HIS MAJESTY'S. THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 14, 16 July 1929, Page 5

HIS MAJESTY'S. THEATRE.

A variety of clever sketches supported by good musical numbers and dancing is presented by Pat Hanna and his "Diggers" in their latest programme now being presented at His Majesty's Theatre. Good singing and dainty dancing are features of the entertainment, but the rollicking interludes introduced principally by Pat Hanna and Joe Vaili are of a standard seldom met with in the usual type of vaudeville revue. The closing sketch, "Chic and Joe in Hospital," reminiscent of the lighter moments in the old war days, sends the house into an uproar. Chic (Pat Hanna). Joe (Joe Valli), and Tommy (Chris Kilner), three Diggers laid up in hospital in London, conspire to return to New Zealand. Their efforts to convince the army medical officer (Stan Lawson) that they are suffering from loss of memory, deafness, and paralysis respectively are carried out in a way that.only a true soldier can. Some excellent acting is done in a more serious sketch, "The Yogi's Curse." Vendaki (Pat Hanna) relates (o an English officer the story of two soldiers who committed sacrilege in an Indian fakir's c.ivo and received thecurso of the Yogi. The story appears as if in a vision us it is related. A nautical episode, "Mistaken Identity." and another sketch, "The Oldest Inhabitant," provide pleuty of merriment. The Hungary Boosey Bozo Band, under the somewhat heavy baton of Professor Joso Valligataui, render several of the popular jazz tunes in full accordance with the most futuristic thought. Iza Crossley, Adclc Taylor, Mickey Phillips, Jock Thomson, Ernest Kopke, and Hilda and Jessy Meadows are heard to advantage in several vocal numbers. Roy Brinsden provides additional variety to tlic entertainment with a good selection of xylophone solos.