THE DIGGERS' PIERROTS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 70, 16 December 1919, Page 14

THE DIGGERS' PIERROTS

A RIGHT SMART SHOW. Although it is only a few weeks sinco t.he Wellington, public were entertained by tho Diggers' Pierrots, then freshly arrived from England, a large audienco greeted their reappearance at the wand Opera Honse last evening.. The Diggers Pierrots have discovered the' trick of keeping an audience continuously amused or entertained; they are proof against dillness and an effervescent specific for Ihe blues; they are in touch with tho humour of tho moment, and the music they dispense has 110 fluff about the rd"cs. The very excellent orchestra, <1 recent feature of the show, opened with a selection of airs from "The Maid 01 the Mountains," a musical comedy not yet produced in Wellington. 1 ink Pierrots, all movement, sang a jolly opening, stanza, when tho company s little ray of sunshine, Mr. Stan. I,a\vson. most charming of refined "soiihret.es tripped' on to ravish the hearts of the men in "Roggin' thro' the Rye, a. flippant perversion of the old Scotch song. Mr. -Laivson has the art of the diseuse down to a fine point, and ir. many wigs of different hues and an array oi pretty frocks, "she" repeated the success of last season. . Comic "stunts in which Mi . Lawson appeared (with Mr. Tano Fnma) were a "roil" hynnotic thought-reading seance, and a.lurid mock drama, entitled "More Sinned Against than Necessary, which is dotted with now jokes and burlesque oddities. With Mr. Frank. I 1kins "Miss" Lawson fang 'Have You Forgotten?" and that'established favourite "Wild Thyme," which concludes with a graceful danee. Mr. I'rank Perkins, a serviceable baritone, sang I tost M) Heart in Maoriland" attractively, and, encored, "I Passed by your Window." A pleasing number was the ringing of "Tho Dear Little Shamrock," by Messrs. Exton Perkins, and Simp»n. The setting of "Loch Lomond," sung as an 1 ncore, was not nearly so effective, rhe Pierrots poi=ess a good comedian m Mr. iano 'Fama, who :s amusing 111 patter and was excellent in his comic- recital of the milk-boy who goes to the war. All. G. P. Hnnna is also a dispenser of < ry humour in character, with a specialty for inebriated men about town. In sucn a puise ho recited "Coming Home, and led the fiiper-burlesque party :n ilie Presbyterian Cat" (in which he was not too audibleV Mr. Haunt is extremely clever as a lightn ng sketch artist, and his impressions in chalk were curiously interesting to. witness in tl»;ir develop.ment. "Bv tho Yukon Tm I was n trndramatically recited by Mr. Cyril Soobell, who wa3 assisted l>y, changing lightspistol annus, whining wind, and other 4fect« "Mv Pal." the- pnrorc mece, was the hctt'-r effort. Mr. G<*r"Proe-. tor, an .a.rt>tie baritone, wis «li?htly off nitell in "The Heart .of a Hose, and Mr. Gus Daw.w sang Sailing Away, which he embellished with a neat dance. Mr. Lnslftt F.xton's suave Igl't tenr>r was h»ard in a counle of ihe nwramme' included a rotted ;evue, "What Next 5 " ai"' the gar and g'ddy "Carnival Night. :n wh'"h festoons .of co'oured 'ights lent 0 air.' ilio-orc!iP c t)':i, undCT Mr B. Cottier, is coinm»i"!?il. The Pigiers' Pierrots drser.-" good business" during t.he'r c ";! 3r n, They are to ""lav'off" dnrinrr fh 7 Chn-;tina<. sea-c.->n. and will tour tho Souih later. Sv.fceciuently it is on the cards that they may tour Australia.