ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 101, 22 January 1918, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

"YOU'BE TN LOYE." Another big: audience heartily enjoyed the performance o£ "You're in Love" by the Williamson Musioal Comedy Company at the Grand Opera House last night. This new musical play, by the authors and composers of the highly popular "High Jiuks," is full of catchy tunes, gay ballets, gorgeous effects, and amusing situations. Miss Maud Fane takes advantage of her opportunities brilliantly, and her "boom" song, given as she swings over the stalls, is one of the original features of the production. Miss Connie Ediss and Mr. Alfred Frith are both irresistibly funny in their own inimitable ways, and they do not lack for support on the comedy side. Miss Cecil Bradley is another of the principals who does very good work, and the special features inolude some remarkably clever dancing, by Miss Madge Elliott and Messrs. J. Hooker and T. Preston. The eccentric Bailor danoing of Messrs. Hooker and Preston makes a particularly clover and amusing turn. "You're in Love" is one of the most tuneful, picturesque, and exhilarating of musical oomedies, and its popularity in Wellington is assured. It will give place on Saturday night to another new production, the musical play, "Canary Cottage.

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATBE. The bill for the week at His Majesty's Theatre is one of the best shown in the house for some time. The artists who are given most space on the bill are Mr. Ted Mac Lean and MiBS Geneviove Lee. They present a dramatic sketch composed by Mr. Mac Lean, who is by w\v being an author as well as fin actur. It was an extremely well written playlet, and there wits enough real pathos and humour in it to make it worth wh 'e. Kelly and Drake are two American dancing "rag-timers." The people aro not told who is who—whether Kelly is tlie male or the female member of the ieam —but there is. a woman and there is a man. The woman has a bew 'ching smile, sings one' or two good songs well, and bears a hand in (ho dancing. 6he also helps her partner tut with the jo'res which he makes as his contribution to the entertainment. But the rpal thing in this act is the eccentric dancing of the man. It is essentially American in style, and very acrobatic, but it is exceedingly clever. Walsh and Walsh oio also an American team not dissimilar iu character. They have songs and jokes and dances. The new thing about the dancing of the man is that he does it while standing on his hands-he Dears a tatoo in rag-tiine on a convenient platform. The Kennedys present musin again, but it is different music, and it is good music. Tho Five Lewins are a partv of little girls, ranging 'n size as members of one family should. Four of them are not so very sma'l, and they perform together, but the fifth s a mite —a very clever mite —and she performs alone. Their act is a very we'liressud and an attractive one. The De 80. v.-ers are two women appearing in -'vine statuary. They have some tvre'.ly tableaux, and one or two war pictures that are in season at this time. Ptl.'er

bright artists who are staying over are Hicltey and Rose, Jones and Haines, and Rco and Helmar. KING'S THEATRE. In "The Billions Plot" or "The Jlss'age of the Mouse," now screening at the Kings, Theatre, Anita Stewart and Jiudolph Cameron are featured in the leading roles. The cast in a remarkable om\ and special mention should be made of Rogers Lytton, who plays the part of Yarns, the international spy, and also 01 .ruiia fiwayne Gordon, who uorlrays his voman confederate. The drama is full of new and striking things.. EVERYBOD?S~THBATI{E. The trick of paying up all the debts ih.it a man owes so as to crusn Mm by suddenly demanding 'mediate ..SOT*"' im lise d with dramatic effect 111 ine iar Heel Warrior," the Triangle drama row screening at Everybody's Theatre, a lie concluding Bccnes are full of strort b pathos and Due acting Supuoi.Ung item includc the mh chapter, __ The he«ct Kingdom," "Shark's Nest, and CH.3i.ic Ohapiin in "Behind the Screen.

EMPRESS THEATRE. Sty drama by the World Film Company, now being screened at the_Ln i.> '■ "> Theatre. Nothing puts him off th-> KUit, and although obstacles are placcd m his V to gets to the bottom of complications concerning a and w' e and an adventureßß. Ijthel Clayton is turcd as the heroine in the. play, a id the role is one in _ which she is vciy cesaful. _