GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
There is no depression this week at the Opera House, where the vaudeville-revue •Whoopee Nights," is In full swing. The revue'is a bright, witty thing from the opening chorus to the fall of the curtain. As usual, George Wallace is the lodestone for laughterl lie seems to invest a subject In humour merely _, W^ DS around it Ella Shields doffs her silk fiat to her audience as one sure of her welcome, which Indeed is accorded to her as soon as she begins to sing. She is the typical lad-about-town in her masquerading and a very gracious and lovely lady in her Anal appearance. Other favourites are Maida Jones, a daity reminder that gentlemen prefer blondes: Miriam Lester and Bay Trewen I .. <V.. st _~l ng voices; and the clever acrobatic Diabolos. Billy Maloney, Maurice Baring, and Murray and Walton all score hits ° tbelr several items, and the small interlude of Grand Opera strikes a restful note amidst the brilliance. The scenic and lightl?. s _. ~ects are Tery decorative. "Whoopee •Mghts continues its season until next Friday
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 38, 15 February 1933, Page 3
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180GRAND OPERA HOUSE. Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 38, 15 February 1933, Page 3
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