ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 985, 28 November 1910, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THEATRE ROYAL. Tho vaudeville entertainment prec sented each evening at the Theatre Royal continues to enjoy unbroken! popularity, and on Saturday evening there .was again a good "house" at the popular variety theatre. The Juggling Jazzes pleased the audience with their dexterous manipulation of billiard balla and bar-bells, and tho lengthy programme of dancing, songs, and comedy, turns was received with frequent expressions of approval. Harry Sadler, Beryl Gilman, George Dean, and other established favourites each repeated past succossos.. .This evening a complete change of programme will be submitted, and several new artists will'be introduced. Among these may be named Glory Fernandez, lady baritone, tho .'Kelly Sisters, and' Messrs, . M'Grahn and Page, banjoists. HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ' Messrs. Fuller and Sons are to make a new departure this evening, when aa entirely new programme is to be presented, instead of on the Wednesday evening as has been the cass in- tho past. Among the new pictures to be shown this evening will be a trip to the famous Blue Grotto of Capri, a scenic spot that is never missed by tourists to .the Mediterranean; a fine dramatic picture entitled "Her Father's Pride," the story of a Quaker girl's lovo for a singer,- and the pride or obstinacy of her father, who refuses, to accept relief in his dark days; and a capital comedy picture, entitled "The Tale of Two Boats," which is described as a. "screamer." -Another- complete change is-to-be made to-morrow even-, ing, which will includo the newest. American biograph study, entitled '"A Summer. Idyll," and another from the same makers called "Little • Angel's Run'of Luck." Other pictures to be shown will be: "Tho Devil, the Servant, and the Man," ."A Pearl of a Boy,""Tweedledum Has Missed His Train,'' and "Tho Stronger Sex." All the chief: film.manufacturers of the world will be represented in the new programme. • THE KING'S THEATRE. Both performances on Saturday ofWest's and Royal Pictures were re-' sponsible'for crowded attendances, and the pictures were much appreciated by' both old ■ and young. •■ Owing to the numbers of pictures arriving from Eng-' land for this firm, the management have decided to give another change of programme, so to-night the audience will witness entirely new pictures, many of which are announced to be the cream of the filmmakers' art, and will be in all respects equal to the high standard ..which West's and Royal Pictures-have always maintained. In addition to th« change to-night, the management announce that more.new pictures will presented on Wednesday night. STAR PICTURES. To-night the weekly change' of "bQt will be made by the management of tho Star Piotures. St. Thomas's Hall!, has become a popular ; house of. amuse- ; ment lately, owing to the quality of the: films screened, and this week'sbill is. said, to be quite up to- the standard of•'• previous productions. It contains the~ latest biograph novelties and .. scenift views, all new to Wellington. ■FRED GRAHAM'S ENGLISH COMEDY COMPANY. ; Next Saturday night, at the Opeitf, House, there will be introduced to the Wellington public Mr. Fred Graham's English Comedy Company, which will stage a screamingly funny comedy entitled "The Brixton Burglary." Jndging by press reports from Dunedin and' Christ-church, it.is a.piece thatrequire?' irreproachable" acting ' to the} interest. The dialogue is smooth and; natural, rather than artificially brilj liant, as has. been the case with -soV, many modern farce-comedies. Foremost' in continuous interest is Gerald EA Kay Souper, who is acknowledged' aaone of the best English actors who have ; visited Australasia. His long experi« ence includes George Alexander's part? in the "Prisoner of'Zenda" and . Ru< ■pert 'of Hentzau," Marcus Superbus irij "The Sign of the Cross,'/ and for years with the F. R. Benson Shake* spearean Company throughout the Eng« lish . provinces, and highly . successful seasons at. His Majesty's Theatre, and Adelphi Theatre, London, in "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "Othello,"' and. "As. You Like It";, while during the past 14 months he has made » great .hit. in a .round of leading parts with Oscar Asche's most successful Shakespearean Company in Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide. Populan prices are advertised. The box plaaj is at the Dresden, and opens on Tlrars? day morning at nine o'clock. BALLOONING AT DAY'S BAYL .-: Considerable interest is already beinj} evinced in Wellington in the balloon-i ing exhibition to be given' at- Day , a Bay on Wednesday afternoon by the Beebe Balloon Company. The- special furnace nsed to provide the ' hot air for inflating the monster balloon will bo placed so that all present may witness this interesting operation.- About twelve gallons of kerosene and gasolene are used to generate the hot air required, and to. watch the huge balloon extending and swpiiintc is one of the main features of tn* -jxhibition. When all is in-readiness tiV. many guy ropes are quickly loosened,-and the supporting poles are'dropped with a bang. This is tho tenso moment, for the' intrepid aeronaut may be seen taking'his seat on the trapeze with his bundle oi parachutes, and, at a given signal, the balloon is , released and shoots straight upwards. Prior to the .inflation, t.ho.' parachutes will be exhibited on the ground, in order to givo tho public a clearer idea of the skill and labour necessary in their preparation, and the extraordinary amount' of nerve and judgment'required toensure their safe manipulation in mid-air. Tho Wellington Ferries Company have made all arrangements necessary to transport a record crowd to Day's Bay for this , exceptional attraction. AMY MURPHY CONCERT.. It is announced that the box plan for tho Amy. Murphy concert, to. l>e given at tho Opera House next Thursday, will be opened at the Dresden, this morning. Tho company organised by Mr. Charles Norman includes, besides New Zealand's great lyric soprano, Miss. Lottie Black, late of tho "All Blacks," Mr. Walter Whyte, the wellknown tenor, Miss Mabel Fowler, the Tasmanian dramatic soprano, gold medallist, Miss Edith Nevill,,. Scotch balladist, and Mr. Louis Blitz, 'cellist, formerly with tho Williamson Grand Opera Company. . ' . • ■

SACRED CONCERT.

A sacred concert was given by thl choir of St..Anne's Church, Nowtown, last evening. The programme, which drew a largo congregation, has been in preparation by the choir for some time, and was very successfully rendered. The first part consisted of a chorus, and several solos and trios. The solos, "Pater Noster" and "There's a Green Hill," by Miss Agnes Segrief and Mr. D. Henderson respectively, were specially good. The second part of the programme- was the cantata, "Stabat Slater Speciosa," all thq members, participating in tlio production. Miss Ilosia Segrief and Mr. E. B. L. Reado wen the principals.