AMUSEMENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6590, 1 January 1883, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

OI'EUA Hor.SE. —The juvenile troupe again repeated the Christmas pantomime of "Jack tiie Giant Killer at the Opera House on Saturday night, ..ad it was received with as much lresiinv-ss and enthusiasm as 011 the occasion of its lir.st production. The juveniles display wonde.-iul versatility, aud enter fulJy into the spirit of fun and merriment which pervades tiie performance. The matinee performance was well attended hy fai.lilics and cnilduu, and the latter were h.ghly delighted with a!i lh?v saw an i heard. Tiie entertainment will be repeated this evenin.-', with several novel attractions 01 an extraordinary character. Tiikaike Kiiy.w..—There was again a very good house at the Theatre Royal on Saturday night. I'i.e programme was in many rt-.-peels new, and tho Novelty Company was as successiul in affording a rich and varied treat to their audience as heretofore. .Mr. Hc-ywood's wonderful soprano voice was tested severely by the operatic and other selections which he sang. Mr. Dent ;n his eccentricities was as em ileal as ever, and Mr. McCarthy's raov Irish sketches set the audience in rears of laughter. Tiie fiignt or birds, showing tiie womieriu! degree 01 command exercised by Mr. Hey wood over a flock of pigeons and doves, which brought the performance to a close, was cmiiu; iastically applauded. Luitxi.-.sTKKKT Hall.—A promenade concert and ball, similar to that held 01: Boxing night, under tiie management of Mr. W. H. Dean, will take place iu the Lorne-strect Hall this evening. Tiie programme comprises 20 dances, interspersed with comic and sentimental songs, clog dances, &c.