ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 191, 2 May 1918, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

"SEVEN DAYS' LEAVE." "Seven Days' Leave" cor.iwncn a big draw at the. Graud Opera Jloiibo. ionight Allan Wilkic will again 'appear m this interestinsr war drama. On ilonday evening the first change oi' bill will take place, when Walter Howard's melodrama, ■"i'he Story of the BoBary" tviJl lie staged. As advertised in our columns the at o . l '? of the Rosary" must not be confused with a play known as "The ltosary. which was played through i\ew Zealand some litto time back. Walter Howard's pla.v is written on tho present war. and is ouite new to New Zealand. Allan Wilkie will appear in the new piece as Captain Paiu Romalno. Their Excellencies the Earl and Countess of Liverpool will attend the performance of "Seven Days' Leave to-mgnt, FISK JUBILEE SINGERS. 1. Alrtouffh \V\e PibV Jwbftco Sitigett toe been in Wellington for ten nights, their popularity has not abated, and every / iiifrht sera tho Concert Chamber llllei to ovcrllowing. On Saturday evening tlic ' company will conclude tficiv scasou uy i giving a special-request performance lati rons desiring to again h£ar any popular i melodies and songs that have been suns ! durinjr (ho pnit fortnight may hear them again hy sending a request to the management. In addition there will be a number of items entirely new to Wellington, and in order to give children an opportunity of hearing this talented combination a matinee will be given on Saturday at 2.30.

■ j QUEEN'S THEATEE, 1 ! Tho big Fox comedy, "The Book Agent," ■ is drawing crowded houses at the Queens ! I Theatre. Iht play stars George Walsh, f I a brilliant comedian, whose many esca- ! j pades arc very entertaining, especially '(when he combines love-making with sales- ' I nmnship. The supporting iiinis are all 1 good. ) j "BNt,KKITEN,TUY" DAUGHTBB." . The progrsmme now screening at the King's Theatra is neaded by tho feature-photo-play, "Enlighten Thy Daughter.' ■ The production deals trenchantly with a 1 social evil that has been the scandal of i the upper classes of modern civilisation. ; Tho story concerns the fate of a girl , whose mother fails to observe the duty , that is incumbent i-pon her to warn her ' daughter of the pitfalls that face her .I in the world. In addition to this feature I . is sliown the elevcuth instalment of "The - i Neglected Wife." "A Beckless Indiscrc- - j tion." On Saturday Goldwyn Corpora- . / tion will present Jlfae -IfarsJi in their' j second great super feature "Polly at the [ ! Circus." EVERYBODY'S TIIEATEE. I Tho Triangle comedy drama, "Betty j Takes a Jfiiul." now scrc-raing at Everyj body's Theatre, featuring Olive Thomas, j is a film story of bright originality. The 'j story wa-s the- prize-winner in the Triangle ; Company's (Treat scenario competition. It i iB the clwn'it'E impossibility of the story j coupled with oxccilciit acting that makes | for the vosl c-itneess of the picture. In -. r.ddition iy. *oen a fine picture of-, 1 Aueli'and U-ken froni an aeroplane, the • picture being most interesting and in- ,: Etrticiive. j EMPEESS THEATBE. i "The Awnk-m'ng," a- new M r oi'ld 'Film drama, is nov.- if.rcer.ing at the .Empress i'heatrc, willi Jlbnlsgue Love and Dorothy' KpSl? i.-i the leading parts. A students' dinnsr is one of the Scenes, and it is there that an infamous wager is mado that brings r.bout the tragic happenings of tho drama. BED JERSEY CONCERT. To justify the general excellence of the programme and me ability of its expositors three times as many people as were present in Hie Town Hall last evening should have been present. It was a concert of good music that was given the essential relief by incursions into the realm of lighter song, giving a variation which was charming. It was inieliectu- | ally refreshing to hear once more those ! sterling musicians, Messrs. Fredk. IV\ Deu- j nett (pianist), and Gregory Ivanofl' (violinist), so lately associated with the "Look Who's Here" Company. Mr. Dennett played the airily brilliant- allegro movement from Grieg's Concerto in A minor, a work of arresting ueautytawl strength, which was played with rare power and expressive feeling. Mr. Edgar Hulland filled in the orchestral interludes on a second piano. The . exquisite "Romance" of Sibeliuß was the encore. Mr. Dennett also played with line urtislic abandon "Badinage" (Herbert), a charming "Mazurka" by Godard. and, as un encore, the solemn "Prelude" of Rachmaninoff. M. Ivanoff, whose fcieilc bow arm is at once tho envy and despair of local exponents of the instrument, waß in admirable form. Jl is numbers included n Chopin "Xocturnp," Eandoggcr's delightful "Serenade." and a-Mnoment from a Mendelssohn Concorto ever so gracefully played. Mr. Dennett accompanied. Mr. Marshall Palmer (of the Fisk Singers) contributed "The Bandolero" in good style, and, encored, say "Anzacs, Every Oue," with commendable spirit. One of tho genuine delights of the evening was the singing of Miss Nola Haybittle. who has sufficient of the uon vivre spirit in her artistic nijkc-up to give point to tho humour of her songs. Her "Good-Bye" song, which is bound to become popular, was daintily sung, and tho "You're in Love" rag-time lilt, which wis tendered as an encore, again found this clever girl well within the confines of her metier. Mr. Hugh Wright's hearty baritone voice did full justice to "Shipmatcß of Mine" and "Until," and Mr. Sigurd Leatrup sang "The Two Grenadiers" and "We Sway Along" (Mallinson). Miss May Fuller, a visitor to Wellington, displayed an agile soprano voice and an animated style in "Armerclla" (Jefsie Winne) ond "Prayers" and "The Geisha's Bong" from Claude Arundalc's cycle. "The Land of the Almond Blossom." Mr. L. Hanlon contributed the monologue. "An Old Bachelor," and Mr. G. Olapham sam* "Oh, Johnnie" and recited in a. crisp staccato style the description of tho "Sentimental Bloke's" idea of "Romeo and Juliet." as soon bv himself and his ln<ly-love Doreen. Mr. Sid Haynes and Miss Lrlia Wiburd (of tho Fisks) lent- variety to the programme hv singing balhid. "Rose of My Heart" as a duct. Mr. Edgar Hulland and Mr. Harold Whittle provided the accompaniments. • Among those present were His Excellency the Governor-General and the Countess of Liverpool. The concert was In aid of the Red Jersey appe.il. wlitpii makes it regrettable that the audience was not larger.