AMATEUR NIGHT AT FULLERS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 996, 10 December 1910, Page 5

AMATEUR NIGHT AT FULLERS.

The Theatre Eoyal ; was : packed' .te'iK tho doors last evening, and the reason,<v ot the boom 'at tho very tail-end of?-.?)" tho week's, ruu of tho current .pro-':' !u gramme was not far' to''seek—it" war ;r if "amateur" night. ■'• After the main pro? vgrammo had been presented, tho curtain". , --;' roso- for. thomuatciir. trials, .and',:'the>.'-S. big audience settled itself-for some fun. ■:■£■ Contrary to espectations, however,' the T : debutants ' were fairly good—one. :ori? . two made decided hits—while no onep:' drew down instant and violontsuppres-'!;. sion under a hot fire or cracker-bombs,-v: vegetables, etc. Sir. Harry. .Peters, who has a, promising tenor voice,: got J--': through the first ■ two . verses, of Vjlly..'-;>; Old Shako" without a'.ruptui'o between" '■'>> himself and the audience, but -his '- : -£ hearers were not disposed to listen .toyK a third ..verse—and said eo. But ;tho".v;lj tenor stuck to it manfully, "and sang it< ?& out. Miss. Nellie 'Dalton, a ballad) -J; singer with rather.a good- vaudevillej.rf; •quality of voice, was also a .success:,.'. 7. 'l'here was no .doubt that the audienceip':J was a sporting one', and gave 'each' andi 'B all a , fair^run..; Miss Kate. Kearney,% ; " dressed iu the'garb.of :a coster,'.gave'.;(:' a character song, and, surviving..'som^Vc : few demonstrations on tho;part of' the.'-:' ; '\ audienoe, finished . her turn, ;with:.-. : 'v< honours even. Mr. Sarn Moag, in;thefe: fearsome get-up of a ! Zulu . warrior,"}. ; > executed a wat-da:ice,,. and sent' thejVf audience into fits of laughter. ; . Theni?'; ho was coMnted out, , and .the stagej'. ■'. manager (Mr. Harry ;Sadler) dext«r-;.:.:7 ously manoeuvred : him into : the'i ''■■?: wings..- Four ; competitors- essayed : to; :;; i win the pri?e for . the best .imita-',i; jtion of Mr. Harry Sadler's "What.K What, What!" the honqurs'of tte:c6n-.. : '.! test being captured by. one-^of.:. tho .;.';" scene-shifters, his work, being 'Tather.'Vgood.- Mr. Joe Higgins,.' a baritone', vi gave a rousing rendition of .the favour- :-j ite song "Love Me, and tho World ia M Mine. -, ■ '■' , • •■" -\ -..,'• - ;: : ; -;-| To-night the Anderson Trio (acrobatic , : .o perforniers) will appear on the boards!. '..] 'and with the change of programme on-'•;-." Monday, evening Mr. Nat Clifford will , ; i; make his reappearance. :';..' ' ' : ; ;