AMUSEMENTS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10298, 29 July 1911, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

J. C. WILLIAMSON'S PANTOMIME. 1 "JACK AND THE BEANSTALK." The fifth annual pantomime Extravaganza. to lb© presented by Mr J 0- Williamson on Wednesday, August 10t!h, is the time honoured farry story, "Jiack and the' For the best part of the year, Mr Coventry, the eminent prKUuer,, .searched 1 Europe 'and Atri.Mea ; lor; novel- 'attractions, hi® iu Souse accounting for the. unusual, brilliancy' of the production. The p. inoipvs indud© Mr .Jack Cannot, a. famous portr&yar of .Pantomime Dames M:ss. Dorothy Finnan, the Doherty sisters, and Mhs. Mahelle Morgan, one af 4 h©best "principal,b-'ys" :n Gieat Britain. Also will a.ppe -r the famous Willi© Pantzer Trouo , which is ore of tlie best tf&attirss .if the pantomime. A loiigtcast also ;ri':lud''?

such well-known and favourite aitisits asi Miss Marie Eaton, Evelyn Sharrard, Ed© Cakler, Mary Smith, Messrs William Hassan, the famous animal impersonator, Bert Watson, Clyde Cook, Rupert DarreUl. Especially wonderful, we understand, are the spectacular effects. The. principal of .these are the growth of the beanstalk, the building of the Australian Na-vy, the mysterious aeroplane, the I Golden Gates of Cloudland, tine [ Giant Blunder,bore's . Castle, the sumptuous 'WTedding breakfast, and the Ibrilliant march of the "Wines." Thar® are 'ballets of many kinds, the music tfor wh,i,oli has been. composed by Mr Hamish MacCunn. It is stated that numerically, "Jack and the Beanstalk" is .the biggest organisation that Mr J. C. Williamson has yelt sent to tour the Dominion. The season is l for one night, and the box plan mil he opened at Miss Rive's on Saturday, August 12th. ■>

THE GREAT NICOLA. MONDAY~~EVENING. The first consignment of paraphernalia to be used in connection with "the Great Nicola" performance at the Towu Hall on Monday evening, will arrive .in town to-day. The advance' staff of illusion. •experts and skilled, mechanicians will commence "fitting up" immediately, so that all thle effects should be in smooth, working order for to-morrow evening. In all, 'Nicola carrieis. 15 toxi& of ingenious and gorgeous, fittings and scenery'd'or use En connection with his. 33 different illusions, .and he require® til© assistance of edghlt trained , allusion'ietsi in. securing his myistify- ; ing results. The entertainment pre- ! seated is not of the ordinary '.'one j man" show conjurer type of sliow, j but a. series of new and bewildering illusions •elaborately staged. Most laf 'those are. Nicola.'®, own inventions, and hav© mever been attempted by toy other performer in the .same line of business. (Much feonnedy is introduced into all tlie illusions by "Dobski," a mam who has imade awkward--' j mess ran. art. He works in; the guise | of an eccentric English butler, and with Ms train full of wholesome comedy, keeps the audience fin one i continual roar of laughifar. Apart from his eight mystery .sipec--1 ialisitsi, Nicola, brings with him a compact vaudeville company, including "Va" Dolny,.described ais "the greats est of all comedy juggjLers.; Misses Whipple land Adams, "America's refitted isimging and. dancing diuo" ; Miss Marguerite Sutton, "the peerless hypnotic and psychic marvel"; and a capable band of musicians. The whole, according to a. contemporary, .forms one of itiie strongest attractions at present touring tine Dominion, and 'Messrs J. and N. Tait are. reaping the reward with "full houseis for their enterprise in. regard to the Australasian section of the world' tour, which the American impresßario, Mr Hugo, is carrying out. Ther* is already a. been demand for j seats, at Miss- Rivers, wheriei the box 'j plans are now open.. ,i