FULLERS' OPERA HOUSE.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18802, 21 September 1926, Page 14

FULLERS' OPERA HOUSE.

VAUDEVILLE AND REVUE. i programme composed of new and bright turns.' and followed by a very excellent- revue, entertained auother crowded patronage- at- the Opera House'.', last night, and' the popularity of the vaudeville dispensed by the Fuller proprietary becomes more patent every week. One of the loading turns in tho first part ■was that provided by the Lorna Lance party of four juveniles, who, with marked ability, sang and danced, played various musical instruments, and engaged in somo miniature comedy work. The three elder girls opened the turn with- a concerted, rendering of that rollicking song, "Roll 'Em Girls based on. the bare knee .vogue. The smallest of the three played several compositions on a somewhat elaborate type of banjo, and demonstrated » very pretty skill. The eldest girl. who sings with a full measure of interpretative action and "business," brought, a strong voice,to bear on "It's No Use .Killing Yoursolf to Keep Yourself Alive, a song with the "why worry" moral. Two ot the girls presented a domestic dramatic burlesque, and the smallest member ol the party, a. boy of very tender years, opera ed a battery of drums and cymbals in the "Stars and Stripes" March. The four then resolved themselves into an instrumental: quartette, piano, violin, banjo, and drums, and closed a highly; successful turn with further musical selections. Bertini and Byrne.; two most accomplished musicians, presented another remarkable performance. Tho violinist plavod soveral solos with exceptional skill, and with a nico interpretative faculty, and excelled especially in a double bowing arrangement of "Tho -Rosary." A comedy item representing two rustic minstrels at a country dance was another fine performance. The turn was rowarded with un- ' stinted- approbation. The Oarthy Bros., two sterling singing comedians, came on as hearty British- sailors, arid delighted .the audience with a well-varied turn full of pep from end to end. The two Charleston exponents; Billy Heaton and IlmaStrango, gave further dynamic : demonstrations ;of that most dance. The energy they put into il would have tried Hie calibre of a well-trained athlete.--'An. unidentified, gbntle-. man essayed a. simperiujj "Damo" part, and Bang "I Want to Sing in Opera," with effects most' astonishing. ' Tho Elton Black Town.Topics Revue Companv occupied the second part with a rcvuo "From Hero to Mexico," and in quiek succession presented -many good turns. A fine duet for tenor and baßso, "Watchman, What of tho Night?" by Messrs Percy McKay and Arthur Clark, went splendidly. Mr BltOl) Black, with Misses- Alico' Bennetc-e 'and Curly Sherwood, took part in a.comicosatirical sketch wherein a husband was shown as the victim of a new order of things invmatters domestic. A burlesque melodrama, "After!-the War," with heroes, villains,, and- other redoubtable personages, was as' laughable as anything presented by the company. A colourful episode, "In Mexico," was the biggest item in tho revue, and the brightest. The full strength of the company was called :on, and all tho members worked together most heartily. A chorus, "Valentia," a.song and chorus, "In"Sunny Havana," and a Tango danco were features in the episode. There were other gool items, including a song and dance, "Blue Carolina," by Miss Curly Sherwood and tho girls of tho ballet. ~'«-., All requisite music was-played efficiently by the orchestra, under the couductorship of Mr Albert Bidgood. ... Tho programmo will be repeatod tonight.