PRINCESS THEATRE

Evening Star, Issue 19660, 13 September 1927, Page 5

PRINCESS THEATRE

Last evening, at the Princess Theatre, Gayle Wycr unpacked further rich entertainment from his Band Box'. ‘Band Box Brevities,’ he called it, and indeed it proved all too short. Jn accordance with the original plan, introduced last week, the first half of the programme is given over to musical numbers and sketches, and the latter half to a miniature musical comedy, with the intriguing title this week of ‘ Black Jingle ’ This piece, which is from tho pen of Gayle Wycr himself, is one of the brightest and cleverest sketches seen for many a day. All the principals are capable comedians, and the Band Box Ballet is charming and skilled. Tho programme opened with an effective ensemble, followed by a series of musical numbers, considerably brightened with tho aid of chorus and comedy. Heather Jones was at her finest in ‘ Looking at the World Through Rose-colored Glasses,’ and Ena Gordon sang ‘ Mary O’Neill ’ hardly loss attractively. Charles Norman’s curate number, ‘ Dandelions and Daffodils,’ included a clever eccentric dance, while the charming Elsa Scott sang ‘l’m a Funny-faced Stepmother’s Child.’ In the playlet ‘ The Black Eagle ’ lots of fun was provided by Sam Ward, Chas. Norman, and Billy Bovis; while, throughout, the production was interspersed with particularly pleasing musical numbers and attractive dances by the ballet.