FULLERS' OPERA HOUSE.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18926, 15 February 1927, Page 13

FULLERS' OPERA HOUSE.

VAUDEVILLE AND REVUE. ANOTHER BRIGHT SHOW. The new piograrntno presented at Fullers Opera. House last night was voted by regular habitues \o bo quite the best for wine time, and should draw irooi business :or the- lemainder of the week. A turn full oi merit was that given by the Fredo Brothers, who have not been «n the Sew Zealand circuit lor a considerable period. Xhcv me inui'.ca, a;rob.;ts who can play tolcrabiv well, m addition to whic-i they can throw tbeuiseivoa about and dance much belter than many pciiowu-rs whose lium» am not burdened with instruments. The bigger oi the tv.i, is a strong ni:.n. who thinks nothing oi lying on his back und teasing his brother over his head with tu* lift, tho two continuous')- piuying violin?. Their turn was one of the meat 1>"1> 111 " seen on the occasion of their piev.cus v ° :t to Chris'.duuch, and should i.io'.v riiinlar.y successful again. A ventriloquist mn ~' original in his metheds is Frank Hodge. 3, a lohmrcd man, who works with two dobs, one with a complexion a« dark as his own. The? keep the fun going merrily between them, and oeasionallv the vcntrilo-i'iist himself is drawn into the dialogue, the three voices being distinct from .me smother. It was after he had dispensed with his automaton.', however, that lie scored his greatest lilt. I" this he gave an imitation of a colmtic'l woman taking her husband to task for allegedly using bad language before their child. The woman was, us might be expected, doing most of the talking, the husband being supposedly in a chair and Hie youngster running abcut them. At the conclusion of this sketch, the cleverness of which the audience were quick to recognise, Ihr. artist was rewarded with rounds of anpinnae. Tho two Ualeys mado a big ml with their respective numbers in a musical tete-a-tete, particularly in the topical snug, in which all the members of the Sew Zetland cricket tenm to England were referred to. The j.rzz song. "That Certain Party* also went down well, and the lady member of the duo gave pleasure in the manner in which she accompanied herself on a ukelelc. The Bronsons supplied a sketch, and again appeared in their song success, "Mv Miss Now Zealand Girl." "All Pep" is the aoproprintc title nf the latest programme submitted by tho Hector St. Clair Revuo Company, which is now in the second week of iU ChrUtchurch season. The company is particularly strong in singers, and altogether is a well-balanced band of entertainers, the principal of whom is, of course, Hector St. Clair himself, a comedian and a violinist. Ho had a heavy task set him in the breezy sketch entitled "The All in One Police Court," in which ho appeared in the respective roles of judge, jury, solicitors, and barristers, his efforts keeping tho audience in n continuous stnlo

o. laughter. Another very funnv offering concerned the unusual methods adopted by a pair of men to make a baby grow, which certainly appeared to be more" effective than any course of treatment umiallv mommend*^J j y *!"-* medical profession. Mr St. Clair'a "riddlcisms" were again received with unmistakable manifestatiore of approval. The singing and dancing o: the Kodney Girls, three young artists who go through their work as if they enpov it, was a feature ci the revue, and Hay McLean and Dot Cresswed showed agility and talent in their Apache dance. Leslie Pearcc was in his best form in his singing of "Pal of My Yesterday" and "Hats Off t.) the Stoker," and Hylton <>«K->rne's singing of "Clothes l'ton;" was ancther popular offering. The programme will ho repeated throughout the wee);.