NICOLA THE MAGICIAN

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18676, 4 October 1922, Page 4

NICOLA THE MAGICIAN

“'Hie Wir.ard. the more yon watch him the less you see.” Tins is said to be r-n idle boost, as tho largo audiences who lii,vo at tended bis performances in every eoiinlrv in the world can affirm. llns famous magician will commence Ins season nl His Majesty’s Theatre on Holiday nest, and will anneal- for oicrht nnrllls only under the direction of .T. (A Williamson (Ltd.): -j'lio e-enrroiislv compiled programme include?" I, great variety of specialty acts by Nicola, and also some bright vaudeville turns bv members of the company. In what is" termed a Revue of the Universe. Xiooln, famous conjurors nun ni'V'icians whom ho lias in°t during bis travels round I lie world, and they breathe the spirit of the arts which are devoted to a typical pic(nri?aliou of the special country concernivl— India. China, Rtrynl, Rersia." Argentine, South America, and the United States—all come in for a magical introduction. For instance, occupants of ("link? are found In have disappeared by (i.p "ini pie nel of fhilHiim and opening (lie lid, Aladdin'? lamp i? Ft bv itself, and ia discovered in idl sorts of nlim-s, a Chinese water bowl produced gold (isli from the end of a fishing rod. and a Chop Seev restaurant sec e adds to Hie inexplicable situations. The disappearing dneks. the wriggling bandkrrebief. tbe tied nn girl, tbe glass lined house Uio'-enes, ail add In tbe general mw'.lement • fi at? of dext'T'fy with wooden bells, sleight of band tricks wbb cards, and many more tiers are to be intro,hired with great ri”'dity during this performance of magi'- and m-stew. :During (be season her? Nicola will ii'wnl dia’ loners with respect to straMitiaekets. tanks of water, and other nietbofls of testing bis ingenuity in the matter of defying bolts and bars. Nicola is supported _by a company of Continental and American vaudeville artists. The boy plans for,the_ season open to-morrow (Thursday) morning at the Bristol.