AMUSEMENTS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12649, 29 April 1903, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

■e FULLER'S ENTERTAINERS. , n . Business continuis good at the Alhambra | r Theatre, thero being a very largojaudience last i- evening. Tho programme was received with as I s much favour as previous productions, and, as | " usual, the performers were heartily applauded, ' recalls being very numerous. Practically every * member of the company is a favourite in his or her special line, and, as the performance is . of a very comprehensive nature, the audience t cannot complainof a lack of variety. The vocal j selections were highly appreciated last evening, and the business introduced met with just as ' much favour. The company will repeat the |_ performance this evening. 1 WESTMINSTER ABBEY CONCERT PARTY. An opportunity of hearing two celebrated ' f vocalists will bs afforded at tho Westminster ' Abbey Glee and Concert Party's opening concert at the Princess Theatre on Friday evening f next, Madame Marie Hootou, the contralto, 1 and the tenor, Mr Edward Branscombe, both come to us with tho very highest credential. > One of tho principal features in the concorts of this talented party of musicians is the ex- '• cellence of the unaccompanied vocal pnrt-music, 3 and the enhanced beauly lent to it by the in--5 troduotion of the boy sopranos, Admirably ■ ' tutored in tho art of singing, and possessed' of 1 really beautiful voices, these little choristers j j; aro invariably applauded to the echo. The : > programme for the concert is distinctly unique in character, unlike anything before presented to us. The charming admixture of old songs, glees, and catches, with examples of the more j melodious of the modern school of solo ballads , . rendered by artists of high training and in- ! telligence, undoubtedly forms o. popular pro- ' [ gramme strictly in tho senso of being what . the people love. i ' JAMESON'S ENTERTAINERS. To-morrow night at His Majesty's Theatre J Jameson's Entertaincra open their season of J three nights with the novelty " Our Firemen," ; [ a subject which deals with the life of London j firemen. Actual scenes are introduced, one of ! which is the great Burnhill row fire of London [ from the alarm, arrival of brigades at 6cene ! of _ action, showing rescue of inmates from . ! burning buildings, people jumping from windows, fighting the flames from roof and street, i to the falling in of the walls of the immense buildings. Mr Jameson has secured the sole Australian rights of Our Firemen" from tho , Warwick Trading Company (Limited), London. | One of the novel scenes shows the Bristol ; Brigade fighting the flames from tho river by i 1 means of a steam engine on board a river barge, ] I Jameson's Entertainers include some well- ! known artists, among whom aro Marfyn Hagan, ' i Lucy Fraser, Jack Hagan, Marie "Woodford, ■

• Alberto, Reeves, Barker. The entertainment il under the patronage of the caDtain, officers, and men of the Dunedin Fire Brigade. Seats can he reserved at tho Dresden after 9 on Thursday morning. FITZMAURICE GILL DRAMATIC COMPANY. The above company is advertised'to open its Dunedin season at His Majesty's Theatre on Monday next, May 4. Its opening production will be tho drama entitled "The French Spy," which has had successful runs in Sydney and Melbourne. Miss Gill herssK takes the role of Andre de Lorioe, a Frenchadventuress, while Mr Chss. Blako enacts the part of Captain Somers, of H.M.S. Britannic. The plot of the piece is a strong one, and holds tho interest of the audience from the rise to ftis fall of the curtain. " Tho French Spy" is advertised for two nights only, and gives plaoo on Wednesday, May 0, to Wm. Bourne's work entitled "Man to Man." Tho company has done exceptionally good business throughout the colony, packed houses being the rule. The box plan for the Dunedin season opcus at the Dresden to-day at 9 o'clock. It will be seen in the advertisement that the management have done away with " early doors.'" This, no doubt, will meet with the approval of patrons to the I cheaper parts of the house.