J. C. WILLIAMSON'S "MIDNIGHT FROLICS" NEXT SATURDAY.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 70, 24 April 1929, Page 2

J. C. WILLIAMSON'S "MIDNIGHT FROLICS" NEXT SATURDAY.

The Auckland Herald says. _ "1' rcsli-!ic--x and originalitv cliaraeterised Ihe eapitnl bill whieli tho, Alidnight F10Ii( s Company prescnfod at His Majesiy's Theatre la-t evening, hefore a crowdod audience. The new progranime is lieh in mnsieal nuinhers, ranging huia opcratie and elas-ieal items to the h-.tot in ja/.z. A most effeetive opening is provnlod hy a eomjiarison of oldlime. danVes, oi ihe pre-\ ietorian ora, with the syneoiiated fashions oi todny, tho eostumes heing appropriate, \!r Clcm Dawe leading liis company a mei rv dance in a lrenzied hiint for a Iruaiit collar stud. A ho.sj)ital fareo, 'I lorne Comforts,' in which riotous tliings lia]i|ieii as the result oi the in-(h-.criininate applieation of jioultiees and hot water hags, and a domesti.".' comedy, 'Slceping Out,' with M r C leni Dawe hossing the niaid-of-all-work. lording it over liis wife, and ro pulsing an interlering neiglihour, ]irov( ked niiicli ajiplause. While Mr Clom Dawe i.s seldoin ofl the stage for inore tinui a few luinutes, there are others in liis coniiiany alino.-t as versatile, and all are workerc;, with tlic result that the sliow swings along at top speed lor ltearly thrce hours with lievcr a 1 1 1 ! 1 inoment." The Fiolies' stage baud. nnder the direetion of ATr Gregory Tvanolf. jirovide twentv minutcs ot livelv jazz niusie, with oeeasional opcratie fragfnents and the violin solos r.f Afr 1 vaiinff. inelucling a British Rliapsodie of his own arrangement. put on extra jiolish on a first-el ass ' entertainmont. The season eommenees • next Saturday, wlien the fir.st mam1 1110th progranime will he presented, 1 and an entiroly new progranime will 1 be stngpfl 011 Mondav and Tues- ! day. The hox jilan for the thrce nighls ! is now open at Howe Bros. 1