ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 257, 18 July 1918, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

"LOOK WHO'S HERE." Jack Waller's now sotting of "book Who's Here" ia distinctly dressy, sn art. and up-to-date. There are 110 uull moments, from the time Mies Ceei-ia Gold appears through tuo black velvet curlams as an Earlv Victorian deuioiiielle, ading as Miss Past, until the tull inusH-a force of the company has put ll s ounce, of energy into the I ? nct, ( ?' ant" overture that concludes the leuie "Look Who's Here," as now P™' l iioarer the strict revue idea than ' yet presented in Wellington. // > c trench scene, the War Loan =itiinl. ..• other amusing interludes toucn IPL-n t.,10 topical, and so become Icgi-nnatie piihnlu" lor the revue. A feature of „he uitr • tainmcnt is the fine nnisi««i woiK f Messrs. Gregory Ivanoff (violin) and F \, • Dennett (piano). The comedy of Wvlie Watson and. Jack alls' ani t..0 delectable dancing: of the Dick-Dorothj Trio are Rood hearing and se £ n f; compteto change of programme i~ duo on Saturday evening. KING'S THEATRE.

Action is the watchword of the Patho film, "Stranded in Arw.dy. "I™, c (™" ing at the King's TiieaL'c, and i»o - non Castle cope some (xtiaoydin ary adventures. The end of the itou is a great surprise.

EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. Rome wonderful thir.gs occur ini ''The Gown of Destiny," the Trnimp c wct>no now being screened at >o J b Theatre The leading roles iitc t;:n by Alma Rubens and Barney shc ' lJ ,: T ,, dition is shown chapter sevenof liu, ■ i tery of "Tho Double Cross.

EMPRESS THEATRE. "Wanted, a Mother," the star item on the present programme at the r ' a Madgo Evans in the lcatlmg role, that or a little girl who ib left motheika . part of the little heroine 6 fathei is taiien by Geo. MacQuarric. The picture is po - fcctly produced.

MALINI, THE MAGIOIAK. Simplicity ia the keynote of too entertainment to be given by llalim, the matician, at the Concert Chamber 011 i-atur day evening, prior to hie depart™ for America, His performance is weiid and fascinating. The various tricks W®",™ ,be accomplished without any deception whatever, while he limits hia to a. solitary tabic, a few glass©., ti<y. Dggß, and minor articles loaned, from mcmS'of the audience MaJ ni ha. maw happy storieß to tell during his uitei tainment. The tricks are not on a. dimly-lightea stage away fiom tho audience, but the magician con.es light among the audience and submits his Jeats to the closest scrutiny. Sot the least at tractive part of Malini s wi « said, to be its apparent simplicity, though heroes admit that he "cheats a little. Some of his tricks with playing « aTd9 „X, m,aided be positively uncanny. He \ n ,"®3 having no assistants or meohnnical, appli ances. To prove this to w™Lh of the audience on to the his movements. It is claimed tha,.ltallnls tricks are new as well as bin "' e | l^ ods j [ S season is for seven nights ' Mly. Malini will I>a issist'scl by Mifis Jjigi » irano and a" M. Vontwue, vmut.

"ITY FOUR YEARS IN GERMANY." specially secured that thetare ■ P pose. It- is ail exact reproduction of »• bassador Gerard's sensationalL booh: of tho saino name, and is said to tell the inside story of the war and the reality of the German menace in a manner so convincing thnt iin one. havinj? BCfcil it. (:OUl« StUl entertain the least doubt of the iusticc of tho A-llicd cause. It was produced under the personal s { ,p ?F ] V 1 5!!'llj 1 ° Mr. Gerard for the purpose, of still fuithtr revealing to tho world the necessity for the defeat, of Prussian military a-ulocracj. The hard facts set out "> th ® 'J. ll *"?® f™ stated to bo more dramatic and gripping than the -wildest fiction over could bo.

CONCERT FOR THE NAVY LEAGUE. Lovers of English music will havo an. opportunity of Hearing a charming suito of-scenes from English country life ta®'Percy Fletchcr, at the Wellington Arn.itcur Orclic&iial Socicty s concort to-night in the Concert Chamber. Mr. Percy oher is an Englishman whoso woilis are being much played In England just. now, and the suite to be performed on fhuis. tiny consists of three parts, the themes of which arc based on old country danco tunes The "Woodland Pictures, as they are callcd, have not been played by sny orchestra in Wellington yet, tlic parte having been specially obtained by the society for the express purpose of invmg "Wellington audience eomtj good modern oTchcßt-ral music of tho English ei!l | (,ol v The last number of the suite, entitled. "The Ilean Feast," is an incentive to dancing to the tune of the pipe and tho piccolo, the cornet, and drum. lhe incitement increases as the woNcmen progresses to its most exhilarating climax. The society devotes the whole of the procoeds to tho Navy Loagite.

'fflE PURPLE COURTIERS. Clad in t.he Toyal raiment, the Purplo Courticrß aro comine to the help ol tne fund for the rebuilding of St. Ma 5 of the Angels' Church, which was rwentlj dcsLroved bv fuo. On Friday night t-hey rill Sivo a. vaudeville enLertainmont .n the Concert Chamber of the Tttwn at which thoy will present all the:latest English and American auccesscs in the widestretcliinc icalm ot vaudoviSlt. Irity strong, these capablc artists will throw at, thf audience the. very latest.successcs m nart Binginsr. niltlcußing, mimicry, foauVm dancing, musical sketches, monologues, bm-k'iiques. dramatic hits, new son"' tableaux, and every other moitnl iniuscment- '.''at, is calculated to please tho averag™ the'i'tre-goer". This elaborate enlertn'inmont will be given at popular nrice " and as the performers are giving tvioir Bprvicea free, the whole'of the piocceds will lie deTote'l to the rebuilding fund. By special request there 1? no box nlan and the old order ol liist first'served" will be religiously observed.