EASTER ATTRACTION

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 141, 9 March 1940, Page 8

EASTER ATTRACTION

A Will Mahoney Show Blessed with an abundance of rich gifts in the realm of comedy, Will Mahoney exploits them with a sure aim. His comic genius is on a plane of its own, so incomparably does he exprees it, and as a versatile entertainer he if) unrivalled. Sensitive to atmosphere, Mahoney has all the goods at hi? disposal when before audiences, and whether in song, story, characterization or novelty dance, he can make them forget world worries. Speed is the keynote of the programme which J. C. Williamson, in conjunction with Tivoli, will present in the New Opera House, Wellington, from Easier Saturday afternoon. Singers, dancers, acrobats, athletes, light comedians and broad comedians, instrumentalists, ballerinas, and an animal circus—all are featured on the programme of the show, which revives all the pristine glory of vaudeville in its highest and most satisfying form. xXmong the artists associated with Mahoney will be the fascinating Evie Hayes, who vitalizes- audiences with her radiant charm; the Melolians, who reveal fresh musical delights; the Lampines. in a thrilling escapologist act; the Four Florays, who enthrall with a novel exhibition of acrobatics : Johnny Hyman, in sophisticated humour that strikes a new note; Bob Geraghty, memorable to New Zealand people because of liis piano playing ; Les and Mavis Ritchie, in eccentric dance routines; John Bobbie, always an exhilaration : and Margaret Kelly, who sings ballads and operatic numbers.