ENTERTAINMENTS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7027, 15 January 1910, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS

THEATRE ROYAL. There is no abntement of the, popularity of Fullers' Vaudeville Company, and there was a well-fi]led audrforium > at tho Theatre Royal last evening. There are several very novel '' turns,' and prominent among these axe' the acrobatic act by the Duckworths* tho juggling feats ijy tlie cycling bv rXeronc, and • tho comedy, skit bv Armstrong and Verne, ;who also present an effective piece ofistagemechanician's craft in tho view,;:of an. Atlantic liner putting to sea atgniglrfc--time. The programme will b 0... repeated to-night. ;;' opera! 'hot/sb. "the silver, king." "The Silver King," with its attractive plot n«d fine, -apjictacular setting, 1 drew amoiher.large! • audience,to tho Opera Hous'e last evening. ThS'bornpany gives a very finished production ■of this interesting play*. It is full of incidents so dear to the heart of tho War of «ood melodrama, and played as it is by comrpariy.- forms »'.progi'ainme'ithait cam. bo thorou-sb.lv appreciated. The company brings its successful Wellington season''to a close this evening with a farewell performance of. "Tho,-Silver King." CARTER THE MAGICIAN. Charles .J.'Carlory - the 'American imaigiQiafl,.. "has created -. great interest throughout Xew Zealand. Is it occult-' asm, spiritualism, or'niagicr' Mr Carter acknowledge,,- that' they are all /uricks,.: though tihey .'form... the. latest novelties-,of, tho are claims ed .by. Ui© spiritualists to. be only_ possible, thnougk ihe agency of spirits. There i 3 the cabinet which lie erects iu the presencs of-the- audience, who -aire free". te- examine, every part of it; in which, are placed tambourines aud bells, and as soon' as tlie doors we closed-.and-Mr Carter •-..,invokes the spirits',''a weird barnival'i'sßet up withrin. The door is suddenly opened and 'tlie - only-thing visible r -ivAthin-. the cabinet are the bell--, and tambourines mattered about. . .Then -there the "levitation" scene, wKidh'is borism'evred the most wonderful .and ..tnily inexplicable thing imnagic.: ;In order thai ■ Australian lovers of inagio .and mirth might .witness his entertainment on tho sajue scale as ".presented "■ in- 'America, Carter lias brought' with him tons of s^a.get/.nqcesspriies;,and quite a TeMnne. el aSsifsfca.nts,'"tria principal of whom is Corinno Carter, a young lady 'wlio "nossesses the gfift of "peeping into tlie future" and laying bare, tine ■pa,st. ; In cUyi'h'ing'tlie thoughts of her auditors slue, manifests much cleverness o.nd accuracy, and peir-nlexes not n, few iby her raadkieaa of artoyVer.' Oovinne 'Carter claims trv be an :<d\ v.arice-d student,. of niem.thl - te»le.TKiitfiv. nnd.hiw divining are,not taiore tmhlc* and code r^ndings.. '"out of study au<? research. - Tho secuvvi 'opens' at the Opera House.next .Monday .-evening. ; ''Wo,ndOTlaria l!^ill^e: opQn 'this after T -noon and evening.