ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 181, 18 December 1912, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EMPIRE PICTURE PALACE. The new programme to be shown at the Empire to-night includes a number of special feature pictures, prominent amongst tli : s nuoiber being Selig's fine educational subject, "Life With a Circus." Very few have any conception of the many things which must be seen to with the precision and regularity of clock-work n connection with the business behind the scenes of a mammoth ciivus. Hero we witness the various animals as they are being trained for new acts. The elephants, horses, zebras, camels and animal waggons present a vast concourse of animated bustle and business, all controlled with the greatest skill in their disposition. The arrival of the circus trains and the business of unloading is graphically shown, also the commissary arrangements. Inside, the circus we see the actors coming out of the tents to their dressing-rooms, and then into the big top again. Then the picture shows, ring feats and high air spectacles, and lastly, the crowd leaving when the show is over. The supporting items are all first-class subjects as the advertising column shows. THEATRE ROYAL PICTURES. There will be no pictures showing in ihe Theatre Royal either to-night or tomorrow night, but the pictures will again occupy the Theatre on Friday night, when a complete change of programme will lie repeated.

THE MYSTERIOUS .TAXREX. No ono. should miss tlic opportunity of witnessing the performance of the great .Taiisen, one of the world's greatest transforniists, wlio will appear in the Theatre llovnl to-morrow night with his own new company. .Taiisen, the man who has mystified millions, comes here with one of the. finest companies that lias ever toured these parts. His entertainment sparkles with originality, and his remarkable transformations awaken (he keenest, interest of his audiences. The entire performance is filled with choice hits of magic. The box plan and day sales are at Collier's. Country visitors may reserve their seats by mailing the amount required to the box office.