ENTERTAINMENTS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 74, 30 March 1910, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE. "PETER PAN." La*t nifjht the Opera House was again pai ked with an audience which was delighted with the presentation of "Peter Pan" by Mr. J. C. Williamson's Company. It is jjuite unnecessary to repeat all tbe eulogies which have been showered on tho production — suffice to say "Peter Pan" in riextined to have a i«trikinpfly successful run, nnd deservedly so. Mr. Williamson' t» representative, Mr. Bert Royle, ha« arranged to admit free as many of tho children from Wellington's charitable institutions as possible to the matinee on Wednesday next. Those authorities in control of such in. ptitutionn are requested to advise Mr. Royle as early. as possible, regarding the numbers they would be likely to send. THEATRE ROYAL. The bright programme now being presented at tho Theatre Royal by Fuller's Vaudovillo Company drew another crowded house last nigbt.' Much of the singing and dancing is considerably above that which is included in the ordinary "variety" • entertainment. The dancing of the three Lewis Sisters and Mnss Gertie Johns, was heartily cheered, as was also the quaint performance of the Colernan Sisters. An old favourite, Mr. Failing, amused the audience with his songs and comicalities. The programme will be repeated this evening. KING'S THEATRE. Last evening the attractive programme of pictures that has delighted such large houses at the King's Theatre for the past week was presented for the last time. To-night there will be a complete change of programme, and the series will include some notablo pictures. "The Heroine of Mafeking" is a stirring and vivid military drama of the Boer War, bringing out alike the bravery of the British soldier and the heroism of the Englishwoman. "Her Terrible Ordeal" is a story of absentmindedness, where this quality proved a blessing. Home fine scenic and industrial pictures will be comprised in "The Engadine Peaks," "A Marble Quarry," and "A Coconut Plantation in Singapore." On the comic side, the programme wnl include such tabloid farces as "Dispensing with the Barber," "Calino goeF Travelling," "Sorry I Can't Stop, "Dr. Zambuff's Experiences in Grafting," and others calculated to provoke laughter. " HIS MAJESTY'S PICTURES. A large audience saw the old programme of the week out at His Majesty's Theatre last night. The pictures have been more than up to the standard, and have preserved their powers of attraction throughout the week. To-night Messrs Fuller will produce, a change of programme which promises to equal the merits of its predecessor. By special request, the fine- picture of "Balaclava Survivors," shown by the firm at the Town Hall oh Monday, will be presented again to-night and included in the programme of the week. Of the dramatic order of film is one, "The Heroine of Mafeking," a 'thrilling tale in biograph of an incident of the South African War. The American Biograph Company contributes one of it« powerful dramagraphs in "Her Terrible Ordeal," a story of a lady stenographer and her rescue. There are other excellent examples of this branch of the cinematographic art— "Cosette," a scene from Victor Hugo's "Le« Miserable*," "Sins of the Fathers," baaed on the Tennea«ee vendetta ; *"^ie Grandiire," a Pathe *hort story from life; while the comic element is well supplied in several pictures. There nre views of the Paris floods, "Dutch Types," "Coconut Plantations," a second series of the disastrous floods in Paris, "Beautiful Jersey Isle," "The Spanish Girl," "The Cabbage," and "Professor Zanignff's Experiences in Grafting." Seat* may be reserved at Christeson's. EASTER CARNIVAL. There was again a numerous attendance last night at the carnival in Sydney-street School-room in aid of the building fund of the Roman Catholic Church to be erected at Wadestown. The dancing by the children trained by Mim Putnam was much appreciated, and the various stalls and side-shows were well patronised. Considerable interest was also taken in the Wellington Gas Company* display of gas cooking, under the direction of Miss York. Tho bazaar is open this afternoon, and will be held as usual this evening. STAR PICTURES. The Star Pictures management, which presents a pictorial programme nightly nt St. Thomas's Hall, New town, ani nounces that new film* will he exhibited | to-night. Some excellent films have been (■elected. They include "The Stolen Favourite," a romance of the turf, and "Mining in the Mountains." An entertainment was given at the Ohiro Benevoleitt Home last evening, under the auspices of tho Wellington Working Men's Club. In addition to concerted music by the club's orchestra under Mr. M'Comish, violin and banjo solos were given by Miss Lindsay and Mr. Connor, while vocal items were contributed by Miss Keely, who also precided at the piano, and Meurs. Mou-tc-ll and Hobninn.