ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 125, 13 February 1918, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

MALINI. That nuaint and dcxleroas conjuror, Malini, continues to attract large _ aiidiencea to the Concert Chamber. His art is neat and refined, ami yet is Xull of amazing surprises. There is no cracking of pietolß, waving of wands, or any mumbo-jumho of words about Malim to mystifj' the- unsophisticated, lfo is just a pleasant little gentleman, with a knack of amusing as well as puzzling.. It is a parlour entertainment on Ihu stage—trickery without humbug, mystery devoid or theatricality. , Malini is assisted br Mr Leonard Barnes, talented local baritone, and lirs. Montague, pianist. "LOOK WnO'S HEM." Mr. Jack Waller will reintroduce his merry musical combination. 'Look Wnos Here," at tho Grand Opera Jlouse on Saturday evening. The entertainment provided by the tweuty-iivo members of the company is not costume comedy, nor is it revue, or vaudeville, and yet it is a little of each. According to a northern contemporary it is all that is best, o each The show is a imisical-oum-farciciU hotch-potch of a delectable character, roguishly up-to-date in it? futuristic setting and eostumes-a study in black and white, with a. purple patch thrown m— with nothing , commonplace anywhere, . plenty of excellent comedy of the burlesque order, some screamingly funny -little J "potted" plays, some excellent dancing, and more than a soupcon of good music ingeniously interlaced with merry ragtime lilts. Included in the combination is tho Purple Band, and included in the Purple Band is Will Hender, who is the cleverest trap-drummer New Zealand has heard. It is seldom that an audience demands an encore from an orchestra before the commencement of a performance, lnu this miuest is. according to the management, invariably demanded of the Purplo Band. Mnnically, "Loolt Wio's Here is exceptionally strong both, vocally and instrumentally. The box plans for the first four nights of tho Eeason aro now opnn at tho Bristol. A full change of programme will bo announco.l before tho termination of the company's visit. HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE That there is nothing new under the sun applies to the performances in vaudeville theatres as to anything else in life. The mental telepathy seance which is so uncannily mystifying, has been done a dozen times to perfection by the Howard Broe., but tho exhibition given by Scrgt. Oopeland and his juvenile assistant Is wonderfully interesting. The child is seated on .the stage whilst Sergt. Copeland moves about among the audience handling articles that arc handed to him, all of which are faithfully described by the boy. Viola Denny and: IWdie Duniwgon specialise in new songs and dances, and Narzon and Florence, described as whirling meteors of light and iMisic," give a clever performance, which calls for a deal of cool daring and steely nerves. Waleh and Walsh, and tho Pictorial Littles aro also well worth seeing. An hour's light, frivolity is provided by the Stannone Revue Company. KING'S THEATRE. A powerful World film drama, "Husband and Wife," is the star item now screening at tho King's Theatre. Hliel Clayton, Montague Love, Jlolbrook Blum, and Madge Evans are featured in the principal roles. EMPRESS THEATRE. "Tho Mother of Dartmoor" is tho Btat feature now being screened at the Empress Theatre. Tho story concerns the schemes of a mother to save a wilful youth from the perils of youth and make him a worthy man. Douglas Fairbanke in "Manhattan Madness," a clever comedy, is also' screened. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. "Tho Sawdust Ring," a Triangle drama, is the special attraction now screening at Everybody's Theatre. Bcssio Love is featured in tho leading role, and plji'B tlio part of a, girl who runs away and joins up with a circus. ORGAN UEOJTAL. There were perhaps a hundred people in tho audience at Mr. Bernard F. Pago's organ rocital in the Town Hall last evening.- Tho programme was one calculated to interest those with tho deeper insight- in the beauties of contrapuntal music for tho or. gan. In Auckland last year tho City Organist (Mr. Maughan Barnett) wan persuaded Ui give recitals for the children, the idea, being to inculcato into the plastic child mind a love and knowledge of good music. Thoso woro largely attended, and very much appreciated, and will probably bo continued this year. If Mr. Page could be induced to follow bo excellent an examplo ho may in the course of -time build up evening audiences for his excellent recitals. Last evening's programme embodied music that was for tho greator part highly emotional in character Eliminating perhaps tho Guilmant Sonata in C Minor, it was wholly so A sweet refinement of thought characterised those * tender sketches of Edwin Lemare, "Morning" and "Day," both of which reflect a freshness and purity in atmosphere that is entrancing, whilst the composer not deliberately ignore tho claims ot melody in well-defined cadences th.it is so generally eschewed by some of 'the ultra-moderns'. Tho "Elegiac Romance" of John Ireland has a, melancholy loveliness that steals Kubtly into one's comprehension, said there aro tenderly-expressed passages in Ce&ar Franck's "Chora* in A" that -preFcnted charming pictures to a poetic imagination. On the other hand, tho forte passages in the practically empty hall were rushes of crashing sound that sj>elt chaos to the ear. tho echo robbing the music entirely of anv definition. MacDoweH. the lato lamented American composer, to whom our compatriots aro erecting staliirs. was represented by his ' evcr-charmin? rynlo "In Passing Moods." in which the gifted composer telln little stories f'lll r.f dinrm. Finally Mr. Pare played the beautiful "Finale" from Tsnhnikovslty's Sixth Symphony (the 'Tathetic"), investing the noble music with much of the graeo and feeling tli.it accompanies its rendition by an orchestra. The next recital will take place on Tuesday, February 19.