POTTED REVUE.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 360, 15 February 1937, Page 8

POTTED REVUE.

Stage Favourites Show In Stratford.

Triumphing over the immense handicap of having to perform in a hall which was as adequate for their show as a pre-war Ford chassis would be for a modern 12 cylinder racing engine, the Connors and Paul Revue Company Were an instantaneous success at the Stratford Town Hall on Saturday night. The comtdy, work of George Wallace (already well known for his work as a motion picture star) was of course a big feature of the evening’s entertainment. Nevertheless in spite of the hard work of this incomparable comedian there is no doubt that the entertainment owed a great deal to its specialty dancers. Admiration was plainly discernible in the applause which acknowledged the turn of Rex and Bessie, described as stylist tappers. The adgio dancing of the three Marcellas and the acrobatic eurythmics of the Russell Brothers (some of whose balancing feats apparently contradict the law of gravity) were of a quality far above anything that has been seen here in recent years and extracted equal appreciation. Supporting players gave George Wallace all the help he needed in the humorous sketches’ and the more serious musical work of Jimmy Coates, the saxophonist, Leo Trenette, tenor, Mike Connors and Queenie Paul, provided an entertainment of high standard with no dud turn. The dancing of the chorus suffered even more than anything else from the inadequacies of the hall in which it was not possible to provide the lighting, scenery or stage room, for which the numbers were planned. The dressing and the dancing ability of the girls made the ballets attractive even under these conditions. Of the five or six appearances of the full chorus the star item was that entitled "Dancing Cheek to Cheek” in which each girl is so dressed that she is able to give a weirdly realistic impression that she is two people (herself and her male partner).