VAUDEVILLE FOR LEVIN

Chronicle (Levin), 6 December 1947, Page 4

VAUDEVILLE FOR LEVIN

famous chinese acrobats to appear Consequent on the completion of the ndW lease of the Regent Theare, the management of United Theatres, Ltd., have decided upon a policy df taking every opportunity of bringing to Levin for the entertainment of the local public the best of "flesh and blood" shows that visit New Zealand. On Tuesday and Wednesday nekt will appear the Kwan Brothers, a troupe of Chinese equilibrists and acrobats, in one of the world's. most astounding and daring vaudeville acts. This team has been the leading attraction of the Ella Shields vaudeville company that. has just completed a most successful tour of New Zealand. Wfiting- of their act, the Pdst, Wellington, says: "Not for many years has a Wellington audience had its iiefves ffayed td such ail extent by Chinese' jugglers ahd acrobats as was the case with the Kwan Brothers. Perhaps the moSt astounding ieat in thfeir dbfiahdd. of the. laws df ■gtavi^yv ;wa^..Wl|dfioiie* lfiember of thiY troupe sdiribi3saulted from a tower holding a tray with three glasses of aie dh it and did not spill a drop. Alphohsd Berge prdved himself an adept in dressing models at such lightning speed( that he left both himself and liis audience breathless. Given a few yards of silk and a coupie of pins he can evolve something in seconds that Schiaparelli cdUld take pride in. Latasha and Laufence afe acrobatic dahcers faf ab'ove the average, who can invest the most awkward dontortidns with gface." This act will be presented in conjunction with a short picture prOgramirie of speciaiiy selebted subjects, ahd there will be matinees both days. _ ^