CINDERELLA PANTOMIME

Taranaki Daily News, 4 November 1926, Page 11

CINDERELLA PANTOMIME

OPERA HOUSE TO-NIGHT. To-night the public of North Taranaki will have an opportunity of seeing at the New Plymouth Opera. House as original, beautiful and. ambitious an entertainment by children as could be staged anywhere. Supported by her sixty pupils, Miss Elwyn Riley will present a Cinderella pantomime, something entirely new to New Plymouth, and something which the few who were privileged to set* the final dress rehearsal last night are prepared to predict will take both the maternal and the paternal heart by storm. The Cinderella pantomime as produced by Miss Riley is a brilliant pageantry of rhythm and colour, with bright dialogue, solo and chorus singing that would do credit to amateurs of much more advanced years. Two features are particularly impressive, the splendour and variety of the costuming upon which the artificial lighting apparatus at the Opera House has a brilliant effect, and the grace and originality of tho numerous danees, betokening extensive and careful preparation that only an unusually gifted tutor could giveThe story of Cinderella, so well known to children and grown ups alike, loses nothing by its adaptation to suit the purposes of the production, and is enhanced by the interpretation of it by children who put their whole hearts into their tasks with the joy and innocence of youthful abandon. Outstanding amongst a series of dances of uniformly high merit is the Egyptian dance performed by Miss Riley herself, a dance that is as completely typical as it is difficult and picturesque. The pantomime will be staged for one night only, and the box plan and day sales are now open at Collier's