ENTERTAINMENTS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6411, 7 January 1908, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS

j “LADV MADCAP/' 'l’here was again a good audience at ! the Opera liouke ia.d, evening, when Mr i William.-on's Him* Moon h'ompany gave I u iH#; in-r jn i formanee of “Lady Ma<ieap/“ ■ ’.ihus is one of the prolti/bi, most iunotill, and mo.-t wholesomely comic pieces 1 that the .). C. Wiilia ineon companies I have brought here. There is one tduirac- ; r.T of outstanding cleverness that of i Tiooiu.r .Siuytii, a well drawn part, ex■eejlenUy playtsl by Mr Myles Clifton. ' ••}*.-.< Oaisie Wallace makes a sprightly 1 Lady Madcap, nnd Miss Alina Barber, as ' <iv.-ennv Holden, both acts and sing« ; pb-a.-dngl.v. To-night will eee the last j p.u■forma'nce of this bright and tuneful | musical comedy. i To-morrow night the company will pro- , dnee “The Little MiohiijW for the first liju" in Nev Zealand. This attraction is !a oomic o|K*ra in three acts, the libretto ‘ by \. Varloo ami CL Duval, English veru,i.,n ),v Henry Hamilton, and the music, j by Andre Mossayer. “Tho Little Micliufi" I v. : a ; (he record 'success! of its season in j London, ami has proved a very strong attraction throughout Australia. THEATRE ROYAL. Line night or wot, tbo Theatre Royal liokifl an audience filling it to the doors, vaudeville of the excellent typo providlx I by Al<*ssrs John Euller and Sons haring attraction for a very large section of (he community. In the current proI gramme, one of the }>opulav artistes is : Madame Blanche Carelli, whoso ballads. Idling with taste and foel-ing, deservedly i meet with favour. She possesses an ex-1-ix‘dingly sweet soprano voice. The Stag- ! poolo comedy trio are old favourites with J new “business,” their present item bo | ing a lively knockabout sketch “The [ Waiter/' in which the gentleman taking t the title role scores heavily with smart I dialogue accompanied by the most l.udicr;ous of acrobatic antics. The final peri foniKiuctxs of Ted Armstrong and Priscilla. Verne, a clever comedy couple, and Stewart and Lorraine, vocalists and instrumentalists, are announced. WEST’S PICTURES. The Town Hall was crowded on the lower part of the floor last evening when Mr T. J. West, again presented a series of "moving pictures,” which rivalled and in Nome particulars excelled the splendid effects which ho first placed before the Wellington public about a couple of years ago. The pictures themselves are attractive enough; but in addition there was music provided by L. Do Groen’s Vico-Regal Band (which by the way is quite an institution in musicloving Sydney) that added interest to every scene presented. The orchestral rendering of morcoaux from "Carmen” (Bizort) was quit© worthy of a more ambitious group of instrumentalists. , "WONDERLAND.” The attractions provided at "Wonderland” have made the Miramar resold extremely popular. Something extra special is announced for to-morrow night, namely, a fireworks display on the wonderland lake. A realistic spectacle is promised by the management in the shape of a naval battle in fireworks. Port Arthur will bo in flames, and after the clash of arras—after the cordite shells, torpedoes and submarines have done their deadly work —Japan will triumph. The fighting is to commence at a quarter-past 9. A special tram service has been arranged for between Courtenay place and Miramar from 7 o’clock onwards. THE CLARA BUTT CONCERTS. A gathering, estimated at upwards of 5000 people, it is stated, assembled at the Sydney Town Hall last Saturday ! week to bid farewell to Madame Clara I Butt and Mr Kemierley Rumford. The 1 great contralto was applauded through- , out what the Sydney critics describe as . one of tho most memorable musical oo- : casiona. JFor the concerts to be given I at tho Town Hall on January 20th and i 3£nd quite a number of applications have 1 already been received from the counI try for reserved seats by the manage- | merit. The opening of the plans for the ' guinea and half-guinea reserves takes I place at the Dresden next Tuesday at j 0 a.m. It will bo learned with pleasure by many that one of the great conj tralto’s numbers in her opening concert 1 is Biddle's devotional song, “Abide With | Me.”