PAT HANNA’S DIGGERS

Evening Star, Issue 20052, 18 December 1928, Page 6

PAT HANNA’S DIGGERS

RETURNING TO DUNEDIN After an absence of, about thre«" years, Pat Hanna’s Diggers are to return from Australia by tho Alanuka on Christmas Day and open at the Princess Theatre on Boxing Day. This band of entertainers will long be remembered for the splendid programmes which they presented in tho Festival Hall at the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, when despite the numerous other attractions, Pat Hanna and his Diggers radiated joy among largo audiences every evening. And now they are billed to reappear on Boxing Day under a special engagement to Sir Benjamin and Mr John Fuller. Prior to its season in Dunedin this company had been appearing before Australian audiences for many years, and since returning from New Zealand tber company has still been ablo to find favour with Australian audiences. Altogether tho company has been playing ta Australian audiences for about ten years, and during that.tune Pat Hanna lias collected a very extensive repertoire. When he offers his wares to Dunedin in the coming season patrons can look forward to something out of the ordinary. There arc twenty-live revue artists in tho company, and Pat Hanna can be depended upon for a bill of fare, bubbling over with music, mirth, and merriment. The box ,plans are advertised.