THE MONTAGUE SHOW

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23326, 19 October 1937, Page 4

THE MONTAGUE SHOW

LONDON WEST END REVUE For 13 nights, beginning next Saturday, there will appear at His Majesty’s Theatre tlm famous Montague Company, the ‘first London West End Revue to be imported to New Zealand, It has been playing to capacity audiences in northern centres, and is the second big international importation of Sir Benjamin Fuller, following on his remarkable success with the Marcus Show, The Montague combination will present first the spectacular revue, “ Let’s Go Places,” which was one of the biggest hits in London last year, and this will be followed by “This Year of Carnival.” The company is composed of several world-famous performers, all of whom are making their first appearance on this side of the world. The star is George Boon an, a comedian who is “ entirely different.” He has a brand new style of humour, which he puts over in rapid style, and he has the happy knack of making himself at home with his audiences from the moment he appears on the Stage. Already the talk of New Zealand Is the Darmora Troupe of Hungarian dancers, from Budapest. 1 Its dancing is described as sensational and its exhibition of the celebrated “ Can Can ” holds up the show at everv performance. Madame Darmora herself, who originates the dances and trains the girls, appears with the ballet, which includes Rosita Rona, an Olympic champion swimmer. Jewell and Warriss are popular and versatile mirth-makers, and Catherine Stewart is a vivacious comedienne who proves « bright

partner for George Doonan in many of his sketches. On« of the highest paid and hilarious acts of its kind yet to appear in the Dominion is that of the Dawn Sisters, American burlesque dancers. Their parody of the Russian Ballet is positively riotous. Special interest attaches to The Two Rogues, eccentric dancers and comedians, who have appeared in several films, including “ Brewster’s Millions,” with Jack Buchanan and “ Evergreen ” with Jessie Matthews. Barbara Vernon, the American comedienne and singer, is one of New York’s and London’s, best-known actresses. She played the name part in the London rerival of “ No, No, Nanette ” last year and stepped straight out of the lead in “ Transatlantic Rhythm ” to accompany the Montague Show to Australia and New Zealand. A highlight of “ This Year of Carnival ” will be the tuneful singing of popular melodies, many of them in the “ hill-billy ” class, by the Blenders, a quartet that is sure to make a great appeal in Dunedin. The vocal side of the company is enhanced oy the singing of Margaret Kelly, a delightful soprano, while Alma Mackie, “the different dancer” is seen in several novelty items.