FULLERS' OPERA HOUSE.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18896, 11 January 1927, Page 13

FULLERS' OPERA HOUSE.

VAUDEVILLE AND REVUE. Kcccnt programmes at tho Opera House havo boen provided wholly by the George Storey Itcvue Company, bub' last night vaudeville was reintroduced in tho first bali of tho bill, tho change being a wulcome one, although it is not ti\iggv:l'<\ that there was any iault to he found with tho offerings of the revue artists. Jiuley cud Bent made u, reappearance in their sketch, entitled "Nothing But Nonsense," introducing a number o{ new jokes and singing some bright songs, which were well received. Mr Sam Stern, an old favourite, showed that he has not gone back since the occasion of his previous visit. His first eong was of an Italian organ grinder, whose wife hud left his embraces for those of another man, the broken English being given effectively. Ho then gained liberal applause with that plaintive ditty of a girl pining for love—"I Want a Man"—completing a popular turn by reciting "The Hell Gato of Soissons." Two newcomers were the Bronsons, a lady and a gentleman, also a small boy, whose turn would have made a belter impression had some of their jokes not possessed such an ancient flavour. They provided a novelty, however, in the song, "My'Misg New Zealand Girl," written by the gentleman himself, ; n which the lady appeared in various national costumes, making rapid changes from one to another. "Storyettes," produced by the Revue Company, has now got as far as Volume Vll., and is as acceptable as Voliinw I. was. A laughable number waß "Tho Servant Problem," in which, after the maid had been discharged for impertinence, she impersonated her mistress wheD a caller came to the houso, and when the mistress, who was undergoing a hard time endeavouring to prepare a meal, appeared, added to her discomfiture by telling the visitor that she was the cook. Miss Mabs Howartb was the maid, Kiss Lydia Cams the mistress, and Miss Dulcie Milner the caller. A continuous roar of laughter greeted tho efforts of a burlesque orchestra to produce music undar the impossible conductorahip of Mr George Storey, but much funnier was the-sketch depicting two painters who go to work in a mental hospital and are mistaken for inmates after they have been several times interrupted by deluded patients, one of whom escaping from a padded cell is intent on ending their respective careers. Very comical was the number entitled "The Enchanted Garden," where two men find themselves back in the early days of Grecian history, amid beautiful surroundings, and in the presence of girls who, Btrange to relate, know nothing of love, but, thanks to the two present-day beings, are soon initiated into its mysteries. A number of other sketches, interspersed with songs and dances, complete the programme, which is a really S The orchestra, under the baton of Mr Albert Bidgood, does excellent service, and mention should also be made of a.cornet solo played by Mr F.,Fox.