THE GREAT LEVANTE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24607, 15 May 1941, Page 11

THE GREAT LEVANTE

MASTER OF MAGIC With his 50 tons of magical effects and a company of 32 English artists, the Great Levante will arrive in Dunedin this morning and will commence a season of nine nights at His Majesty’s Theatre to-night. Levante states that the majority of his tricks are entirely new. An adept at the art of sleight of hand, he baffles his audience with his speedy execution of difficult and spectacular tricks. In addition to himself he presents a brightly varied programme of revue attractions The artists include Esme Levante, a noted English portrayer ,of Oriental dancing, with her Eastern Maids: “ Melba,” England’s greatest shadowgraphist: Rex and Bess, specialty artists who have come direct from Jack Hylton’s famous English band; “The Moderniques," renowned Anglo-Ameri-can exponents of the very latest terpischorean art: Protea, an act beautifully presenting a delightful kaleidoscope of scenas and tableaux, introducing some beautiful Scottish scenes and songs: the Mayfair Four, instrumental and vocal harmonists, and Levante’s famous London Glamour Girls The settings and costuming are lavish and brilliant, and the whole is said to be a delightful three hours’ entertainment The box plans for the first six nights are rapidly filling at the D.I.C. The first family matinee will be given on Saturday next. May 17. at 2.15.