MONTAGUE SHOW
"POT POURRI" BRIGHT FINAL
Those who thought the many entertaining highlights of "Let's Go Places and "This Year of Carnival, warranted seeing more than once have their opportunity now. "Pot Pourn, the Montague Show's final effort in the Wellington season, drew a packed house on Saturday night at the Grand Opera House, and will be presented for the last time tomorrow evening. It is only when such a composite programme is given that the excellence ox the lavish costuming and settings, and the brilliance of many of the performers, are realised fully. Humour of the machine-gun variety, spicy to the right degree, perfectly-trained ballets, fine I blendings of harmony, and outstanding (individual dancing make the three i hours pass effortlessly. Not one flat joke is to be found in George Doonan s bundle if humour; and if any are too subtle for immediate effect his helpfulness in explaining where the laugh should have been is often better than the gags. On Saturday he kept the audience in a constant ripple with his front-of-the-curtain patter, and put in some great work in several turns. A brilliant item from "This Year of Carnival" is the "Carnival of Chess, the animated pawns, knights, rooks, bishops, and the royal pair making a splendid spectacle. Franz and Bea Dormora give their dancing dolls act again with success, and the Dormora Troupe give a superb exhibition of the 'Can-Can," their joint-cracking acrobatics bringing prolonged applause. A roof garden in Times Square, New York, the background for a parade of Holl -wood jersonalities, makes one of the best items. Joan Crawford, the Garbo, Kay Francis, Maurice Chevalier, Shirley Temple, and others appear with uncanny likeness, and Bing Crosby—before he is shot by George Doonan—gets away with a little crooning. The Two Rogues risk their limbs in an amazing acrobatic dancing duo, and Jimmy Jewel and Ben Warns add to the general fun. The Dawn Sisters burlesque and dance their way through ten hilarious minutes, and the Blenders show what four tuneful voices can do in harmony. Margaret Kelly Catherine Stewart, and Alma Mackie are again popular. Altogether, "Pot Pourn is a fine tonic. '
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 88, 11 October 1937, Page 6
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