NEW OPERA HOUSE.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19459, 5 November 1928, Page 8

NEW OPERA HOUSE.

TO-NIGHT'S CARNIVAL PROGRAMME.

RETURN OF MIKE CONNORS. Experience has shown that during a holiday season the public looks for bright and varied entertainment, rather than plnys or musical productions, which require more or less concentration. Realising this, Sir Benjamin and John Fuller have made arrangements for Mike Connors' League 01 Notions" Revue Company ot present a sP ecl ; ally appropriate programme ; of vaudeville and revue at the New Opera House during tho present Carnival Week in Christchurch. Included in the programme, commencing tonight, will be several entirely new and highly original comedy sketches, a»d those are sure to make an instant appeal to we audience. The ballets, also, will include some highly original novelties, with special scenic and lighting effects. Some of_the principal items are:—"Wireless Telephoney," "Where is My Son!" "Film Fun, "Husbands and Wives for Sale," "The Wild and Woolly West," "In Sunny Italy," "How to Pay Debts," "What Every Man Doesn t Know," and one of the most exciting productions ever presented in revne, "A Day at the Racos," featuring, the League Handicap, the thoroughbreds, the dark horse, and tho tin hare. No other company which has ever visited the Dominion has had such a splendidly varied repertoire, and no more versatile company has yet been seen in Christchurch. All the artists are "stars," and can always be relied upon to present something quite different from the usual run of entertainment. Mike Connors- and Queenie Paul are in a class all by themselves as singers of popular songs, and invariably the show is held up by the audience when they are holding the boards. Syd. Beck, the inimitable Australian comedian, provides most of the comedy, but -Ernie Paulasto is ,almost equally popular, and when ho appears with Syd. Beck the audience can be prepared for a spell of boisterous laughter. Tho company is particularly strong in dancers and vocalists, and in addition there is Linn Smith and his famous jazz band, which presents all the latest "hits" as well as a judicious leaven of the classics. The scenic settings of the "League" revue are. unusually lavish, and the frocking is far and away, above the average. There is never a vacant seat in the New Opera House when this fine company appears, and intending patrons are advised to make certain of their seats by reserving at The Bristol.