AMUSEMENTS

Evening Star, Issue 16237, 5 October 1916, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

PRIMCESS THEATRE. Miss Madge Maitland is still the hiedraw at the Princess Theatre, which was asrain crowded last evening. Miss Pliyliis and Cerise Zadella made a first appearance last night, when their knpsichorcan efforts were warmly received. The other performers all ably assisted to make the entertainment a success. —La Blanc Revue Co.— tt Lort La Blanc and his company of “travesty stars” open at the Princess theatre on Monday evening next in the latest topical musical extravaganza, ‘ The Gay Mrs Cohn.’ This company are said to he the gayest, most irre.sjronsible, .and cleverest revue combination on the Fuller circuit. Proof of the enduring popularity they have won is contained in the fact that they opened in Australia nearly a year ajro, and it lias taken them till now t .°. Wol ' k as far south on the circuit as this. HORACE OOLDIX. This famed illusionist is to open at His Majesty’s Theatre on Wednesday next lor f season of five nights. After recordbreaking seasons in Australia Mr Hugh f). .vt'lntosh succeeded in inducing Mr Goldin to extend his contract so as to_ allow him to tour New Zealand. Ao illusionist has yet come thrcnirdi New Zealand with such a tremendous show. Assisted by Barbara Babington, and supported by a host of trained auxiliaries, Mr Goldin presents illusions the showing of which involves carrying tons and ton's of effects, and his performance takes in a review of conjuring from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries. His plate-glass illusion _ will be presented, while his disappearing of a lady seated at a piano, both being in full view of the audience, is said to be hardly credible. His performance cnlminatos in a thrilling Moorish mvsterv entitled ‘ The Tiger God,’ in which a livV Bengal tiger is used with sensational effect. Mr Goldin occupies about half the programme, the rest of the evening hem--taken up by vaudeville turns, such as the -New z,ea and public expect from Mr Umrh ■D, M Intosh; and the performance promises to be what is practically two snows Tl ° n n ■ t r i h< Tv ° X P ]-? ns will be opened at ine Bristol liano Company on Satuniav morning.