ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2167, 4 June 1914, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS.

.-;;; *■'_ "charw-vs avxt." ■ extra performance hy' ■ . ■ REQUK&T.. Hip Dramatic Section of (lie Now Zealand . Natives , .*' Association Juis achieved' a realty rcm.iarkaWo. -success With ' its • presentation of that lively cninody, l 'C3)ttrlc,y'.s Aunt." hast evening, ill spito of the pouring rain which fell ivifhout intti'inissioiij die Grand Opera House was crowded in every part, ami numbers of ivonkl-bn pHtrons iiid lo he turned away. The peiTormaneo ivns in o«-rj- way 'as sMwessfal as those which prec«]cd it, and was marked by frequent and hearty expressions of approval freiji the amUs-nec. Jt hart been iute-mial to -eteo lite season lust night, tot in view- of t-hn success attained and in rospnnso to lnimorous requests it has bwm decided to stflgc the comedy onco more, on Sfttarday evening ftexfc.

■ HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. . ! VawJeville at His Majesty's Theatre' was approved by largo Jiudipnoee at tl»o ■ two {Krformances yesteiilny afternoon and cvenitig. Tiie. bill is an extraordin-' nrily good oftc, including; ns it dees ssvds artists es Itemoili, the'inusician. Bailey ', and liis nosing dogs, and Lo HVi'ttc, the qutek-chaNgd man. Others Sμ tire cofiipauj' trafiic in comedy and tlio liglitor sorts of vaudeville, the vkmrm. Unquestionably the Dandies have vtphdd the fine rep'iit!ttio.n of Biansctsmfee'e tittles eoapaniw, , for this clever party have nightly shown to at least ns 'flood .ftudkmcc-s as any of tlteir jncdecessors. In eronedy, Mr. R«land Hcflry lifis a.pparoutly inexliaustiblo versatility, so that lio rover fails to excite laughter, and he is ably supported b,v the bright and u'hilDsical Eottl>rstt<?., i\litsS Naoiiii M'Quoin. Their vacnlists are Rood, and their chorases mid C"nsnrn!>ks are -anni** Ing and tunof j!. Twtight tiws usonl chaligo <rf programme ff '" jiia-tle. THE KING'S THEATRE. "Cop-rice," the star riichira moot shew* iftg at tlio King's Theatre, drew pnj-wtls. to hotts ijiatijiGe and ovening shows yc«-tPK-!ay. A largo niunW ol' i»lo»swre socfeVs fcoald Mot get iato i!)e Tlroa-tro . for ilie evening, performance, tho bnilrting bwMg full' at 7Ai>. It k a . fasfiimtiMg sterr, atid admirably enacted, sis it 'lifts been for the picture machine,, it compels interest witliout tiny of the. grosser apjimls of ' S(ime ef the Americaii pietnro' dr.ainas. Anotter faat-we of tlio pTogftimino is a series of kinewetegraph visivrs of tho Main Tronic .disaster, -A mittiacs jjerforijiance will be given at 2.30 on BatUl'day afternoon,

THE EMPRESS THEATRE. A complete change of pragramnvfi will te introduced to-day artd to-isrglit at t-lte Empress Theatre continuous piotares, Tho A.K. Company's "feature" drama. "I'll© Expert's Seero-tt" will bo t-bo atittacticn. f j:hft story is stated to lie stirring, realistic, mid iitgehiausly conceived. Tlio film will opci-tw Beady tlirco'Oiuarteris of oa liftilof hi the Miwindiiig. llie Katan Company will bo rejyresctttwl by * railway drama-, "Tho Fast Freight," which is said to be a thriffing cjiacintcnt with a. capital eJji&ax, Important) events collected front various parts ©f Europe will ira-vividly clcpicte'l in "The Topical Budget." A Widely-known comedian tak«s a wp.st jiWionras part in tlio "feature" eo-mettv, "Wiffles fudnappird." Wiffks Iras figured in meity laughable praticanieiits, iwjt ancwtiiitg to reports h& is exceptionally tadieious ■iu fclio ftbov* subject-.,- ■