THE FAMOUS DIGGERS.

Otaki Mail, 18 September 1922, Page 2

THE FAMOUS DIGGERS.

NEW REAL GIRL SHOW. OTAKI THEATRE-HACK NIGHT—.SEPTEMBER *25. The Kamo us Digger,-. is one of the few travelling companies which have survived the strenuous period we have just passed through, and it speaks w(dl i'or the merit of its performances that this war-born organisation has been able to hold its head up in the hard times. Recognising that better times are ahead, the management decided to produce an all • clipping programme, which has left ail previous efforts far behind. A line new comedian and dancer, Jimmy Norton, known throughout America as •‘That London Boy. ’ 7 has been imported to New Zealand to assist Joe Valli, Tano lama and Bus Dawson to keep the comedy bail rolling. Mademoiselle Claire- Cooley, a cant a trice with a delightful soprano voice, is an attractive young -ing'*r who adds delicacy and charm of maninn to a. wonderfully -weCt voice. The Sydney Bulletin, in speaking of Me: Cooley, says 4 *Ol the performers on tki- week's Tivoli bill, we must hand it to that prince* of comedian-. George Carney and to Claire Cooley. The latter is a true cosmopolitan, wisely mixing popular songs with the more difficult operatic arias. She was recalled Jive times. * 1 Cus. Daw son is responsible for the many dancing feature- in the entertainment, and he has devised some line ballets for the “ Superb Six 9 j dancing girls who now grace the show. The ballet, a special feature of the perI iorrnanee. adds considerably to the riot* 1 oils flare. Broad, laughable, burlesque, elever, satire, smart jokes ol the uuhoary type characterise the evening ’a entertainment, and such side-splitting absurdities as ( ’The Rest Cure." * 1 The A.B.C. Restaurant." and the quaintly funny "Roof Garden Scene"- are calculated to raise a laugh from rh,_* mo-t bla.-e theatre-goer. The comedy is in the hands of Messrs Jimmy Norton. -Joe Valli fthe Scottish comedian) and Tano Kama.- -Stan Lawson, although he has not entirely dropped the feminine impersonations which have earned him an international reputation as a "Misleading Lady" (a charming deceit; will be seer, iri "he man " parts and I his histrionic ability stands out great- | , er than ever. Claude 13-11. the new baritone, ha.- until recently been sing- . ing under Harry Mu* grove's manage- . rnent. and was selected in Australia j from forty-six applicants. The big , orchestra 1- still a feature of the -how.