THE TiVOLI FOLLIES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14049, 20 July 1916, Page 5

THE TiVOLI FOLLIES.

Hugh D. 'Mcintosh is again exploiting' X"ew Zealand, with his Tiyoli Follies and vaudeville art% but this time his production will, 'bo.sometliinu- on lh© lines of a pantomime i'«vue. Tho, company travelling numbers oveijjQ. j)crformers,\ headed by that beautiful -young Australian artist, Miss Vera. Bearce, the Boomerang girl, who, since her last appearance in the Dominion, has won for herself a place right at the top of her profession, and playgoer* will. hardly recognise. the new queaii of the 'Follies as the Vera Pearce that earned, theii* approbation last year.. She has improved wonderfully in singing and .dancing, and her work is highly praised by verities. A new-comer hi the' Follies is Thelma Rave, a clever "artist, who 'has joined the ranks of the Follies a)fter 3- long career in .-musical comedy in England and -Australia. Jack Cannot is still comediciii-m-ohief, and lias under .his wing three of the finest- comedians, Walter' Weems, the. black-faced humorist/ George Welch. Fiugland's "drunk" comedian, and little Billy .Rego, short of: stature, but great in. pantomimic work. Frank Greene is singing new love songs in his inimitable, way, while Jean Keith, the pretty child dancer, .will .-arouse -en-: tlmsiasm in her national dances. Supporting the Follies | are- such' "top-line" acts as, Ella Casper, the girl with;- thevoice of gold; the Belgian Orchestra, featuring, tlie tenor, Jacques ] Bol ; Short and Little, comedy acrobats,' In something new and noVel ;- and other artists vMio wile a.way the three-quar-ters of an hour prior to the appearance of, the Tivoli Follies. The date of open-' ing is to-morrow evening at His Majesty's Theatre;, for two nights only, matinee on Saturday, .afternoon. The box plan is at Miller's- corner. ■■■BMRMaMauaMI '