POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT

Evening Star, Issue 22382, 4 July 1936, Page 10

POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT

LONG TACK SAM COMPANY So widely varied are the various turns presented by the Long Tack Sam Company that it is difficult to find term which adequately describes the performance. Despite the wide variety, however, each is of an exceptionally high standard.. Naturally most interest centres about Long Tack Sam himself, and the ease with which he produces glass dishes and bowls of goldfishes from nothing with the aid of only a squar e of cloth keeps the _ audience gasping with incredulity. _ His daughter, Miss Nee Sa Long, is a versatile young lady who is equally at home as singer, dancer, violinist, or acrobat. She is responsible for several entertaining numbers. The remaining Chinese members of the company defy the laws of gravity in a series of turns performed with the utmost sang froid, and including feats of strength seemingly impossible. Hie first half of the programme is comprised of a series of popular vaudeville acts. _ Miss Dora Lindsay’s Scottish comedy is a pleasant piece of foolery, while the four Le Salles perform on roller skates evolutions -which the average person would have difficulty in carrying out on his feet. Maxima La Salle completes this performance by “ looping the loop ” inside a circle. Mascotte and Maurice are dancers of repute, while Paul and Leon are tap dancers extraordinary. Astor is a vocalist of a most surpris-, ing kind, while Jandy, the French clown, seems able to produce music from anything. The programme will he continued till Wednesday next.