ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1196, 3 August 1911, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THEATRE ROYAL. |_ Tho large audience which attended tho Theatre Royal last night is a compliment to the Fuller management, mid an appreciation of the variety infused into the entertainments. The artists were all well received, and heartily applauded. The comic items, the vocat numbers, and tho various other turns, were all of a standard which highlv pleased the patrons of tho "Royal." HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Thro* different rcries of incidents aro shown in the Coronation pictures nonbeing screened at His Majesty's Theatre. The iorgo crowd that filled tho house last night gave evidonco of the great interest the pictures have aroused, and they should continue to be a source of attraction for some time yet. In addition to tho scenes of this great event, the programme is supplemented by other excellenet films. THE KING'S THEATRE. Scenes from the Coronation of King George V are now being shown at tho King s Theatre, and are proving a great attraction. There was a crowded house again last night, and the entertainment met with marked appreciation. A capital series of varied subjects fill up the programme, while music is provided throughout the evening by tho King's Lyric Orchestra. "SLUM" LECTURE. "Slums in Auckland and Wellington" will be the subject of tiie next City Council Library lecture bv Mr. Charles C. Reade, at the Town "Hall Concert Chamber, on Monday evening next. Admission is free. The lecturer is bringing forward, ■ partly in the form of --photographs, the result of several years' investigations into the overcrowded areas of England and Germany, and the measures taken to deal with the evil. Forty Wellington pictures will be among the lantern views shown. Mr. Reade will lecture at a later date oir "Town - Planning in Practice," when his Excellency the Governor,, who. has taken considerable interest in Mr. Reade's Auckland lectures, will probably preside. NEW THEATRE. The New Theatre was well patronised throughout the day hours yesterday, and at night the house was full. The same programme as that previously described was screened, and was much 'appreciated by the audience. To-day will bo the last day of the present series of pictures; tomorrow a new programme will be put on. THE SCARLET TROUBADOURS. Edward Branscombe's Scarlet Troubadours presented a change of prograinmo to a large audience at the Opera House last evening. Though in many instances the items were those which have been associated with the Troubadours for ye:-rs, yet they never failed in their appeal' thanks to the cultured finish which embellishes tho work of -each artist and the happy sympathy which prevails among the company. Mr. Sydney Maunering and Miss Rita Fitzgerald became associated last evening in the charmine duet "Tho Path of Roses;" Mr. Ford Wnlthara gave a very fine rendering of "Troopsr Jolinnv Ludlow"; and Mr. Edgar' Warwick chortled comically about the vagaries of "Tho Pretty Little Girl With the Big Black Hat," and cleverly affected boredom in tho tired song "Nothing In It." Mr. Alfred Cunningham, suffering from a. cold, _ sang "Beloved, It Ts Morn," "Long Live the King," and, with an unaccompanied chorus, "Oft or. a Stilly Night." Miss Rita Fitzgerald sang "Three Green Bonnets" touchingly, and "Just Her' Way" ralher cleverly'; Miss Winnie Birch contributed "The Honey Pot," and, for an encore, "Mr. Hippopotamus"; and Mr. Le Plastrier sketched admirably in chalk several well-known scenes and faces with lightning rapidity. In .tho second part the performers assumed a deep-sea roll as an accompaniment of rattling good sea songs and yarns, which had a fine ozonous tans, much appreciated by the audience. The Troubadours will only give two nioro performances, in Wellington.

NICOLA THE MAGICIAN. On Saturday night, at the Opera House,, Nicola tho Magician will commence his season in Wellington. Tho entertainment is described as novel, bright, and totally unexplaiuablo. Nicola's repertoire includes some most mystifying illusions. There is no waiting, trick succeeds trick with amazing rapidity. Nicola produces a miscellaneous collection of soft goods and dairy produce, apparently irom thin air; locks his lady assistants in sub-stantial-looking cabinets, and dematerialises them. One of his most mystifying illusions, entitled "Tho Prisonor of Borneo," is performed somewhat as follows: —An assistant, who is strapped to a frame, is placed in an upright, raised cabinet, which is only large enough to receive her, and the door securely looked. . Two seconds elapse, ind on tho 'cabinet being opened, the frame, together with its burden, is seen to bo in a reversed position. The bos plan is now open at the Dresden. KOWING CLUB SOCIAL. The annual "social" in connection with tho Potone Rowing Club was 'held last evening in the local Drill Hall. The attendance was gratifying, and the evening proved a pleasant one.