"PLEASURE BOUND."

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 76, 30 March 1935, Page 6

"PLEASURE BOUND."

CLEM DAWE REVUE. A SPARKLING PROGRAMME, Obviously hitting their stride after two weeks of revue Clem Dawe's New Comedy Company last night launched at His Majesty's Theatre a new programme, "Pleasure Bound," which touches a standard of entertainment not previously achieved and in its feast of stage spectacle, dancing, mirth and music reveals an all-round versatility which is highly pleasing. It is the best yet of the season. Halliday and Watson's -talented dancing is one of the great features of the evening, and their two specialty numbers, "Hoop Waltz" and "Dream On," were among the hits of the programme. . The former is a charming spectacle, and the latter makes a contrast with its night-1 marish adaptation of the Apache dance to an opium addict's bad dream. Equally clever in effective production are several of the full-stage ensembles for the many song scenas in which the instrumental, choral and ballet stars team up in carefree frolics of harmony and colour. In their fun sketches Clem Dawe, Dorothy White and company give a new slant generally to their rollicking comedy, which covers a wide range of cheerful idiocy, with interpolated local skits adeptly introduced. "Drama and Opera" brought the songsters of the company pleasingly into the fun picture, while "A Wife's Husband," "Posthumous Puzzle" ancl "Advertisement Drama" gave full scope for the farcical drolleries of tlie leading artists. "Xana of the Manor" (Dorothy White) and "The Lion and Albert" (Clem Dawe; were excellent specialty sketches. Gregory Ivanotf was once again one of the? most popular of the entertainers with his artistic violin solos and obligatos. and the crystal-clear tones and harmonic embellishments of his arrangements of "Kentucky Home" and "Killarney" completely capturcd the fancy of the house. On the vocal side Ralph Daly, Joe Sliriner, Muriel O'Malloy and Ann Luciano once again added attraction, in solos and general harmonising, to the pleasure cruise, and the Rhythm Band was in unusually good form, with the "Rigoletto" selections as its special hit, though "Tom Thumb's Drum" as a novelty itcm also hugely took the fancy of the audience. "Pleasure Bound" transported a large audience to seas of fun and harmony at a matinee this afternoon, and in addition the performances each evening will be staged at another matinee on Wednesday afternoon.