WIRTHS' CIRCUS.
MANY NEW FEATURES. i Nobody should m.ss set'iag Wirtis' Circus ■ this time because of an idea that it has no- ! thing new to offer in the v.-ay of thri'.;«. Such j a supposition would be quite erroneous. I Every * audience that haa filled the big j marquee so far has tone home satisfied that ' t.'e proprietors of *r.e circus. :n spite of a. i'.iet-.mr in catenr.7 for tho i-uo'ic tsste in ■ sucii entertainment, are still full of new ; iflea3, and are no more reluctant now than : they have been rivht dovn the years to give tTieir audiences the lest talent, uLatever thf C"ot. It is five j--.--.t-- since the :a»t arP'arii.; <■ of th" creat M Vioo-. the man with the ricar, -,\ho, it fierns. has : .n azr at measure the. cat's fa> u'.ty of Isr.'iir,; oc n< fee; His tutrblir.e act is coloured by ;> -c d dea! of quiet humour, and M'jldoon i>. rea : iy fiii ir,:rrii-ob;e performer. Another new i'em i* that irrvei hy the horse KinkW and the : fiony Mo'ncrifff. trained by Mr Philip Wirtri. ; Two of the beet acts are kept for the last. ; These are the tumbling and balancing of the Lias troupe and the backward and forward .' somersaulting of -be Flying Lamar.-, masfrs of the trapeze. The Lias introduce several l new varieties of scmTsaults. and tos<* one ' another about on upturned feet in a manner ! which ia a revelation of poise and etrength. '■ The Lamars provide perhaps the frreatest thrill of the evening, with their fearless leaps in the upper atmosphere of the marquee. These and many other wonderful act« com- ; hire to make the the best that ha* been , seen here lor many rear*.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19815, 31 December 1929, Page 13
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