ENTERTANMENTS.

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 1883, 25 September 1912, Page 2

ENTERTANMENTS.

"UNCLE TOM'S CABIN" TO-NIGHT.

To-night Miss Ella Oarrington, Mr Charlie 'Taylor, and their dramatic company in support will appear at tho Drill Hall in "Uncle Tom's Cabin." An exchange- says: "The Opera House was crowded to the doors last night to witness the Tay-loF-Carrington Dramatic Company's performance of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," and from the rise of the curtain until its final fall the audience was kept busy either applauding, laughing or ] crying. Miss Carrington was respons- J ible for the major portion of the laughter, and it is not too much to say of her performance of Topsy that it is unquestionably the best impersonation of 'the coloured imp' the Dominion has ever seeiii." No extra charge is made for booking seats. LIEDERTAFEL CONCERT TO-NIGHT. An excellent rehearsal of the unaccompanied items to bo given at its spring concert in the Lyceum to-night was held in Herr Berger's studio last night. The items to be given are typical of Liedertafel music, melodious and enjoyable. The orchestra will open tlie concert with a bracket of two short items, tho first appropriately, being Mendelssohn's "Spring Song" and the • other Boccherini's "Minuet." Miss Lillie Large, whose return will prove very popular, is giving of her best from an exceptional repertoire. Herr Berger contributes a violin solo, and an obbligato to the first of Miss Large's songs. Mr Sidney Harrison, a very promising young pianist, will be another soloist, besides assisting, with Mrs Hunter, in the accompaniments. Variety will be given by a diverting account from Mr D. W. Fraser of Mrs McSweeney —she who was recently dramatised — at an auction sale. Tickets have sold well, and a most successful concert should result this evening. An interesting book-of-words souvenir programme has been printed at the Star Office for the occasion. "SINBAD THE SAILOR." Of the pantomime-extravaganza, "Sinbad the Sailor," to be presented in Palmerston by J. C. Williamson, Ltd., on. Tuesday and Wednesday next, the critic of the Auckland Herald writes as follows: "Perfectly clean and withal rollicking comedy is a feature of the production, and long though the. pantomime is the mirth never flags. There is abundant evidence that a great deal of time and thought must have been devoted to the stage mechanism, many of the effects being of a very elaborate nature." The principals of the company were engaged by Mr J. C. Williamson in Egland, America, and tho Continent of Europe. They comprise some of the foremost artiste in pantomime in the world to-day. Mr Pip Powell, the best of "Dames," is a comedian to swear by at Drury Lane Theatre in London. Messrs Drew and Alders hail from the same classic house, while Messrs Charles Howard and Frederick Winn are'notable pantomimists.