HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 137, 7 December 1926, Page 6

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

There was not a dull turn in the vaudeville side of the' entertainment offered at the weekly change at Fuller's last night, in which all the artists are fresh with the exception o£ the dainty dancing of Slyde and Yvette, which does not pall. Grant and Bates are coloured artists from American, who invest negro burlesques with admirable snap and wit. _ Grant is a clog dancer of parts, and his buxom partner sings and dances also._ Their dset at the piano is a clever musical joke. Miss Amy RocheHe is not a first' visitor to Wellington, but Her powerful soprano was warmly welcomed in operatic selections, while her individuality twinkled humorously in "teacher" anecdotes and in the child impersonation of her own song, "I've Lost My Dog." Frank Rogers is a ventriloquist whose talent peoples the stage. A cradle, a marionette, and a screen enabled Slim to construct an intimate little domestic scene in which two boys disturb an intransigent baby, and his animal imitations and the effect of distance in the impersonation of a raucous showman a quarter of a milo away were .excellent. Mac Donald and Payne travesty the accents of Scotia with a treacherous fidelity to t their worst features. Mac Donald's patter is bright, and his musical versatility included playing two airs simultaneously on ,tho piano/while he whistled a third, all three harmonising. Payne is a bonnie lassie who dances featly. As humorous diietists, the pair are inimitable. Hectcr Ht. Clair and his company, in the rather patchy revue "The Mustard Pot," included five short sketches, of which "Servants Old and New" provided the most fun. Hylton Osborne and Leslie Pearco contributed vocal numbers, while Miss Lillian Grey and Miss Maylin Maguill assisted the plots. The three Rodney girls in "Paddlin' Madelin Home" are graceful dancers', and Ray M'Lean and Dot Cresswell in "Danse Burlesque" were warmly applauded.