FROM THE FAR WEST

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22005, 11 January 1935, Page 6

FROM THE FAR WEST

TREAT FOR CHILDREN

FIRST VISIT TO THEATRE

About 100 children who were spending a seaside holiday at Manly, Sydney, recently, were entertained by J, C. Williamson, Limited, at the Criterion Theatre, where they watched "Around the World," a revue in which the players also are young people. Not one of the children from the Far West had seen a theatrical show before, and few of them had been to the pictures. They found it hard to believe that the figures dancing and singing on the stage were real.

As soon as the curtain went up on the brilliantly-lighted stage crowded with boys dressed in gay costumes and with made-up faces, the young audience sat forward in its seats and mouths dropped open. In the intervals a number of the small girls asked the adults who were with them whether it was "real"; whether it was not one of those pictures which talked.

"Gee, the band was good," said a small bov from Menindie, "but I'd rather be a fighter." The performer who seemed to excite most admiration was the boy who played the big drum in the stage band.