ENTERTAINMENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18519, 2 October 1923, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS.

- OPERA HOUSE/ ' ' ' :;'; An excellent; and "varied: programme oi vaudeville. items f is offered -at ~ the-• Opera '/." House this The paramount feature ; v of the first half of the performance-is the : ; wire-walking and balancing 1 act of U> the clever artist Colleano. This daring performer' has deservedly been described as '■'• ' the " Wizard :of the Silver Wire," and he • fully deserved the", enthusiastic ■;reception he was accorded at last night's performance. ■ > Colleano iseems to accomplish the most difficult feats without any apparent exertion, and the effortless manner in ! which/he retains his equilibrium weald almost seem to. be a defiance; of the laws of gravitation. -Another entirely new; act. is provided by Winnie Trevail, who appeal's as a comedienne liberally endowed . with the faculty .for fun-making. ■ .> The Jubilee Trio, and Owen and Hamilton also appear in fresh turns. The fourth, revue ;" of the -Evans ■' Company entitled '■ " Potts, the Gardener," was produced last evening. This performance is quite up to ■ the high standard set by the previous productions of this company, end the audi- . ence last, everting was i continually ■ amused by. the many bright and' humorous interludes with which the performance is, interspersed. The dressing has been carried out in a manner'quite in keeping with the general excellence of the performance.