AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 December 1925, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

“CAPPY RICKS.” TO-AfOUROW NIGHT. TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT! The real play to-night, direct from J. C. Williamson’s loading Australasian theatres in its metropolitan entirety of production and presented liv Philip l.ytton Ltd., Peter B. Kyne’s stage success “Cappy Ricks,” is the play of a million laughs. The “Lyttelton Times” comments on the opening performance as follows : —“There is a laugh in nearly every line of “Cappv Ricks” the three-act comedy which opened its Christchurch season In a well-filled house in the Theatre Royal last evening. And if there isn’t always a laugh then there is substituted something that tugs just gently hut perceptibly at the heart strings and so makes for the leavening of pathos that even a comedy is supposed nowadays to afford us if we are not all to' go home disappointed. “Cappy Ricks” does not disappoint. Tl did not do so last night, at any rate. If the applause which followed the final curtain can he taken as a reliable criterion, the audience was extremely pleased, and the goad opinion which those who attended obviously formed 'of the play should provide for it the best advertising medium it can have for the remainder of its run in Christchurch. “Cappy Hicks” retains on the stage all its continuity of plot without losing any of its laughs. The thread of the story rims clearlv all the time, and there is added to the all-pervading merriment the interest that always at-ta-hes to an effort to anticipate events. There is a touch here and there of quite pretty and always healthy .sentiment hut mostly the play is laughs- • good laughs and plenty of them.” Ward Lyons in the tile role is credited with being the living re resell tat ion of Kyne's famous “Cappy” and the other characters are described as stepping out of the front page of the hook. A big hooking has taken place, and a bumper house is assured to-night to welcome this talented company of comedians coming direct from .1. C. Williamson’s ir.etn politan theatres.

EVERYBODYS PICTURES. “Tun sudk show ok life” FRIDAY. The circus is coming to town I Rigger and better than ever ! The most marvellous aggregation of wild animals in captivity ! See the death defying leap of Madame Zara, the excruciatingly funny downs, the antics of the pachyderms, commonly called elephants, etc. etc. etc. Peanuts, popcorn and pink lemonade ! Hurray ! The parade is mining 1 Xow don’t got ex:ited folk.-., the circus we have in mind is in the new Paramount picture “The Sideshow of Life” that is m lie shown it the Princess Theatre to-morrow night. Willis C.Ve.ldheek and Julie Herne adapted it from "The Mountebank.” the absorbing novel by William .1. I.ocke. We’d like to wager that you’ll got a bigger “kick” mil if the reel circus than you would out if the real one because the one and inly Tiniest Torrence of “The Covered Wagon” fame has the featured role of the fun-niakiug down who becomes a brigadier-general during the war. and ifter the war is over is forced to reLiirn to his circus life. Herbert Rrc--1 1->ii. who produced the picture i.s :• didder for realism, so you had hotter ic prepared to secs the circus in nil its 'lory. There are a. lot of ext ra-addec! it trad ions in the notable east: Anna ). Nilsson is featured with Torrence in he ■production. Come early and avoid die crush 1 The first chapter of the lew serial. “The Steel Trail" starring William Duncan and Fdilh Johnston ,vill also he shown. On Monday next i. First National, “A Thief in Parnlise” will he shown.