STUDENTS’ REVUE

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 183, 30 April 1940, Page 5

STUDENTS’ REVUE

High Standard Maintained In Latest Show Tho high standard .set m previous years by the Victoria I’uivcrsity College students in their extravaganza is fully maintained in their latest productions:. “You Can’t Pick a Winner" ami ‘•Centennial Scandals, or 1840 and All That," which won' repeated-iir the New Opera House. Wellington, last night. The prologue. ”So They Began," provides a novel introduction to the entertainment. The general theme of the musical, “You Can’t Pick a Winner." by John Carrad. who is also the producer, is the return of Captain Cook (Paul Taylor) to the New Zealand of 1940. his flirtation with Miss Centenary t Paul Powell), a flighty miss, and dealings with a wellknown latter day politician (IL Corkill).; and :i promoter (John Holl I. ending in his genera] disillusionment. “CcnU'imial Scandals." by Ronald L. Meek. produced by Ralph Hogg, provides three scenes of New Zealand —past, present. mid I’m uro. In their burlesque of the Dominion's past, the students adopt the s«»eiaiisi interpretation of expanding imperialism. 'This is reflected in the cameos of London lin.-im-e and colonization. dealings with the Maoris, ami the part pinyeti by the early missionaries. Critics might say there is only just enough in this theory to make it a plausible one. but as. a matter of fact the audience dot's not need tn accept it jo appreciate ils value as entertainment in the hands of tho company. The extravaganza will he repeated tonight and tomorrow night.