THE FAMOUS DIGGERS

Otaki Mail, 20 September 1922, Page 3

THE FAMOUS DIGGERS

j NKAV REAL GIRL SHOW. | ! OTA TCI THEATRE. MONDAY NIGHT —RACE NIGHT. Chaperoned.-.under Jimmy Norton, a Hover comedian-producer, well known throughout A morion us ** That .London Hoy, 1 ’ the Famous Diggers 1 new real girl show takes on a distinctiveness that makes it oven more attractive than ever. After making a name for himself in Lngluml, Air Norton crossed “the pond” and did a vaudeville act < throughout the Keith and Orplieum Circuits in America, and eventually l joined Zeigfeld \s Follies big Roof Garden show in New York. His success

was instantaneous ami it was then people began to talk about him as “That London Boy,” a soubriquet which has stuck to him. He is undoubtedly one of the best comedians and eccentric lancers ever seen in this country. Among the old favourites of The Diggers who still remain with the show are Joe Valli, the famous Scottish comedian, Gus Dawson, tlie light comedian and dancer, Tano Fama, comedian, and St nil Lawson, the misleading lady. The latter, who is going to take a big engage-

ment in America next year, will be with the Diggers for a few months longer, when the public will have a chance of seeing him in both male and female characters. Stan is anxious to show that his histrionic ability covers a wider range than merely that of “misleading lady,” and a surprise awaits the public in this direction. The ballet and chorus, consisting of “The Superb Six,” a very beautiful bevy of real girls, is calculated to set young men dreaming and everyone applauding. Their dresses should challenge

comparison with the best, as an experienced theatrical modiste was brought over from Melbourne for the purpose of superintending the designing and making of them. These are dull, stilling, gloomy times which carry with them the groping tentacles of despond-

liry. and a company such as the Dig ;ers f present, with its unlimited laugh-

ter. its glamourous scenes, its amazing dresses, its whirling, twirling, dancing girls, its dazzling roseate spotlights and tin* lively blood-stirring Jilts of ;i firstclass orchestra help us to forget that mortgages are coming due, that wool is not worth much, that troubles are near us or about us, and for over two and a half hours we live in the realms

' of make-believe enjoying ourselves with : all our might. Brilliancy is the keynote of The Diggers' new production. The new producer, like his predeecsj sor. has n penchant for a quick pro--1 gramme, wherein enn be crammed , smart items which follow each other ! so rapidly that patrons are astonished I to find that the programme has taken , two and three quarter hours. Among i items are “The Bride’s Trousseau,’’ a j miniature musical comedy, “ the Rest I Cure” (tlie hit of De Courville’s LonI don Revue “Pins and Needles’’), “The Follies Fancy Dress Bail’’ in the Roof Garden scene, “Breaking into j Gaol,’’ a real scream, “The Butterfly | Ballet,’’ and a number of other items j which serve to introduce the latest song J hits.