OUR LOCAL THEATRE.

Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 3, 12 June 1930, Page 2

OUR LOCAL THEATRE.

A most \arietl and entertaining- programnio was the lot of thos^ who viewed—and heard—'•' The Wolf of Wall Street*' last week, a typically eastern s>eeine depicting t&e roniantit; Indian in his mat couJd not fail to .impress a Neav Zealand audience .with the similarity of the Indian and Maori, not OBly with ' regard to his 'garb but in characteristic aad ha>bit. The romance of -this scene was enhanee-d by the rendering of a song, the charming timbre of the tenor voice and clear enimcia-

tion being a , joy to those musi!C-].overs who wer>e pTesent. Apropos ot this, concert-goers are so of teii heard to eorripflaih of .inclistinet Enunciation, 'but it is rather remarkable tint so frequently at tke '' Ta'l'kie^ •'' one is aiblk? to enjoy songs, choruses etc..1 without missing a World.; Folloiwdrug tMs was v a song of ". Smiles^' f-^—i'ather reminisleent: r >,&£ '.'.; the '•' Goo.d Morning 'Clubi J *—aibsuxdiy sung by utterly absiurd people^but this, -with, the light—rand most cil'ev'er—<sonifedy f olloiwing was-, greeted with' that uproari ous laugihter which is supihyan expedient tan^c aixd offset to the* stress of daily life. 'The pietur6 o<f the evening was one of tremendpus draanatic foa-ee and initenseily . interesting^ because of its nronderful portrayal of human nature in its stnemgtfc—-and frailty, and its moral, top—rfor those wishing to profit iby it!—niras indisputabie.