HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 107, 2 November 1926, Page 5

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

Vaudeville patrons in large numbers were present at His Majesty's Theatre last night, and accorded a good reception to the current week's programme. Newcomers on the bill were "Bertini and Byrne, who, although described as c medy musical artists, showed that on a violin and piano respectively they could play cood music, and play it well. The comedy part of their performance was decidedly novel and entertaining, and met with prolonged applause. Stompy and _ Stella, the American duo, were once again well received, their burlesque of. the Charleston, given as. an encore, being worth while gcing a long way to see. As exponents of dances old and new, ileatt i and Strange showed themselves adepts, and their turn included a lesson in how to dance the Charleston, and also in how not to do it. At the piano Ida Holbein reeled off song after song of the popular patter sMe, all of which raised many a hearty laugh. The second portion c." the programme w•> devoted to Hector St. Clair in a new non-stop revue entitled ■'Something Doing." Something was certainly doing all the time the comedian held the stage, and each of over a dozen items on the part of the tr.lented company met with the warm approval o£ the audience. "Three Doors and a Passage was the title of a very laughable little on^-act play, and "Black Baggage" (a burlesque of the play "White Cargo," which was recently in Wellington), evoked_. a ptorm of applause. Plenty of laughter was accorded by another decidedly humorous sketch, "Back to Schooldays." Amongst the many individual items, Victor Roberts as a Frenchman singing "Horsey, Keep Your Tail Up," Sadie Ga!e with her Kentucky Song," and Hilton Osborne with "The Vagabond," were perhaps the best of a good offerinpr. Altogether, with the dances, solos, and concerted numbers, a very bright revue, the whole programme being one which should fill the theatre every night during the week.