BRIGHT ENTERTAINMENT

Evening Star, Issue 22379, 1 July 1936, Page 5

BRIGHT ENTERTAINMENT

LONG TACK SAM COMPANY TO-NIGHT At His Majesty’s Theatre to-night there will be offered entertainment of the brightest and best; when the famous Long Tack Sam, his 20 talented Chinese, and a brilliant coterie of European vaudeville stars will present a programme that has aroused enthusiasm during this latest world tour. Theatregoers of some 11 years agowill have pleasant memories of the visit of Long Tack Sam and his wonder show, the famous Oriental now returns with still greater attractions. Referring to Long Tack Sam, the 4 Shanghai Tribune ’ remarked; “Some years ago Long Tack Sam juggled knives on the Shanghai .Bund. To-day, after 10 tours around the world,_ and appearing in all the principal cities, he has returned to his native town, where he possesses vast estates. He is the proprietor of three theatres _in Hongkong, and also of the big Chinese restaurant in the West End of London. And well he deserves his good fortune, for he is a bom showman and an expert in the highly _ difficulty art of pleasing the theatre-going public in all parts of the world. In the_ company there are jugglers extraordinary, acrobats who balance each other in positions which challenge belief, plate spinners, horizontal bar workers, trapeze artists; and others, all presented 'by the inimitable Sam at dazzling speed, and all the time he keeps up a merry line of patter.” So much for the Chinese section, but there are seven high-class European vaudeville specialties which take up all of the first part of the programme. These vaudeville star turns include the great Nee-Sa-Long; , the four La Salles, the skating sensation of Europe, who loop the loop on skates; dandy, the French musical clown; Mascotte and Maurice, exoiic_ dancers from the Folies Bergere, Paris; Dora Lindsay, the famous Scottish comedienne; Astor, a little hit of French and the surprise of a lifetime; and Paul and Leon, ierpsichorean specialists from the London Colosseum. Box plans for the season are now open at the D.I.C. till 5 p.m. daily, then at the Rialto, where day sales are also obtainable.