‘NO, NO, NANETTE'

Evening Star, Issue 19550, 7 May 1927, Page 6

‘NO, NO, NANETTE'

OPENING PERFORMANCE TO-DAY At His Majesty’s. Theatre this evening and every evening until Wednesday, May 18, with matinees on each Saturday and Wednesday, J. C. Williamson, Ltd., by arrangement with Sir Benjamin and Mr John Fuller, will present tho delightfully tuneful and very amusing and remarkably successful musical comedy ‘ No, No, Nanette.’ which will bo interpreted by the Sew English Musical Comedy Company, <aid to be the nest combination of singers, dancers, and comedians that has ever appeared in New Zealand. upon record seasons in Sydney and Melbourne, 1 No, No, Nanette 1 is now establishing new records throughout the dominion. Dancing is a very strong feature of ‘ No, No, Nanette,’ and other delights are its cyclonic comedy, its alluringly beautiful settings, its happy novelty numbers, haunting melodies, and rich and fascinating rrockmg, and the dazzling beauty chorus and ballot. Great interest centres in the first appearance , here of Miss Elsie Prince, who, it is said, has filled tho breach in the musical comedy world of Australia and New Zea]and created by the departure of Miss Maud Mane and Miss Dorothy Brunton. “ Miss Prince,” wrote a Wellington critic, “ has a petite figure, is an excellent dancer, and a vital comedienne, and a charm of personality that engages everyone’s favor. Added to her winsome ways, her naivete, and innate cleverness, she has a voice of admirable quality that is exactly suited to the intriguing numbers that fall to her lot.”, Mr Jimmy. Godden, it is said, is quite, an exceptional comedian. He has unction, snap, inexhaustible by-play, and a good singing voice. Mr Charlton Morton,, slim, debonair, and light of heel, is said tp be admirable in the role of Billy Early, the lying lawyer, and he greatly assists Mr Godden in the funmaking. Miss Elsie Prince is said to be , excellent ,as the demure wife of , Jimmy Smith (Jimmy Godden), and Miss Nellie Dean, as the dashing Lucille Early, has a part ■ that might have been created foi her. Others in the cast are Misi Gladys Hermes, Miss Olive Grant (from the Adclphi Theatre, London), Claude Holland, Phyllis du Barry, and Marjorie L’Strange. A big feature of tho production is the dancing of Alma Msckie, whoso big feature acrobatic dance created a furore in Wellington and Auckland. Mr Royston M'Donnell, Miss Gladys Devereaux, and the Misses Allison and Kathleen Fallow aro other solo dancers. The brilliant ensembles, it is said, are beautiful, and so are the ballets. A. full operatic orchestra and chorus are under the baton of Mr Harry Jacobs. Children will be admitted at halfprice to the matinee performance of *No ; No, Nanette.’ This delightful musical comedy makes, a, special appeal to children, and it is said they prefer it to a pantomime. In the other centres of New Zealand the afternoon performances have attracted large audiences. A matinee will be staged on next Wednesday afternoon.