ENTERTAINMENTS

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 94, 18 October 1909, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

m OPERA HOUSE. This evening Mr. Harry Rickards will open the Opera House with a combination of vaudeville artists selected from his Melbourne and Sydney theatres. Dogs as variety artiste have passed in long succession across the stage of the Opera House, but it is stated that the band of strangers under Mdlle. Rosina Casselli will eclipse tonight all previous performers in this line Of a quite opposite type of entertainment, but equally delightful, is the musical act submitted by Florence and Lillian. This act is said to bo the essence of refinement. In addition to 1 this item, Florence and Lillian give j selections on trumpets, bugles, and the j piano, besides vocal items. The Kremka Brothers submit an acrobatic act that is described as not only skilful and daring, but is said to be carrncl out in a pleasingly original manner. The Melbourne Age says:— "The Krem*a Brothers would undoubtedly be a trump card in. any vaudeville entertainment, such stars being lamentably scarce in the variety firmament." Mr. Fred Graham aud Miss Nellie Dent will make their reappearance here to-night. The box-plan is on view at tho Dresden. THEATRE ROYAL. Animated pictures are improving hi quality, and the Tealistic subjects presented for the first time by the Fuller management on Saturday ' night were enthusiastically received by a large audience. Some of the latest films were exhibited, including dramatic, humorous, and scenic studies. The most interesting subject in the selection was "The King at Knowsley," which showed his Majesty reviewing 60,000 Territorials at Knowsley. "Aviation Week in Paris," was another wellpresented subject, showing no less than six aeroplanes in flight at once. An interesting coloured film was an exciting Western episode, entitled, "'The Trappers." The remaining subjects, which were of a diverting nature, were, "A Life for a Life," "The Strike Leader," "A Voyage on the Nile," "Turning Over a New Leaf," and tho "Cigarette Industry." The same programme will be repeated this evening. HIS MAJESTY'S. The usual crowded week-end audience was in evidence at His Majesty's Theatre on Saturday evening, whilst in the afternoon hundreds ot juveniles were instructed and amused by the excellent programme. STAR PICTURES. The final exhibition oi last week's programme was made by the Star Picture Company at St. Thomas's Hall," Newtown, on Saturday evening, when there was a large attendance. For tonight the management announces ' a complete change of programme, and a (promise is made that all the pictures will be "new to Wellington." ORGAN RECITAL. Handel's overture to "Xerxes" was the opening number of the organ recital given by Mr. Maughan Barnett on Saturday evening in the Town Hall. The pompous first movement of the piece had a fitting place on the programme. Schubert's "Ays Maria" and "The Question and Answer" ' { Wolstenholme) were given with the delicacy that their style of composition requires. The Bach item was the "Tooeata and Fugue in D-Minor," a work that is considered one of the writer's most dramatic productions. The "Teer Gynt" suite (Grieg was beautifully performed, especially the calmer pastoral scenes. The prelude to the third act of Wagner's "Lohengrin" is always welcome, though it is vastly better suited to orchestral musicianship than to the organist. Next Saturday's recital will ancmde Hollins's "Spring Song," Boellmann's "Suite Gothique," Wagner's "Waldweben," and variations and fugue on the "English National Anthem" by Max Reger. WELLINGTON MUSICAL UNION. The Musical Union has made a happy choice of work for its fourth Tubacnption concert of the present season. Haydn|s "Creation" maintains a sort of perennial charm, which no lapse of time can impair. All the geniality of the old maestro is put into ;fchis work. Haydn derived his materials from Milton s "Paradise Lost," but he softens down a good deal of the rugged grandeur with which the process of creation is there depicted. Sometimes he even allows his whimsical sense of humour to make playful sport with Milton's occasional lapses into bathos. His music is full of melodious beauty, and many people will be glad to renew their acquaintance with "The Creation." The box-plan is now open. BAZAAR AT LOWER HUTT. The Knox Presbyterian Church will told a bazaar in the Town Hall, Lower iutt, on Wednesday next. Many a tractions have been arranged. The >azaar will be opened by Mr. John Duthie. FANCY FAIR. > A fancy fair, under the auspices of tat John Ambulance Nursing Guild, will be held in tho Town Hall next month. ■, H - Ugh Ward>s Company brought its Wellington season to a close on Saturday with a performance (the sec?s K oi r- Ho P k inson." Sir Joseph Ward was amongst the audience. The company left for Greytown this morning, and will appear there this evening A performance will be given at Mastei--ton to-morrow night.