AMUSEMENTS 3RD HAPPY WEEK NOW SHOWING !! 2 p.m. TWICE DAILY 8 p.m. SPRING AT THE STATE ! ! The Spring Season may not be exactly lurking behind the next rain cloud, but THE STATE ushers It In With MG.M.s Frolicsome NEW COMEDY “THE MATING GAME” minim s x a l e mini “WHERE CHRISTCHURCH MEETS” Dir.: Amalgamated Theatres Ltd. Theatre Centrally Heated It’s all about SPRING and SUCH . and SOMETHING ELSE very dear to New Zealanders* hearts (THE INCOME TAX BOYS and how the most stern-jawed and staid of them is turned Into' a rhumba-happy madcap by the SPRING SURPRISES sprung by DEBBIE and her husbandhunting parents) DEBBIE REYNOLDS “HER BEST SINCE TAMMY’.’’ N Z Journal American TONY RANDALL PAUL DOUGLAS UNA MERKEL FRED CLARK In “THE MATING GAME” (G) In Cinemascope—Colour Based on H E. Bates delightful best seller “The Darling Buds of May” PLANS AT D.I.C. AND THEATRE THEATRE ROYAL /. THEATRE ROYAL Commencing Wednesday Evening at 8 p.m. the MOST ENCHANTING MUSICAL of Recent Years “SALAD DAYS” “SALAD DAYS” “SALAD DAYS” “SALAD DAYS” by Dorothy Reynolds and Julian Slade - Directed by GRAHAME CLIFFORD Presented by arrangement with Garnet H. Carroll, Princess Theatre, Melbourne. BY THE SOUTHERN COMEDY PLAYERS BOX PLANS AT D.I.C. PRICES: Owing to the high costs of staging “SALAD DAYS,” special prices have been introduced. Adults 10/- and 8/6 Children 5/-< Members’ Concession Price 8/6. Matineest—Adults 8/6 and Children 4/Gallery Door Sales at Theatre Sweet Shop at 4/-. Playing for a season of four nights with matinees on Thurs. 18th and Sat. 20th at 2 pjn. “SALAD DAYS” “SALAD DAYS” “SALAD DAYS” IS PURE JOY A Musical Comedy for the Whole ’Family. Also at:—ASHBURTON, Regent Theatre, Tonight and Tomorrow Night at 8 p.m. THIRD AND FOURTH SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS CIVIC THEATRE THURSDAY, JUNE 25. and SATURDAY, JUNE 27, THE NATIONAL ORCHESTRA NATIONAL ORCHESTRA NATIONAL ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR JOHN HOPKINS SOLOISTS MATTIWILDA DOBBS THURSDAY, JUNE 25, AND LILI KRAUS SATURDAY, JUNE 27, Programmes: THURSDAY, JUNE 25 Overture: Der Freischutz Weber Exultate Jubilate K 165 Mozart Soloist: Mattiwilda Dobbs Symphony No. 2 Lilburn Introduction and Dance Scene (“Ariadne Auf Naxos ”) Strauss Aria: Zerbinetta (“Ariadne Auf Naxos ”) Strauss Soloist: Mattiwilda Dobbs Daphnis and Chloe Ravel SATURDAY, JUNE 27 Introduction and Allegro for Strings Elgar Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Beethoven Soloist: Lili Kraus Nocturnes Debussy Symphonic Variations Dvorak BOX PLANS FOR BOTH CONCERTS WILL OPEN AT D.I.C. THURSDAY NEXT. Prices: 12/-, 9/- and 6/6 reserved. Children: 6/6, 4/6 and 3/6. Direction: N.Z. Broadcasting Service ROCK ’N’ ROLL PROMOTIONS WHO PRESENTED LAST MONTH’S SUCCESSFUL ROCK ’N’ ROLL JAMBOREE IN THE ST. JAMES’ THEATRE WISH TO INTERVIEW VARIETY AND ROCK ’N* . ROLL ARTISTS WHO WISH TO TURN THEIR TALENT IN TO EXTRA CASH BY APPEARING IN OUR NEXT BIG ROCK ’N’ ROLL SHOW TO BE STAGED ST. JAMES THEATRE, JULY 24-25 (CHRISTCHURCH’S BIG RUGBY WEEKEND, LIONS’ V. CANTERBURY) WITH TWO BIG SHOWS EACH EVENING, 5.30 AND 8.15 P.M. ROCK *N’ ROLL PROMOTIONS PRESENT ONLY THE BEST IN ENTERTAINMENT SO ARTISTS OF A HIGH STANDARD ONLY WILL BE ACCEPTED. AUDITIONS WILL BE HELD JUNE 30TH. APPLICATIONS CLOSE JUNE 23 WITH ROCK ’N’ ROLL PROMOTIONS, BOX 2530, CHRISTCHURCH. VISITORS TO CHRISTCHURCH FOR THIS BIG WEEKEND WATCH THE “STAR” AND “PRESS” FROM JULY 12 FOR INFORMATION REGARD ADVANCE BOOKING. REMEMBER A ROCK ’N’ ROLL PROMOTION SHOW IS WORTH WAITING FOR. Rock ’N’ Roll Promotions, P.O. Box 2530, Ch.-Ch.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28921, 15 June 1959, Page 1
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