ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 8 October 1913, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE. TO-NIGHT. This evening a complete change of programme will be made, when the patrons of the Opera House are promised a pictorial treat. In addition to comedy and dramatic films some items ■,of high educational character are included in the bill of . fare. From •Gothebourg to Christiana is a delightful colored subject by the Gaumont Co. "A Chat about Tortoises" by the same t.i will be found most interesting. The r item of the programme deals with methods of modern-racing and will .prove a most interesting story of the turf. The popular favorite Max Linder will be seen in a long comedy. "The Complete Sportsman," a novel vaudeville turn, will introduce "Little Joe, the Boy Wonder." The usual Pathe "Gazette will open the programme. .Seats may be reserved at the Theatre. KING'S COLLEGE BOYS. > An English company of society entertainers, headed by the King's College Boys (London), inaugurate a two nights -season to-morrow (Thursday) evening -at the Opera House. The programme is a varied one, and the management state that it contains all the elements -that are popular with theatregoers— part-singing of old English, Scotch, and Irish ballads, humorous sketches, harmonious medleys, quartettes, ragtime i harmony, etc. These are supplemented "by good music. An entertainment "to suit the temper of the times" is how a Sydney paper speaks of the company's programme. The College Boys are specialists in their line, and are supported by the Vienna Trio, musicians, who feature a solo harpist; Marcelene Boulais, dramatic soprano; Jack ' Shields, comedian; lona Axiguste, soubrette; Phillip Lewis, baritone; and Ruby McDonald, musical directress. " The box plan is available at Cole and Donnelly's.