WHOOPEE NIGHTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 1, 3 January 1933, Page 3

WHOOPEE NIGHTS.

CHANGE AT HIS MAJESTY'S. The vaudeville entertainment at His Majesty's Theatre continues to provide amusement for holiday-makers. A change of programme on Saturday was well ivceieved. Miss Ella Shields appeared in more selections from her long repertoire of male impersonations and songs, and also "as her own delightful self." The reio&v'cably clever four "Diabolos" again electrified the audience with their grace and daring. George Wallace was very much in evidence, and wandered on and off the stago at his own sweet wiil, making jokes galore. Some of the humour is rather broad, especially for matinees, wheu children ary present, and it seems a pity that it should be so. as the bill would be quite amusing enough without these doubtful addition;'. An effective item was called "Shadowland," in which, by a setting like a magic lantern the evolution of the dance from the graceful waltz to corybantic jazz wan shown by silhouetted dancers against a blue background. The ballet girls once more gave proof of their excellent training and the number of dances they kno'v seem endless. They appeared most effectively in "Lucky Day," "Russian Rose,'* "On Deck." "Bathing in the Sunshine." among a whole host of numbers. They are a bright, cheerful lot of girls, and the programme without them would lack much of its appeal. Maida Jones sang "Lucky Day" and "Stetson" with her usual verve. Some of Miriam Lester's best songs were "Blue Danube" and "An Indian Idyll." William Liddle sanp: the song in "Russian Rose" with good effect. Some of the ensembles were excellently staged, and showed the company to be excellently drilled. Th". opening chorus. "Carnival," was new au.l blight, and the finale to the first half.

"Jazz Versus Opera," was also well thonfrht out, -while the grand finale, "By the Sea,'' was a fine piece of stafre work. The programme will be repeated durin : the rest of the -week, and the seco'i 1 change. "Hollo Ha or. in ess." is booked for the matinee next Saturday.