ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 199, 23 May 1925, Page 22

ENTERTAINMENTS

(Continued from Page 5.) STR HARRY LAUDER’S COMPANY. Although Sir Harry Lauder is a whole show in himself he has a first-class coin 1> : nation of artists accompanying him wherever bo goes. On this occasion the supporting company is said to bo one of the finest the great entertainer has ever hail. Heading the list is W. V. Robinson an expert on tho mouth organ, an excellent story-teller and a wonderful mimic. Lydia Came and Jack Kellewav are dancers of great excellence. Their Coster comedy dance is a special feature. Eddio Grey does some remarkable juggling-. The Hilo Duo of Hawaiian instrumentalists are players of exceptional ability. They are good singers also, and native dancers of great beauty. Last, but not least, comes Harry Moore, who produces from ordin. ary bits of paper a gate, palm tree, tablecloths, ladders, underwear; in fact, anything. Tho company is very versatile anti as there is a full orchestra conducted ’by Mr. Charles Ares, the quality of the fare provided by Sir Harry Lauder’s company may be judged. Add 'io the company Sir Harry Lauder, who is at his best, and giving of his best, and it is no wonder that crowded houses have assernb'ed. The company will appear here for six nights and one matinee at the Grand Opera House, commencing Monday, June 1. The booking will open at the Bristol on Thursday, May 28. There will be a mating on Saturday, Juno 6, at 2.30, when children will be admitted at half-price.

ORGAN RECITAL. The programme tor the organ recital to be given by Mr. Bernard F. Page (city organist) on Sunday evening has been arranged as under: Soeur Monique (Rondo), by Couperin; Overture "Coriolan (Op. 62), by Beethoven; Rhapsodic (No. 1). Op. 7, by Saint-Saens; Cortege (from Suite for Strings), by Debussy; Choral (No. 2 in B Minor), by Cesar Franck; A Teat, by Moussorgsky; Danse des Odalisques, Op. 2 (No. 3), by Rebikoff; Prelude and Fugue in D Major (Op. 93). by Glazounov. THE AMBASSADOR. The band is now a feature of the New Ambassador. Overseas visitors express the opinions that the music compares very favourably with that of cabarets abroad. The service is efficient and patrons are assured of an evening of supreme enjoyment.