ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 3 May 1923, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

LAURIE'S FAMOUS PANTOMIME. "THE OLD WOMAN THAT LIVED' IN A SHOE.-' ! TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT! | Young and old alike are ever pleased to welcome a good pantomime, more especially when it abounds with clever talent. Su:h a pantomime is the above. The story of "The Old Woman that Lived in a Shoe," which introduces the fairy characters Jack and' Jill, Tom the Piper's Son, the dame, the naughty baron, the demon king, and the ever welcome fairy queen, lends itself to the introduction of all the latest songs, duets, choruses, etc. The settings are superb an;l brilliantly lighted. The famous buster ballet.* of eight charmj ing and youthful dainty girls, produces surprise after surprise by their won- ; derful changes of costumes, and their dancing is described as wonderful. The ( solo dancer, Miss Muriel Brown, is a I past mistress in her exceedingly clever , work, which is of the lushest order. ! The dainty souluette work of MW j Dorothy Bailey is very hard to beat, , and is sure to please young and old. The comedy and laughter side is well provided' for by the iucluskn of thoee two well-known English comedians, Mr. Tom Lincoln and Mr. Will Evans, who, .as the haughty baron and the dame, , create roars of laughter. The box p.fin is open at Mrs. Cook's, Everybody's Sweet Store, and is rapidly j filling.