"THE PARADE OF STARS"

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22343, 5 March 1938, Page 10

"THE PARADE OF STARS"

REVUE AT THEATRE ROYAL High originality is shown in "The Parade of Stars," the secorid programme of the Connors and Paul Revue Company, which is now showing at the Theatre Royal. The revue includes singing, dances, sketches, novelty acts, and settings of a high standard. The absurd drolleries of Syd Beck are the highlights of the humorous part of the programme. He can never have been seen to better advantage than in the sketches in this revue, and the variety of the parts which he can take is a never-ending source of delight. He is in turn a boy of 12, a middle-aged lady, and a bee. with such absurd effects that it is impossible for the audience not to enter wholeheartedly into the spirit-of fun which he arouses. He is ably supported by Mike Connors and Cecil Scott, both of whom provide an excellent foil for his comic antics. But humour is not the only attraction of the revue. The dance and song scenas which form the spectacular background of the show are of a very high standard. The most effective is perhaps that entitled "Loveliness," in which Cecil Scott and the chorus introduce Paulette in her . even more sensational sequel to her famous fan dance, "the veil dance." She performs with remarkable grace in an act which, for magnificence of setting, must be considered the climax of the revue. _^_________