“HELLO. 1938 ”

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20422, 12 February 1938, Page 15 (Supplement)

“HELLO. 1938 ”

VAUDEVILLE AND PANTOMIME Svdney loves its vaudeville, and the proiir.itiimcs at the Tivoli Theatre, which Frank N• l duyiges every five weeks with outstanding arts from all over tlie world, draw consistently large audiences. Just now there is a particularly strong bill, and I was pleased to hear that the company will probably be sent to New Zealand in * few weeks Leonard Gautier’s Bricklayers justify their hilling as the greatest ranine art the world has known: without anyone on the stag* l to guide I hem these

dogs do the most amazing things. Charles Norman, the comedian who gained such great popularity in New Zealand a few month's ago, leads the funmaking. Other clever acts are Don Galvan, Mexican singing troubadour; the three Waltons, pantomimists; Munro and the Adams Sisters, comedy Jugglers; Albert Powell and Lady, trapezists; Florence and Clifton, acrobats; Arne Hartman, piano-accor-dionist; Jock Gordon, the dancing vicar; and Stella Lamond, comedienneElla Shields as Prinoipal Boy It was surprising to find Ella Shields a a principal boy in the pantomime “Cinderella,” and one felt that it was not a wise departure. Singing “Burlington Bertie from Bow” and other songs which have brought her fame all over the world. Miss Shields is incomparable, hut she was certainly not the ideal principal boy. Jim Gerald, who has entertained audiences in Australia and New Zealand for many years, was as funny as ever as the dame. Outstanding feature acts were provided by the Arnaut Brothers, who conducted a conversation with whistling, and Harry Kahne, a mental marvel.