WILL MAHONEY'S SHOW.

Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 59, 9 March 1940, Page 7

WILL MAHONEY'S SHOW.

Williamson's Easter Attraction.

I If anyone knows how to catch th# mood of an audience at the.psychological moment, it is Will Mahpney. Blest with an abundance of rich' entertainment gifts in the realm of comedy, he exploits them with a sure aim, and the man who made the King and Queen laugh can make the whole world laugh also. His genius is on a plane of its own, so incomparably does he express it. Sensitive to atmosphere, Will ■ Mahohe'y' has "ali the goods at his disposal when confronting an-audience, ; and whether in song, story, characterisation, or novelty dance, he can make the crowds forget world worries for the nonce. Speed is the keynote of the programme which J. C. Williamson, in. conjunction with Tivoli, will present at the Opera House on Easter Saturdayafternoon, March 23. Singers, dancers, acrobats, athletes, light comedians and broad comedians, instrumentalists,. and ballerinas—not forgetting an animal circus—are comprised in this captivating show, which revives all the pristine glory of - vaudeville in its highest and most satisfying traditions. Briefly enumerating .the diversity of items, there are the fascinating Evie Hayes, who vitalises audiences with her radiant charm; the Melodians, who reveal fresh musical delights; the Lam- . pini" in..a thrilling, escaoologist act; the Four Florays, who will hold everyone enthralled with their novel acrobatic exhibition; Johnny Hyman, in, - sophisticated humour that strikes a new note; Bob Geraghty, of whom New •Zealanders- will retain pleasant memories of his work at the piano; Les and ' Mavis Ritchie, in eccentric dance'routines; John Dobbie. always an exhilaration;" Margaret Kelly, who sings ballads and operatic numbers; Cusko's remarkably clever animals; and, tof course, an entrancing ballet.