ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 694, 20 December 1909, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

PULLERS' NEW VAUDEVILLE COMPANY. Vaudovillo has had .a great-welcome back at tho Theatro Royal. Messrs. Fuller and Sons havo succeeded in findilig. somo very entertaining people, and' tho 'season, which- commenced on ftiday, promises to bo a popular one. On Saturday night tho theatro was again crowded, in all parts. Armstrong and Verne come, back, with ths funniest of new stories and an abundance of diverting nonsense. Tom Armstrong proves that lie lias lost nono of his ability, with' thft clogs. Two mercurial little strangors, ! whofcstyle themselves. Tho National Duo, quite captured Saturday's • audience .with thoir. acrobatic "business." Theirs is a. really good tumbling turn. Delino is an intrepid performer on tho slock wire, and the Tossing Testros juggle "and throw hats unerringly; George and : Los. Scott, : a grotesquely comical pair, seem to make, a hit with everything they say and do, while Miss Meryl Lawrence sings illustrated ballads with pleasing effect. Then there are the Three Starrs, Ethel Preston, and Nina Gonzales (song and dance artists), Charles Heath and Joe Lamb (Newcastle vocalists), and tho programme, is concluded with a short series of the best cinematograph pictures. The vaudeville company will appear again this evening.

HIS MAJESTY'S. , A bright programme of pictures is being presented this week at His Majesty's Theatre. There is apparently no lessening of the popularity of this theatre, and the usual Saturday: night audience taxed the accommodation. Ono of tho best pictures of the: current series is "The-Lion'Tamer," quite, a'new. film and one that does not allow. any eye to wander while it .is flashing across .the screen. The humorousv pictures also- -are -as good: as ' any previously, .seen -in the theatro. Another.- entertainment'will bo given, this evening. .

STAR PICTURES. • Tho Star : Picture Company's entertainment attracted''.'an; enthusiastic audience 'to St. Thomas's Hall on Saturday .afternoon when a matinee performance was given,, and again in; the evening when the usual programme ttqs produced. A change of bill is announced for to-night and some- good ,neiv pictures are ahninnced > by the ■ management.

, SCARLET TROUBADOURS. . The Scarlet Troubadours concluded their Wellington season on Saturday ;with a matinee in the afternoon "and a general performance at night. The house -was-'well filled on each occasion and the company,-has overy reason to bo satisfied with its season.

. , WEST'S PICTURES. . . ■ The opening,'date 'for the present season. ofWesfs -Pictures has been -fixed, for i Monday• noxfc (Boxing Day), when programme of suitable' pictures and appropriateliusic will be' presented at the--Town Hall; Daring the Christmas'season a new- series of the.-latest films, procurable in -tho English arid Continental markets will be displayed, and a high standard of, excellence will be maintained. Mr. West has made! a; special selection for this seasonto enable him to show constant changes of subjects, ' while the ' orchestral selections will; as heretofore, be of an appropriate,.bright, and sparkling description. Popular prices will be charged, and the booking office for. the season .will be at, the Dresden.

J. C. WILLIAMSON'S CHRISTMAS ATTRACTION. - ' Box plans of • reserved seats for; the season of Mr, J. C. Williamson's new dramatic company, 1 commencing on Boxing night, Decembor 27, will be opened at the Dresden on Wednesday morning next; The inaugural production l will be "The-Cheat," a strong military drama, which has achieved a great success'in Anstra-. lia, and also more recently during ,the Dun--edin and Christchurch seasons of the company, which is an' exceptionally strong one. WellingtonVtheatregoers -will be glad to welcome, among its; members,'- Mr. Geo.' S.. Tithoradgc, Mr.' Thomas Kingston, Mri Cyril MTCay,: Mr. Harry Plimmer, Mr. Bardlev Turner, 'and the ninny popular artists already named in these columns. ,;The stnge direction is in the able hands of Mr. I. W. Hazlitt, who will arrive hero during the week with a staff of mechanists, electricians, etc., to preparo for the production.. Of the ladies, 1 Miss Ethel Warwick is a recent from England,' and comos, with a. reputation as an artist, of remarkable talent arid fascination.- ~Miss' Nellie Calvin,Miss Emma Temple, Miss Marjorie Murray, arid Miss Ethel- Gordon ..are also , prominent members'of the company.

' v WONDERLAND. ' } '■;J ' Wonderland, that garden. of delight for the children, was open on Saturday afternoon and evening.'. Tho rain did, in a way,' spoil 'tho. day, bijt probably had - the effect of increasing tho .patronage .of , the covered-in amusement places,, such as -the laughing- gallery; the Pike, Kate-jammer Castle, the fernery, and tho tea rooms. In tho cool of the evening, after tho rain, tho grounds . wore lit up from end to end, and city peoplo' assembled u large , numbers.

■ >'. ORGAN RECITAL. The organ recital given by the city I organist (Mr. J. Maughan Barnett) on Saturday evening ln the'Towa Hallj,was fairly-well attended; Taking into consideration'the season of-the year, the patronage accorded to the recitals of: late must 'be; considered highly satisfactory, as it betokens ,a growing interest in , music ; of as high, a' quality as is heard in contres very much larger .than Wellington. The programme on Saturday,: evening opened , with Wagner's festal "Cornelius March, a composition which Mr. Barnett has made popular in Wellington. The piece do . resistance ,from tho . organist's standpoint was' Bach's. '.'Passacajrlia"' (0 minor), a composition.'fiat .reveals the ; grandeur'./and technical might .-.of the .great .German master. It abounds in iiifricato pedal work: that, would give trouble to many a good, average'! player, but Mr. Barnett is a good deal , above that standard,.'and. his interpretation of tho work displayed: the .close study ho must give to.such coinpositiohs; now . played almost as a matter of course at these, recitals. Other numbers on tho programme were Wagner's "Traume," I.emaro's dainty "Berceuso in D," Grey's"Hymne Celeste," ~ana Herold's' popular overture to the opera "Zampa.", : ' There.will. ; tA'''another .recital at i p.m. .on Christmas; Daj/'and-a recital, and .carol co.ncert'the sdine evening, when a selection of carols I will . be. sung .by' the Wellington Choral SoI ciety.. •' "' T ' ;:V