MYSTERIOUS CHANG

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 2, 3 July 1939, Page 4

MYSTERIOUS CHANG

"A Trip to Hades."

Conjuring tricks and a sequence of Illusions that leave the .audience breathless and mystified are performed by the master wizard Chang in his sensational mystic■■ musical-'- revue - "--'"A. Trip to Hades." Lavishly staged, the revue has never a dull -moment - and the supporting artists are of the same high calibre as the mysterious Chang. He has numerous acts to interest and amuse, producing pigeons and ducks, not to mention a large porcelain bowl filled with water, out-of nothingness. There is fun with a borrowed hat arid a borrowed pound note, and a canary in, a cage disappears just \?sGhang is about to give it to a iVQmatt; in the audience to hold. Then the wizard gives an amazing demonstration with two wooden hoops while his thumbs are tied; makes a heavy table rise and d^nce round the stage ana later escapes from a locked and roped trunk. Most mystifying of all is .the finale, "The Enchanted Princess' which alone is worth the price-~of admission. Then there is the weird African midnight jungle - dance^ and later spooks and ghosts flit about the darkened theatre. The Bridges, a trio of talented musicians, play their Cuban marimba 'with skill and .dexterity. They also xplay- the violin, piano, and harp. Walton and Murray, clever balancing acrobats, perform amazing feats on a short plank balanced on a roller. Joanna .Glair dances with her devilettes, and Ross Buchanan sings. CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. Chang has accepted the challenge issued by Mr. W. R. Kenner, governing director of Kenner's, Ltd., to escape from a box made in Mr. Kenner s factory and assembled on. the stage during the performance in of the audience. , TomghU the ,cut timber and nails-for making the: box will be on view in the vestibule of The Opera House, Wellington, .and during the performance will be taken onto the stage, where representatives of the audienrfe will be invited' to act as a committee while carpenters^rom Kenner's, Ltd.. make the^ box^ When fee box is made Chang will be placed inside and then the lid will be nailed on and the box roped up. Chang wiii escape from this box without damag?e#ult in a packed house at the Opera House +™-i<cfM.