ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1065, 2 March 1911, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THEATRE ROYAL. Miss Maud Failing contributes some very clever items lo the programme of the Fuller Vaudeville Company t-.c n,e Theatre Royal. In her line—that cf a broad eoou comedienne—Wellington lias never seen better, and it i? duly appreciating, the fact. 'Arthur Elliott has developed surprisingly as a knock-about comedian. Ardell is a distinctly clever head and hand balancer. The Do Re Mi Trio make music ns of yore, and the Spanish bull-fight farce is as funny as ever. The bill is oil the whole the bc.-.t presented at the Royal for months—the Faning family ensure that. . : HIS .MAJESTY'S. • . The seating accommodation at His Majesty's Theatre was crowdcd last evening; when a capital programme of pictures .was screened for tlio last time, a.complete change being announced for-.'this evening,: Conspicuous among the items to be presented is "Fox Hunting," a film that pictures the renowned English winter sport in all its stirring details. Tha camera" has followed the hounds from their kennels and the huntsmen from the meet to the end of a hot day's run, which ends happily for all save* the quarrv. The 1 fox [comes often into the picture, and is a principal actor in manv exciting scenes before ho is finally killed. The picture has attracted the unstinted approval of weighty authorities like the London "Sportsman" and the' "Field," Around this ccntral attraction are grouped a number of pictures which combine to. form a programme of the first" order of merit.". •.. ' . / - \y ; : ?.v. KING'S THEATRE. The picture., programme presented at the King's .Theatre last evening -was-well up to the standard set-.by tho. proprietors of that, popular house. of entertainment, and was received with evident - approval. For this evening a grand complimentary benefit is announced in'aid of tho fund's of tho Festival of Empire sports competitors. One-half the net proceeds will be handed -over to tho local committee which has . undertaken the task of rais.ing tho funds required for the purpose named.' The object is a popular .one, and. as the public aro offered "an opportunity, of supporting it at no greater sacrifice than is entailed in viewing a first-class picture- show, the attendance . at the King's Theatre this evening should be of record dimensions.

AMY CASTLES CONCERTS. Miss Amy Castles's concert recitals promise to bo successful in every way. Miss Castles needs no introduction to "musiclovers of" this'country; " The Melbourne "Age," commenting 'on her first season, state:—"To give within a fortnight eight concerts, attracting in the aggregate considerably over 20,000 people, is a record not vouchsafed to many. To sing to those same people who are full of enthusiasm is something even better; for it shows that equally with the. power to attract there is also the greater power to charm; best of all to do it with work for the most part of a serious and artistic order. This is Miss Castles's achievement." Miss Castles, will be supported here by Hcrr Alexander Camphauscn (bass baritone), Herr Louis Hattenbacli ('cellist), and Mr, William. Conway (pianist). The box plans for the two concerts at the Town Hall have been open, since Monday at the' Dresden.' A special reserve has been Set. apart for country patrons, and already a large section ,of these has been taken up.. .