REVUE SEASON..

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 70, 23 March 1935, Page 11

REVUE SEASON..

"HERE'S HOW" TO YOU. CLEM DAWE'S GOOD CHEEK. * Ladled from the magic cauldron - already associated with the first curtain of Clem Dave's New Comedy Revue Company a second brew of entertainment was served out at His Majesty's Theatre last night to a large and keenly appreciative house, under the suggestive label of "Here's How," to which the audience replied "A Thousand a Year." The potion had even ■ more colour and sparkle than the initial draught, without losing any of its stimulating ''kick." Harmony in a dozen varied forms emphasised more than in the opening programme the all-round strength of the "gang." Muriel O'Malley's charming contralto was given pieasing scope in solo numbers as well as in a harmonising turn with Ann Luciano; and the mellifluent baritone voice of Joe Shriner contrasted with the resonant tones of Ralph Daly, the star male singer. These_ four vocalists featured in a number of fine song scenas artistically rounded out into striking stage pictures by the effectively costumed and trained ballet and the tap-dancing of the two Ednas— Moncrieff and Luscombe. Halliday aud Watson's picturesque acrobatic dancing contributed to the spectacle of one of these, and they sparkled evom more strongly in . waltz and "moon dance" specialty -numbers. Then, too, Qlem Dawe's rhythm orchestra played some merry staves, with a particularly rousing Scottish medley, and the "Waikikamookau choir" in excerpts from grand opera uproared to the house's fancy in really workmanlike style. Also there was Gregory Ivanoff, conjuring Kreisler's "Chinese Tambourine," and recalling Tauber's inspired tenor voice from the singing strings of his violin, as well as cnvbroluering with obligatq and full-bow chorus to the O'Mal-ley-Luciano duet "One Night of Love." Though harmony more than ever prevailed, the comedy contrast was continually on its heels, with Clem Dawe and Dorothy White starring in clever threeminute sketches, well supported by Eric Edgely, Les White, Joe Shriner and others. Clem Dawe amusingly satirised superstition, crossword puzzles, lotteries, etc., and sang an Edgar Wallace specialty song. Dorothy White was conspicuously funny in many roles, including that of a giddy Mexican cowgirl, and then dug up a couple of white men (Les and another) to add a bout of simultaneous tap-danc-ing to her other successes. Hilarity combined pleasingly with harmony, hakas and huis to make a snappy entertainment. This afternoon a children's matinee was held, and on Wednesday the matinee is to be a mother's gift occasion.