AMUSEMENTS

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16856, 9 June 1920, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS

H *—1 j THEATRE ROYAL. j J "POS=UM PADDOCK." "Possum P.iddock" was repaaterl at the Tno-ntrp Roy:'.! last night by Miss Kate I Howardo and her company cf Australian j: la vers, in the- presence of a satisfactory attendance. The members 01 the roinmny were all in good form, nnd raised shouts of "1 laughter S3 tho various amusing situations S were brought out. "Possum Paddock" will - be repeated to-night. [ OPERA HOUSE. A large audience witn"s>->d the at the Opi'a House ln«t nig'm, nnd showcvl th*ir l v h»*rty rounds of nrnbus\ Abdy'j animals r.n'l birds confirmed the rood ; nipiwiin +h»y on their first appearance, and Poiiicr.ire, the clever mimic of animals, to also warmly received. The other , n-f;.=ti in good form. Mr Walter George ,and his revue oommny scored another success in "Tho Cruise of tho Cymboline." QUEEN'S THEATRE. Tlve Que?n's TWfw was wll ntt»r.d°d , yA S when 'T'i'i,;,, —;n. 'R-c. E-io Barriscale in the star part, was screened. An <"Disode of "The Mnn of Alight," •and n number of s'rong siippnrting films w-re aI«o =hown. The programme vill be repeated to-day. LIBERTY THEATRE. "Tlt». Voilod Adventure," a eom°dy drama, B+nrriuT Constance Talnndge, is -flic nriiri-nal f'rn showing this at C l!e . Lilvrty Theatre. i= also a strong suporting At <'>». evning Mi=s o)ga Wacked contributes a number cf songs. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. S"rcioo" wns f!m"d at Evei-v----body'3 Th-atre yesterday, before lar?e aiHiencs. Tho. star actor is Robert Warwick, and n cnpnb'A companv support.? him. In nd'ii'inn to thn bir pietw", "Louisiana" and a Mack Sennett comedy figure on tho bill. CRYSTAL PALACE. An excellent programme Is Iveing shown this w!c at the Crv«tnl Palace, lio,id"d by "A Sportin? Chan.-".'" featuring E*b»l Claytcn. "A Littlo Child Shall Lead Them," a r,hnpf«r of a r~rhl, and other pictures are showing in srupport. • STRAND THEATRE. Th«- Strand Th«itre was patronised ysterdtw, when two Fox films vev> screened. They were, "Doing Their Bit" and "Lawless Love," and featured the Lee Children and .Tewel Carmen respectively. GRAND THEATRE. There were largo attendances at the Grand Theatre yesterday, the principal picture being "Under Suspicion," the cost of which was supplied by the Broadwest Company. _ A Sunshine comedy entitled "Roaring Lions in a Hospital," and other pictures ar<> also oil the orogr?.')i^n». To-morrow and on Friday iherre will !>"> matinee screenings of Miss Lo-iise Mack's pictures of life in Belgium during the war. ORCHESTRAL CONCERT. Tho Christchurch Orchestral Society's first concert of ths current season takes place at the Choral Hall to-night. A splendid programme has been arranged. The* full orchestra will play overture, "Fingal'o Cave" (Men-delssohn-Bartholdy), Unfinished Symphony (Schubert), incidental music to tho "Merchant or Venice" (lto=se). intermezzo "Pn«»n»arv" (Elgar), "Scenes Pitteresques" (Massenet). The soloist will beMadamo Gower-Burns. The box plan for reserved eeats is at Tho Bristol, and the public will be admitted at 2s each. Arrangements have been made by the Society to have the hall comfortably heated.