " Through." BROADWAY—Corimip Griffith in •• Lilies nf the FlPld." EMPRESS—" A Peir Made Failure." BRITANNIA—" Turmoil." CAPITOL—Coilren Moorp in " Thp rprTP'-t Flapper" and Charles Jones in "Western Luck."