PRINCESS THEATRE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19201, 18 June 1924, Page 8

PRINCESS THEATRE.

Tlie fine vaudeville programme presented at, lhe Princess Theatre on Monday night was improved last night by the addition of two nevy turns which places the first half of this • already ■ good programme ■ in the position of being one of the best seen at the Princess Theatre for some time. The two new acts were Takeo and Koma Nainbra (acrobats), and Jack Martin, the talkative cowboy. T’akeo and Koma Namba, who are direct from New York, are making their first appearance here. In New Zealand one secs' some excellent acrobatic acts, especially at the Princess Theatre, but the act performed by this clever pair of acrobatics is absolutely unique, and was greeted with the warmest of applause. Their tumbling on the floor was quite a feature. The sturdier of the -two balances the other on his head, the pair being’ head to head. The finish of the turn sees them in this position, both juggling tennis ,balls. The conclusion of the turn is a solo act in which one of the performers standing on hia head mounts a series of ten steps by jumping from one to the other. The applause with which this act was greeted was most demonstrative. The turns are very gracefully performed. In addition both essay story-telling, but their efforts in this direction did not meet with any degree of success which was nrobably due to some extent, to the stories being of the American variety, which rarely if ever meets with acceptance in this part of the dominion. Jack Martin, the talkative cowboy, is a wonderful manipulator of the lassoo rope. The spinning .of a rope in each hand is quite a clever feature, and was well received, but when he hopped and danced across the full width of the stage in and out of the spinning rope loop the applause of the audience was of the heartiest. Martin’s patter is amusing, clean, and adds to the merit of his performance. George Edwards and Elsie Sylvarney, in their comedy sketch, “Honeymoon Confessions,” were as entertaining as ever, as also was Bert Harrow, the mile-a-minuto comedian. The Three St. Leons in their acrobatic turn were especially well received. The second half of the performance is as usual given over to George Wallace and his Revue Company, the piece. “The Pickled Porter,” giving one and all of the members of the company ample scope for their abilities. George Wallace himself was in specially good form, and won golden favours in his portrayal of the hotel porter. The same programme will be repeated this evening.