Page 24 Advertisements Column 6

Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31412, 4 July 1967, Page 24

GALA AUDIENCE ACCLAIMS CANTERBURY THEATRE COMPANY FOLLOWING LAST NIGHTS GLITTERING GALA OPENING AND THE CURTAIN HAD FINALLY RUN DOWN AFTER MANY EXTENDED CURTAIN CALLS - A DELIGHTED AUDIENCE LEFT THE THEATRE FULL OF PRAISE FOR THIS TALENTED PROFESSIONAL COMPANY NOW PART OF OUR CITY. HERE ARE A FEW COMMENTS OVERHEARD: I never knew the theatre could be so much fun . . . Bruce Montague reminded me of Dick Van Dyke with his hilarious antics ... I must get a season ticket and not miss a show . . . Tell all your friends "Black Comedy" is a real tonic for the blues ... I laughed till I cried when Barbara Latham first climbed the stairs . . . Nothing funnier than “Black Comedy" has ever been seen in Christchurch . . . this company is fully professional in every way . . . Let's hope they get full houses every night . . . I’ve laughed so hard I’ve laughed away the 'flu . . . Wasn’t Alan Collins a joy? . . . How did that poor man go straight through the trapdoor? . . . What a wonderful performance by Kathleen Hilditch in "White Lies!” . . . The greatest night I've ever had in the theatre . . . Doesn’t the Repertory Theatre look beautiful and so warm and comfortable ... I believe “Bus Stop" is their next show Betzie Parker will be ideal in the leading role ... I just can't afford to miss any of their shows . . . Full marks to John Kim. ITS A “HOWLING” SUCCESS PETER SHAFFER'S DOUBLE-BILL (*WHITE i \IJEsy Directed by JOHN KIM. FOLLOWING THE TREMENDOUR SUCCESS OF THE OPENING PERFORMANCE THE DEMAND FOR SEATS IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY - DON’T WAIT UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD ABOUT IT - TAKE IT FROM US - THIS IS A TERRIFIC SHOW - THE BEST THE LIVE THEATRE HAS TO OFFER. RESERVE EARLY AND KEEP A DATE WITH THE CANTERBURY THEATRE COMPANY. AGAIN TONIGHT AT 8 And Nightly Until July 16 CANTERBURY THEATRE COMPANY With the support of The Queen Eizabeth II Arts Council of N.Z. Presents BRUCE MONTAGUE KATHLEEN HILDITCH ALAN COLLINS BARBARA LATHAM ROGER WHITE BETZIE PARKER CAMPBELL THOMAS JACQUE THOMAS ANTHONY ABESON In the greatest smash hit of Christchurch's Theatre Year. <*WHITE ) \IJESy REPERTORY THEATRE Box Plans at Hay's. RESERVES: 10/-, 12/6, 15/-. Phone reserves for tonight at Theatre from 6.30 (68-221). CompM, wnon of “Black Comedy” uionwrad by Hay’s IM. and Tho J. L Hay’s Charitable Trust. CANTERBURY THEATRE COMPANY. ACTORS FROM OVERSEAS FLY AIR NEW ZEALAND.