THE JAPANESE TROUPE.

Kumara Times, Issue 2575, 5 December 1884, Page 2

THE JAPANESE TROUPE.

Considering the unfavourable weather and the fact of another company performing at the Royal, a fair house asssembled at the Adelphi Theatre last night to witness Mr Woodward's wonderful European and Japanese Troupe. The Kumara Brass Band heralded the hour for opening the show by playing tlirough the town several lively airs. The performance opened with the wonderful cask trick by Bungaro and his son. The performer lies on a table, and twills and twists and throws a largo osk about most cleverly with his feet, while. Ins son, who is by no means a light weight, descril.es a series of most difficult acrobatic evolutions inside and outside the cask, finally standing on his head. In the acrobatic son« and dance, Mr R. Matthews eclipses all competitors as a high-kicker, hitting a hat with his toe at the height of fully ten feet. The contortion acts by Combo Lingar, and the golden shoe or pedestal clog dance, by George Renno, are also very clever achievements. The performance of Bungaro and his son (Itchi) in the wonderful screen tricks and balancing feats were perfectly marvelous. The double song and dance of Mr R. Matthews and belehanty was enthusiastically encored, and the two comics, Master Grenhell aud Kitche, were much admired. The marvelous tub act, by Tina and Yua Kitchi, was also a very clever performance, and was loudly applauded. The "Irish Emigrant," by Renno and Matthews was highly amusing. The performance concluded by the lightning tumblers, or Kings of the Carpet, prominent among whom is Mr Woodward, goiug through a series of graceful and difficult acrobatic feats, which are equal to the beat tumbling ever seen. To-night will be the last opportunity of witnessing these clever acrobats, as they play to-morrow ub Stafford,