A CHILDREN'S THEATRE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20174, 7 February 1929, Page 5

A CHILDREN'S THEATRE.

A theatre for young folk, providing dramatic faie that appeals to children, has been started in London by Miss Joan Luxton, an Australian by birth, who is a young actress only 24 years of age. Miss Luxton has been acting ever since she was 15, and when she arrived in England she studied at the Academy of Dramatic Art on Gower Street, and after touring in several plays she also acted in London at the Everyman and the Apollo. But it is as the founder, manager and one of the principal performers of the Children's Theatre that Miss Luxton has thus early come to be regarded as a real theatrical fairy godmother, says an article in the London Morning Post. No sooner had the idea occurred to the young actress than she set to work, with a strong hand of personal friends and helpers to carry it out. A "backer" was secured, and a vacant shop in Endell Street was quickly transformed into an excellent little theatre. Although it is unique in being the smallest theatre in England to bo licensed by the Lord Chamberlain and tho London County Council it is, nevertheless, perfectly equipped with proper stage lighting; re'al footlights, scenery, curtains, etc., and its comfortable tip-up seats are just right for small occupiers. There is even a miniature box-office, where children may go and book their own seats —the price c>f which varies from 3d to Is 2d for small folk.