"BRITANNIA"
REVUE OPENS TO-NIGHT
“Britannia,” opening at the Theatre Royal this evening, will provide the theatre-going public of Christchurch with something new and brilliant in entertainment. Never before in the city has such a number of attractions been packed into a 22hours’ programme. This has only been achieved by months of painstaking preparation and careful organisation.
Brilliant stage settings, gorgeous frocking, delightful harmony and rhythm in the song and ballet numbers, and sparkling wit in the comedy numbers, combine with a high standard of stage craft on the part of the 500 performers to present to the public superlative entertainment. Patrons are specially asked to be seated by five minutes to eight as the curtain must go up at 8 p.m., and it is desired that nothing should mar the effect of the brilliant “Britannia”
scene with which the programme opens. , “Britannia” has been promoted by the Christchurch Returned Soldiers’ Association to augment its fund for the assistance of soldiers serving in the present war after their return to New Zealand. The box plans are filling rapidly at the D.I.C. Seats may be booked at the theatre office after 1 p.m.
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Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23131, 21 September 1940, Page 3
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