SOUTHERN STAGE NOTES.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XX, Issue 1120, 28 September 1911, Page 18

SOUTHERN STAGE NOTES.

WELLINGTON.

WELLINGTON, September 25

Don’t miss seeing “The Gay Gordons’’ when they come to your city! Catchy music, dainty dancers, clever singers, and real funny comedians, the piece can’t help but go with a swing. The opportunities for spectacular effect are numerous. A regiment of gallant Gordons, troops of female Highlanders, and assemblies of extravagantly attired society ladies make a display that is attractive and imposing. There are but two distinct scenes, one representing the Highlands on the 12th, and the other the tent in the gardens of Meltrose Castle. Each, however, is master of detail, and furnishes a pleasing setting for the unfolding of the story.

“Sergeant Brue” is another chef d’ouvre served by this talented company, and is to be put on the boards on Wednesday. The plot revolves round a London policeman, and the fun is said to wax fast and furious. The libretto is smart, and the music tuneful and vivacious, so Wellingtonians are looking forward to another good thing.

Did you know that the queue system has been abolished in Sydney, and the long line of waiting play goers is no longer a street feature, the “moveon” regulations having been enforced.

Vaudeville is to be remodelled at the Theatre Royal, and the “first part” —that magic circle which has been traditionally associated with vaudeville, is to be no more. A good move too! New times, new manners. For with the large number of specialty acts that the management with characteristic energy arrange for the public, a programme is formed in itself. Meunier and Franz, Vernon and Mack, and Sam-la-Mert are headliners this week.

“Ay, mon, it’s a great comic, but it’s vera lang,” said a robust Scot as he lay back in his seat and bubbled over with merriment at the comedian in the last act of “The Gay Gordons.” “So it ought tae be for five shellin’s,” said his canny friend, as he opened wider his eyes and ears so that he should get his full money’s worth.

Entries are coming in well for the New Zealand Competitions Society’s Festival next month. Competitors are coming from all parts of the Dominion, and the gathering promises to be a record one.