CRAZY SHOW

Grey River Argus, 3 June 1942, Page 8

CRAZY SHOW

A WILLIAMSON PRODUCTION.

To-morrow night "at the Town Hall at 8 o’clock, and the two fol- ! lowing evenings and on Saturday 1 afternoon, thq- Great Levante, by i arrangement with J’. C. Williamson i Theatres Ltd., will present the Lonj den Palladium laughing success I “Crazy Show,” which proved the ! most popular production staged in ' Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch for several years, its chief features being the splendid work of ! a brilliant team of comedians, the : snappy and up-to-date sketches, the ; magic and mind-reading features of the Great Levante, the lovely ballets and also the appearance in person of George Tollerton, the brilliant ventriloquist in his presentation of “Chuckles with Jerry.” Some of the outstanding sketches in the production, all of which are exceedingly humorous, are the “Six old Salts,” “Film Titles,” “Blue Orchids,” “The Faithful Valet,” “The Gang Buster,” “Strip Poker,” “Cocktail Capers,’’ end “The Hecklers”. The vocal iiems include “The Perfect Day” (burlesque), “Honolulu”, “The Working Man”, “Play to me Gypsy”, “Two Black Eyes”, “My Hero,” “I Fell in Love With Love.” The Great Levante’s features include “Talks with Chalk,” “Thought Transference” and his latest magic tricks, none of which have previously been seen in New Zealand. The lovely ballet include “In the Still of the Night”, “Rhapsody in ißlup” (featuring Margaret Scrimshaw) and “Hawaii” and the Waltz Eallet. A lovely turn is si: id to be “Gypsy Scena” with Gladys Cole on the accordion, Elvy Ferguson (violin.), Esme Levante (violin), and Gordon Girdwood (guitar). The six comedians, Ed. Edwards, Robert Butt, Joe Valli, Lawrie Long, Georg j Corelli and Ronald Shand, have unlimited opportunities in “Crazy Show”, of which they take the fullest advantage, and it is theii* brilliant team work which has assisted to make the production an outstanding success. The delightful young English comedienne, 'Miss Doris Whimp, is seen at her best in her* inimitable feature entitled “Her Man”, and Lawrie 'Long, the young man from Hong Kong, always creates a furore of enthusiasm in his tap dance sensation. It is said that there is not one dull moment in “Crazy f-how” and for close on three hours the audience is either laughing heartily or being entertained by unique and original features, which include spectacular stage settings and gorgeous frocks. A full orchestra is under the direction of Gordon Girdwood. The box plans are at Kilgour’s. Special features will be given by George and Jerry and the crazy gang at the matinee performance on Saturday.