ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2007, 14 March 1914, Page 14

ENTERTAINMENTS.

-^——- • HIS.' MAJESTY'S •' THEATRE..' ; A particularly bright programme is attracting large aikjieflrgs to His Majesty's Theatre tliis~veeli. Among theprincipal artists ate tho Rosa- VaJono Sixtet, a team of lively wire-wajkers, who cake-walk, jump, run, and skip along tho taut wires stretched: across the stage as though they were solid earth. . Other good tvKjis are contributed by Les Bau Malagas, Spanish dancers and actors, .who tlirmv a good deal or enerßy and character into their work; the Gcorgio Trio, Fern and Lia-ctt-e,-Sidney Baeh, Georgo' Rowley and Charles Zoli. . :

KING'S TMSATEE. At tho King's Theatre- last evening there irere no Seats to spare when the curtain ascended on the beaiitifttj cathedral soeue, Avitlj its effects, which makes sneh an efieetire prelude to "The Miriwsle." Tijc great t)aReaiit play, splendidly pioiarccl. stands out as a milestane.oii the JiighVaj of kinematography, and is a i«i;t«ro to be remombercfl by nit who 'witness it. Humpordinck's beautiful miisio is a distinct feature, and'both orchestra and choir give a very fair idoa of it. There will be a mattiaoe 'to-day awl the last screening of "The Miracle" will be given to-night.

"HOW TO THE TANGO."

On STonday night the- management of the King's Theatre will present a striking pictorial novelty film by the Kakm ! Company entitled "How to Dane© tiro ] Tango." This is stated to b& the first real attempt made by guy firm of producers to constfuct a film with the idea of imparting dancing lessons .from tho kmematograph screen. 'That tho chief I dance amongst the. several pictured should bo tho mueh-diseussed "Argon* tino Tango" of .course, adds to the in- '■■ terest from a public point of view, The : exhibitions oi : this last ballroom crasse by Mr. Wallace M'Cutoheoii and Miss Joan Sawyer are deseritad as brilliant ■:■ It is claimed that these two people are tho most noicd dancers and teachers of the "Tango" in New York, and it is stated that their pupils include many of New Yorli'ii fashionable ■ "four: Hun« dord." In the picture, their academy at the New York Theatre Hoof Garden is shown in full swing, and the teachers are seen taking their society .pupils from the initial attempt at tho first step right through tlie- many intricacies of tho dance. Everything is said to bo.shown in minuto detail. In Anefcland, where- the film is now screening, meny peoplo are stated to have fefseatedly visited tho- ttetre, and tare been ,noted watching tho steps most intently. ' M'Cutchcon's erigraal "Tango" music will ho placed by a speciallyaugmented orchestra under Mr. Oharlos Parnell, who is coming from Auckland to conduct. Box plans for tho season will open at the- Dresden at 10 a.m> to-day. THE EMPKESS THEATRE. To-day and to*nigjit the current programme of the Empress Theatre continuous pictures will be sefceucd for tho last time. The chief "draw ,, is the Kalom Company's stirritsg society drama, "A Shot in tho Night." _ "Just Gold" is an adveivttir«Us.dramatiis story by tho A.D. Company. Ttie wonderful historic arphiteatorar'relies of ancient Egypt are displayed in "Temples of Karnak." A big engineering werlishop serves as an interefto'reg object lessen in tho film "A Pipe Fftu'ndry." A new series will appear 0.11 Monday. ;SUNDAY CONCERT. All excellent ecmceri is promised by the Wellington Philharmonic Orehesira at His Jlajestj-'s Tbeatte to-iijorfow .night when Miss Groshtik- an English, contralto will contribute two items wliich in itself is oxpfictpd to attract a; largo audience. The London "Jloriiiug P«s.t. w in reporting one of hei , recent feoitnls, na.Y»: "In one wspect at taisfc Miss Orosholz, who gavo a vocal recital at Steinway Hall, Stands in advance ©f tho majority of yoiuis _Enfilisli-sf>eak-ine. singers who appear in public, and that is in her' method of using licr voice. She makes Ho use of an arti.ficial vibrato, and pr-od'ltees hef round and full contralto voice without effort and with ,that d'egree of vocal moderation which leaves lior reserve power, j To thoso qualificatkiiSj briefly desertb- j cd. hut taking so long to acquire, she adds distinctness of itrtfcnfetitfn of best kind, as ■it eiialjles liar to jiroliounce her words with equal clearness ■in Eiielish Freiielj, Italian, ajul Oefman alike." A eolleotiofl is te ha taken UB at the doors.