ENTERTAINMENTS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 112, 7 November 1912, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

JANSEN. Again Jaiusen, the light-fingered magician, kept a large audience interested at the Opera House last evening. This afternoon and to-morrow Jansen will be photographed in the main etreete,'between the Opera House ahd the Dregden Piano Company's premises. Several photographs will be taken, and these will be reproduced and distributed' amongst the audience at the Opera House on Friday and Saturday night. To the person able to point out his own portrait and standing nearest to Jansen in the view three guineas will be given, "A TALE OF OLD JAPAN." To-morrow night th? Choral Society will present,, for the first time in Aujitralasia, Coleridge Taylor's "A Tale of Old Japan," in the Town Hall, under the baton of Mr. Maughan Barnett, with h chorus and orchestra of 300. It wasin 1891 that Samuel Coleridge Taylor entered the Royal College of Music, and from that time he was almost ceaselessly at work on musical compositions. He wrote cantatas for most of the great musical festivals in England. tn hie, own opinion " A Tale of Old Japan," from the book by Alfred Noyes, was his b«st work. The final rehearsal will he held in the Town Hall to-night, chorus at 7.30, orchestra and soloists at 8. The doom will be opened at 7.15 to-morrow tnght. A limited. Bupply of one shilling tickets is on; sale at the Dresden. theatrTroy,al. The Crimson Ramblers continue to be ft great attraction at Hie Majesty's Theatre. The programmes are refined, bright, and clever. Mr. Leonard Neleon'a three laet nights are announced. Hie deenriptive song, "My Old Pal," Was again a great success last night. Harold Heath, Kamlin and Mack, Ray Glen, the Anderson Trio, and the Cliffe Quartette will appear again this even* ing. A ( , bright and clean vaudeville entertainment is aeettred. PULLERS' PICTURES. The picture at the Skating Rink, Vivian-street, includes many fine films. "Swift Waters" is the title of the star, and among the others are "The Two-Gun Sermon," a neat comedy, characteristically American, in the experiences of a tenderfoot parson in the Wild West; "An Interrupted Elopement," "A Study in Faces," and "Soldier Brothers." THE KING'S THEATRE. The programme at The King's Theatre Hub week w distinguished by two powerful dramas, "The Death Leap" and "The Inner Circle," which with their numerous thrills and sensations are attracting 1 large audiences. Both pictures are excellent examples of their class, and the rest of the programme is well up to the standard set long ago and maintained at The King's Theatre. THE NEW THEATRE. A budget of good things in the programme of 'pictures at The New Theatre is responsible for large attendances 4 at the continuous sessions. A clever romance of modern days is "The Aviator : and the Journalist's Wife," introducing j the aeroplane into the development of the plot. The feature of to-day's bill is the Irish drama. "Rory O'More," one of the Kalem Company's series of Irish plays played by Irish players on Irish soil. The scenes include views of the Lakes of Killarney and other characteristic beauty spots of Ireland. ''Rory O'More" will be 'shown for one day and one night only.' On Monday the Edison masterpiece, "Foul Play." based on Charles ' Readers novel, will be introduced. . SHORTT'S PICTURES. To-day commenced a new programme of pictures at Shortt's Continuous Theatre, Williß-street. The star items include an Australian romance, entitled "The Cheat," a production which haß been commended for its artistic finish ; "Conscience," a Vitagraph drama, featuring Maurice Costello in the leading role; "The Matrimonial Agency," a comedy, and "The Romance of a Bear Hunt." EMPRESS THEATRE. The Empress Theatre continuous pictures were responsible for crowded attendances last evening, and ladies were numerous at to-day's sessions. The final presentation of "Legitimate Defence" is announced for this evening's sessions. This photo-drama is supported by a collection of varied subjects. A complete change will be provided to-morrow, with the first supply^ of a regular directly imported film service, which arrives by the San Francisco mail in the morning. Some" special attractions will be included in each programme. STAR THEATRE. To-night's attractions at the Star Theatre, Newtown, where West's and Star Pictures present an entirely new programme, will include "Thick Winter v. the Petrol Bandits ; " a sensational detective story ; "Cousins," an amusing comedy, also "The Church Across the Way," the latest Vitagraph. The Canadian Cadets,- who are visiting Wellington on their tour of Australasia, will provide part of the programme, presenting spectacular pyramids and tumbling and items by the champion drum and bugle band. The box plan is at the Dresden and Evening Post Agency, Newtown. ST. THOMAS'S. A very attractive programme is announced for presentation at St. Thomas's [ Hall to-night. The management states ! every picture will be new to Wellington.

THE COMPETITIONS. \yellineton will again be tilled with visitors this year on the occasion of the New Zealand Competitions Society's annual festival. Sixteen hundred entries have been received, and as many competitors brine alone their parents or guardians these will represent a bit crowd. The' festival will provide admirable nights' entertainment*, for th« selection of test«pieces is usually good. Arrangements have been made with the Railways Department that competitors and their parents" may travel at noliday excursion rates from 4th November to 4th December, inclusive. The festival opens at tho Town Hall on Wednesday next. '