OPERA HOUSE.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1240, 22 January 1914, Page 34

OPERA HOUSE.

Lovers of vaudeville are having full measure of top-notcher acts this week, the programme being marked with merit and variety and nerveracking feats. Prominent amongst nte “thrillers” are the Guzimani Trio, who, poised on largei spheres, perform deeds of daring that are calculated to make one’s blood run cold. Two men and a girl comprise the trio, and they meet with a deservedly big reception. Also on the high-water mark are the Hondas combination, a trio of trick cyclists (two of them of the gentler sex), who bring down the house with their graceful and dexterous performances. Their feat is certainly the last note in cycling work, and the ladies are as intrepid as the clever male member of the party. Delmar and Cassandra are numbered amongst the new-comers, and in their masterly manipulation of slack wire, make the feat appear a very simple cne. The wire is no limited area for them as was further proved by an exhibition of a rag-time dance. The Carpos Bros, again stand out conspicuously and meet with., a hurricane of applause for their marvellous head-to-head balancing, and they invest their turn with a uniqueness that greatly adds to its popularity. Carlton and Sutton are back again after a couple of years’ absence, and their jokes and patter work at once secured their old position in public favour. Miss Edith Mote strikes a pleasing note in her quick-change turn, appearing in half-a-dozen different costumes in astonishingly quick time and supplementing her act vocally. Miss Margaret Caraher is scoring well again with the sweetness of her voice and the naturalness of her manner. Brun’s skating turn, in which he the naeuralness of her manner. Weston and Hill sing, dance and make merry to the relish of everyone, while Little Mollie, and Clayton and Croan (series and dancers) add their items very acceptably. Le Brun s skating turn, in which he performs seme remarkable feats on an 18-inch marble slab, is still going big, and winds up a Will of fare which should attract even the non-vaudeville goer.