ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 135, 2 March 1908, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA .HOOSE. ~ Tho.■ last performance. . of". Carter, . tha . magician,' and Miss.Price -'was given in .tlio. v.. Opera House ,on ; Saturday night, in t)ie .'pros-." eiKje of .ail., appreciative audience. Everything "' passed oil most successfully,'the various iteiiiß beiiig heartily applauded. ■ ■ THEATRE ROYAL. The Theatre Royal held a packed audience on Saturday. Liberal and varied ,was; the'en- . tertainment. provided, and someV old favourites . made ,re-appearances. Professor:' Davys, \ tha his marionettes, was. amongst the number, and came before tho footlights as greatly;' in demand' as ever. His frolicsome 1 little figures tickled the audience into .the greatest. merri-- . merit.T?red . Bransgrove, a double-voiced. . cmedian, helped the, fun along, and' Chas: C. f Ward was. as miiriitable as'.ever.; iri.his ; ,most'"!..

original items. 1 Miss . Bripfhtie Smith arid ? ' Bonetta and Williams,' Will .-James,', who plays Sousa's marches on the banjo, were each 3 at their -.Bestin - new items, and the . : .Vantellß \ oh-the horizontal bars kept -titer''audience*6s i interested as ever.' To-night's programme. Trill ■ ; bo equally attractive.. . [ -; EOYAL. PICTURES. ; \" . There was a crowded; . His' . Mai jesty's oh Saturday : night- when- the.management .of .the lioyal vPictures submitted ~a • new programmed Moving, flood; and : field- and in the streets; of cities .'in' ; all.pnrts 1 of the world were shown to an, appreciative, assembly.. . ."Fox hunting in England" arid I "A Detective Tour..of the' World'.' were par-. ' ticularly effective' series!" :Tho, Limerick;-cofti-" I petition closed oh Saturday, -and ' results j' will be . announced-, to-night. -A' t largely-at- y / tended matinee-;:for children whs given-. on - Saturday afternoon. - The' l new 'programme-. will • 1 bo.repeated:to-night. -v.' WONDERLAND ..Wonderland., received a ; large share -of patronage from the pleasure-loving public on Saturday evening, • An additional feature of the. evening's programme was: the playing .of . selections by the... Battalion .Band. The .sen-, 1 sational ride down* the . chute, into a Jake; of fire was. also repeated.v. Yesterday,afternoon■ . the; Battalion; Band attended'- lind tendered' on. ; enjoyhble. ! ; pi'ograiume;.of ~music., "..'y,,;?'.' BUTT-EUMFORD '-FAREWELL . 1 .To-morrow eyenihg 'Madame'.Clara Butt and Mr.'-Keiiiiefley ißiimford-.will give the "first of ; concert's -iii the > Dominion, ; the 6eroftd tafeing. / placc '.6n : Th'u.'sday,: eveliing/TKo ' toiir :has been.a great, success from,the, time • Qf'.its.iiiccptiqn,'and oii ...Tuesday.; evening .-the fiftieth..'concert -will:, be"; given/ The'... disi tiflguislicd 'artists Have greatly • enjoyed' thpif •' stay iii the Dominion, and are loth to-leavo, but. their. . Australian- .and I .English;- engage- ; meiits preclude:the possibility.of;an extension of the tour here, -.and- ori Friday the, party sail -by 'the'-Marama,'.for Sydney. "Tke-pro-. .. gramme ■ fori tb-niofiw's '.concert,-' which /has ' previously, been referred- to, is of a.highlyiin- '. teresting,nature;; iiiid- the, same 'great.-riiusical S leisure.may be anticipated as was. experienced, ufihg; the season .in January.. . The box .plansfor both •' concerts.! are now., open- at.tho' Dres- - ' don, whero the ss. tickets are also , obtainable, as well as-at Abel's. The management announce that the, half-crown' tickets will .-bo ' issued at the doors only, but to prevent confusion - ,i queue will ■ be; formed ; as previously,! and-tickets will be sold from 7.30. The mam doors will be opened at' 7: o'clock -for tho admission of' ss. ticket-holders. WIRTH'S CIRCUS. ' , To-night, Wirth's'. combined circus; and menagerie will- open on, tho site ofythe old • tramsheds, .Adelaide Road,■ Newtown. The star.; item : of; this attractive entertainment-' is Hagenbeck's ' sensational' , wild, animal.' act, which consists of sixi full-grovm lions perform- "i irig together with a number of leopards, bears,, and a- eouplb of boar, hounds,> forming wonder- . fiil tableaux-and: a most exciting and mixed-np finale.- The : company' also', John Wolby .Cook, the: great, jockey-act. rider; ■ Sampsie Osado, Japanese contortionist;. Mons. Marco, lion and'tiger trainer; Captain . . animal trainer; Senor Don Ilerbertino, "champion 1 table ahd. barrel manipulator"; Fraulein Hertzog,- equestrienne, "tho queen of tho cil-cils" (fromi Rente's.Circus, Berlin); the Oz- ' zapardi Trio, in what is described as a meet sensational, acrobatic act in a dog-cart;: tho 1 Elyiug, Herberts, Miss Phillipina, , Mi® : Marizles; Miss Cooke,.-' Eddie and-May, th# ..... children s circus, Captain Burrows ' and his trained elephants, etc. , : .