ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 612, 15 September 1909, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA,HOUSE. The remarkably successful season of the pantomime "Jack and Jill" is drawing to-a close at the Opera House. . Last night another large attendance was delighted'by the gorgeous spectat'k's, the jokes nnd songs, and tlib elaborate dances. To-day the final matinee will be given, and only two moro evening performances can bo. held. '.' ... • , THEATBE, liOYAL. The striking picturo of wild animals subdued to work is deservedly a. favourite at the Theatre Royal. It'appears that the giraffe can. be ridden and the pig made to draw his load. "Making bamboo ■ huts in Java" is another interesting study, end nobody should miss seeing the 'realistic' picture of SI. Bleriot's aeroplane flight from. Calais to Dover. These and other absorbing pictures of the : present programme will be shown again to-niglit. ~ _ '-• HIS. MAJESTY'S: THEATRE. A first-class programme is'promised for the weekly chango at * His Majesty's Theatre tonight.;- The principal films will be "Latham's Channel Flight," "The Cowboy's Sweetheart," a ; Paths ■ drama, beautifully .coloured, "The Strike," "The. Talisman," and "Theodore's Concert," a comic art study. ■ ■■■'■ ,' _■ SKSTING EINK. .' -..The whirr-of ..the roller skates' does not slacken at the Olympia Rink'. Morning, afternoon, and evening, the daily sessions are well attended. A final floval carnival will be held on September 22., v * .'•■••. MAURICE'S VAUDEVILLE ENTER- ;;.:;■'■', . TALNERS.. ... . ■ ■••■ ■The management of Maurice's Vaudeville Entertainers state that they have spared no expense to bring over to New Zealand a really tirst-class vaudeville company at popular prices. ;The company, which will open a short season at the; Opera House next Friday,evening, are dedared_ to; be "all stars." Tho combination comprises balladists, serios and.dancers, comehumorists, etc., there being some twenty artists'all told. The box plan is now on view at. the , Dresden. -''.■-■