ENTERTAINMENTS

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9620, 28 March 1917, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS

HIS MAJESTY’S. His Majesty’s Theatre was again thronged last evening, when the Lo Grohs, acrobats and contortionists, were vociferously recalled for their remarkable performance. The act is quite .original, and is one that has “caught on” immediately. Distinctly artistic are the instrumental and vocal items by Madame A 1 verna and M. Jean Laerte. Universally popular are those versatile mirth-makers. Armitage and Hine. Scott Gibson (Scottish comedian). Do Baker’s Living Models, Billy C. Brown (coon comedian), and Fred Arthur (“the shabby genteel comedian”) are also in great demand. The company will appear again this evening. THE NORWOODS. Next Saturday night the Norwoods will appear at the Grand Opera House for a season of four nights. Those who saw them on the occasion of their previous visit retain pleasant recollections of the mysterious and extraordinary laughter-provoking entertainment given by the Norwoods. Since their return to New Zealand last September, their success has continued with increasing popularity throughout the Dominion. The “New Zealand Times,” October 6th, 1916, says; “It may be said at once that Air Norwood’s show is one of the most laughable. the most unreservedly funny that one could well demand. Right throughout, almost without a break, the audience is kept in a state of the wildest mirth,and if, as has been stated laughing is a good medicine, then this particular entertainment may bo regarded as a useful and highly commendable public institution. .... There is plenty of variety in Ml 1 Norwood’s s’how, and plenty of clean, honest fun.” THE CROWN. Mme. Bertha Kalish figures in the leading role of the William Fox “feature” jhoto-plny “Ambition,” now appearing at the Crown Theatre, fhorndon, nightly. The plot demonstrates to what limits a woman will go to assist those she loves. The story is modern, and the theme is developed along feasible lines. .

EVERYBODY’S. “Dad is hopeful of discovering soma new ailment,” says pretty Constance Talmadgc, when she takes her fussy father to see the doctor in “The Mjcroscope Mystery,” a clover Triangle play now being shown at this house. There are bacilli of various kinds, and some most interesting scientific studies interwoven in the telling of the story, which also incidentally throws soma interesting sidelights on the methods of medical quacks. In “The Gathering Storm” Billie Burke is seen in the latest story of “Gloria’s Romance/' now being followed by an over-growing crowd of followers. EMPRESS. The village gossip, “Being looof ain’t the only reason she’s shut up there,” provides a startling disclosure to the lover in “The Madness o£ Helen,” a World picture, starring Ethel Clayton at the Empress. Tho story tells of a poor girl whoso reason becomes unhinged when her newlymade husband leaves her. She has a habit of running spirit-like about the village at midnight, and there are many, domestic complications before the play ends with a most unexpected turn. Clara Kimball Young, in “Tha Dark Silence,” commences next Saturday. THE KING’S. The story of Spartacus, tho slave from Thrace, who organised the revolt of the Gladiators, and twice won two brilliant battles against tho forces of Imperial Rome, is told in a stirring picture play to be seen nightly at The King’s. The production is splendidly .tarried out, and though spectacular to a degree, is yet historically and dramatically of a high standard. There are unusually good comedy and topical supports.