ENTERTAINMENTS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 76, 29 March 1912, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE GREAT JANSEN. The. predominant sensation experienced by those' present in the Opera Houee last evening, when the inimitable Janeen occupied the stage, was one of absolute bewilderment. His ie no ordinary conjuring. He held 'the large audience in a more potent thraldom, for the time being, than did the woret of feudal barolie. Myetery follows mystery in euch -rapid succession that the brain is puzzled. The spectator ceaeee to ask himeelf how it is done, and contents himself with merely awaiting the next sensation. " The Phantom Princess " wae undoubtedly one of the best items of the evening. The girl's body appears to be suspended in- mid-air in a. fihroud, and a hoop is passed completely round it. When the shroud is examined, it is empty. Two boys are brought on the stage from the audience, and the mystery of ihe burnt handkerchief is not easily solvable. Lovers of magic and conjuring should not fail to see Jansen. A 6pecial word is due De Hollie and Valora, American eccentric jugglers. The manoeuvring with the cannon ball indicates a mastery in tho juggler's, particular line. The whole turn proved a very acceptable . feature. THE NORWOODS AND YON ARK COMBINED SHOWS. An Easter theatrical attraction for i Wellington is the consolidated companies of th© Norwoods and Yon Arx, who commence a season in the Opera House on Easter Saturday, 6th. Speaking of the Norwoods^ the Honolulu Advertiser says: "At 'his opening engagement at the Orpheum, Professor Norwood lived ,up to his advertisements as a , laughgetter, and his audience laughed harder and longer than any' Honolulu audience has for a long, while. Perhaps the moat screeching effect, from the standpoint of both the innocent performers and the audience, was the scene in which two dozen volunteers on the stage went through the remarkable juxtaposition of becoming monkeys. So realistically did the youngsters play at man's ancestor and h^is habits that there woe a touch, of something like hysteria at points throughout the audience." Arx and hie vaudeville company are from America, and include attractions from some of the leading theatres. The box plan will open at the Dresden on Tuesday. THEATRE ROYAL, king and Millard are doing splendidly in the vaudeville turn at the Theatre , Royal, ,amd Hugo and Olga, and Roy Rone's contributions are meeting with approval. The programme - .will be changed to-morrow. FULLERS' PICTURES. With the exception of one item the new programme of pictures shown in Fullers* Skating Rink last night was ex callent. Tho quality was admirable, and in variety fche films ranged from an interestilig illustrated story of a national industry like the harvesting and manufacture of cork in Spain through serious attd sentimental drama like "Tho Heart of. Nkhfitte" and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" to frenzied farce in "Mother-in-Law" and "A Tenacious Hubby." Tho three dramatic stories, "Heart of Nifihetto," "Dr. Jekyll and My. Hyde," i and "Papa's Letter," made up a threeptar constellation. "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is a, well-managed representation of Stevenson's gruesome story. The ex- j ception to the general excellence of the j programme is the- film "Dr. Brian Pellie Escapes from Prison." Technically it in fair, but the idea of a notorious criminal escaping from, gaol by hoodwinking the prison chaplain with a*- j sumed devoutnees and afterwards i chloro tormina; him in his cell and getting away in tho chaplain's clothes is not calculated to iuspire a respeeb for law and order* or religion. The last scene shows the criminal rejoicing among his boon companions of either sex. The programme will be repeated to-night. PARIS THEATRE. Another largo audience assembled at the Paris Theatre last evening. A complete change of programme (all new iteniß) will be given to-morrow night, and ' will include " The Way of the World," and a dramatic eketch, " Poor Portuguese Joe." Each child at tomorrow's matinee will receive a present. Mr. Bert Perry, Newtown, who won last hight*» competition, received a silver watch. SHORTT'S PICTURES. There were large attendances at Shortt's Picture Theatre, Willm-street, j yesterday. The lo&ding films l aro : "The ! Vengeance of Licinius, a Pathe claesi- ; cal masterpiece ; and a splendid repro- '■ i dudtion of Dickens's "A Tale of Two Cities." In addition to theso two pictures the programme comprises th* usual quota of other items of various description^, all well arranged and projected on , th'i screen. To-morrow aftovijoon there will bo a fhikli-en's, niatuacu-