ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 126, 14 February 1918, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

4 MAIiINI. Malini continues to mystify his audiences nightly at the Concert Chamber. He is a neat porker on entirely original lines, and whilst deceiving the eye, he succeeds in amusing tlic mind for a couple of hours quite pleasantly. "LOOK WHO'S HERE." Mr. Jack Waller and his merry band ( ] of players commence their local seaeon at the Grand Opera House on Saturday night. >" The company has just concluded a most e successful Sydney Benson of twenty weeks, ■s followed by a highly successful tour of j New Zealand. Twenty-five star artists take part in the performance, including Jack 1_ Waller, a character actor and comedian, e well known in London; Wylie Watson, a ie comedian who has appeared in England rr and Australia; Gregory Ivanofl:', the Bus- " sian violinist; Fred. Dennett, the celc.V brate'd English pianist; Cecilia, Gold, /><ta is Smart, Dorothy White, Pat6y Hill, and c Marjorie Sims. The performance takes an entirely new and original form, teeming; ' with comedy, burlesque, and music. Tho t- company make use of four niano6, which ir are played simultaneously, and which j. have the assistance of the Purple Band. I Speaking of this number an Australian ! critic, remarked: "No finer musical nov- '- I city has yet been heard on the stage. As -5 ' a spectacle the item is wonderful, and as s I a musical treat it, is almost beyond de- _' ' scription." The hor. plans for the first !l : four nights of the season are at the Erisr- tol. "J HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ; At His Majesty's Theatre the Stanhope "' Revue Company, which is repealing some s of its old attractions, fills in half tho lo bill with a zest and freedom that are at times a little surprising. TJie more at,f tractive vaudeville half of the programme is being- contributed to at. present by 10 Sergeant Copelund and his clever boy in a ie thought-reading turn; Denny anil- B-unnl-u- gan, Marzon and Florence, WalEh and ~i Walsh, and the, Ficlorial Littles. I , KING'S TREATISE. | "Husband and Wife." the feature now h i screening at the King's Theatre, is still id I drawing well Ethel Clayton, Montagu •0 '• Love, and H'olbrook Blinn are cast in the ,_ 1 leading roles. Belle Bennett will appear • r i in "The Bond of Fear," Charles Chanlin I- ; In "The Cure," and Ruth Boland in "The ig j Neglected Wife," a Pathe serial. y i EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. ~ i "The Sawdust Ring" is still tho special _ | attraction at Everybody's Theatre. Bessie !, I Love is featured in the leading role. The Id I final instalment of "The Secret Kingdom' ie !is also shown. On Saturday.W. L Hart „ i will be seen in "The Gambler's Soul ; also ,l " Charles Chaplin in "The Cure." 1- , EMPRESS THEATP.E. 1) "The Mother of Dartmoor," the star feais hive now screening at the Empress Thea- |, tro, iB attracting largo houses. It is the work of the London Film Company, and 'S follows Eden Philpotls's great book exactn- ly. Elizabeth Eisdcn is seen in the lead|i- ing role. '