... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. QUEENS. Six Coney Islanders. Fred Spreadbury's Six Coney Islanders, presented by Geoffrey Hope and Vivian Palmer, took the place on Monday night of the regular cabaret entertainment which has become so popular on the floor of the Quai d'Orsay. It is difficult to understand Mine. Colctta'B reason for importing this baud and its attendant quartet of dancers. The band is ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. ROADHOUSE AUDITIONS. After a few more Sundays of these auditions Harry Adams will probably have something like a corner in cabaret talent, and be able to sub-let to his less enterprising brethren. Last Sunday's programme brought out a number of artists, both known and unknown, most of them fit to ccupy a position in a first-class programme. The opening- was in the ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. THE PICCADILLY. On February 15 Playtime at the Piccadilly became a Lord Babs gala night. Billy Merson presented a special cabaret in the Louis XIV. Restaurant with Lawrence Anderson as an introducer announcing the various turns. The greater portion of the cabaret was provioed ny me menijers ui i Lord Bbs company. A duet by Paul England and Stephanie Stephens was ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. THE LORD ROOKWOOD. Mustard Pots. While Mr. George Lansbury is dreaming of giving us still further freedom, of music, mirth, dancing, and real beer in the parks, Alf Coleman, of tho Lord Rookwood, Wanstead Flats, has passed far beyond tho speculative stage, and for the past month or so has been giving his public what is as like a German beer garden as possible. The ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. POLAND ROOMS: Pentagram. Two quite new things happened on Sunday night. First I was informed by a native of Soho, in the picturesque language of the district, that the maze of dance halls, clubs, rehearsal rooms, buffets, agents' and managers' offices, corridors and steps constituting the Poland Kooms had originally been the local workhouae. Secoud, for the first ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. CHINGFORD. The Queen Elizabeth. W. O. White continues to put capital shows on the floor at the Queen Elizabeth, and strangely enough business on the fringe of Epping Forest has not been inter fered with materially either by the bad weather or the floods. The cabaret takes place at 9.30 and again after a short interval at 10. iO. Chiogford likes its en tertainment ...

... On Saturday the Actor's Theatre presented a new play by Alasdair Grant called The Silent Jackdaw. This plav might be more accept able if 20th-century audiences be lieved in witchcraft. It is well written, with many effective situations find some poetically- embroidered dialogue; but one is left with a feeling of detach ment through being unable to share the superstitious emotions of the ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. TROCADERO. Originally seen at the end of March, C. B. Cochran's cabaret revue ''Creation'' in the Grill Room of the Teocadero promises to run as long as any of the previous shows, probably longer. It is an entertainment one can see time after time without being bored, and moreover it possesses a touch of daring. The main epi sodes remain fairly well the same 44 ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. CHARITY S. Cabaret is becoming ever more popular as a means of raising funds for charity. It is more intimate than the old bazaar, and has a bette aroma than the jumble sale. Moreover we have a much greater licence in the things we can do. There is more real excitement in a good dancing team than in watching the curate make a mess of bringing guinea pigs out of a ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. CHINGFORD.--THE QUEEN ELIZABETH. W. O. White, the pioneer of genuine cabaret in the wilds, and at popular prices, has been ill for come time, suffering from severe nervous breakdown brought on by overwork and a lack of sufficient holidays. Meanwhile, business continues to grow, and even the greatly-enlarged dancing hall is *t rained at times to hold a public that ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. BANDS. Practically all the hotels, restaurants, and cafes are employing bands, soloists, and artists according to the strength of the establishment to support such entertainment. Lyons must have many more bands and artists of all kinds working than any other firm, and the houseB they are building, Including the big restaurant on the old Oxford Musio Hall site, will ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. THE QUEEN'S. Henry de Bray has returned to this popular Leicester Square house after some months' absence, and is busily preparing for the new production which should be seen oa September 27. A strong company have been engaged, and a good deal of novelty is promised both in the way of ensemble numbers and in dividual acts. Last week's pro gramme was a strong one, ...