... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. TROCADERO: MERRY-GO-ROUND. Produced on October 4, Mr. Cochran's new cabaret is one of the best entertainments of its kind the West End has seen. The greater portion of it takes place on a stage, and this with the elaborate nature of several items in the programme together with scenery, makes it a little more revue-like than usual. With a few additional features and ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. THE LIDO CLUB. The Lido, the West End's latest dance and cabaret club, is due to open on November 1. The main scheme of decoration is Italian, as suggested by its title. Cabaret will be under the direction of Percy Athos, long connected with the New Prince's Farivolities and other leading cabarets. The opening programme, A Night at the Lido, is an exceptionally ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. LOLITA COIDOBA. Among the new acts at the Queen's is Lolita Coidoba, a South-American dancer, lately with Blackbirds at the Pavilion, and a member of the original Parisian company. Of striking appearance and line figure, she specialises in the Charleston, and succeeds in getting more out of the dance than any other artist I have yet seen on the cabaret floor. She ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. A search around the West End on Christmas Eve revealed the fact that the usual cabaret patron was bent on other things, at least in the earlier hours of the night. They were either collecting seasonable spoils playing at Santa Klaus, or singing carols. Nor were many of tho managers in evidence. The whereabouts of most were unknown by their staffs, who shook uncertain ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. QUEEN'S: NIGHT-TIME REVELS OF 1927. After some months' absence from tho Qual d'Orsay, Henry de Bray has returned to produce for Mme. Coletta, and has constructed a good entertainment, although the dressing is not quite up to the cabaret's standard. Swiftly on the spirited opening by the girls. ?yyho sing that they ae lonely, omes Carletta Mossetti with a good number, ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. There are several different classes and very distinct types of night and cabaret clubs. The majority of them claim Bohemian ism, although of late the term exclusive has begun to find favour. In night-club circles the degree of exclusiveness is judged by the amount of club subscription and the depths of the pockets of mem bers und their friends. It ha? really little ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. QUEEN'S Among the reoent acts working in the standing cabaret here are Monty Woulf and Lillian Lowe. Both have appeared in the Leicester Square house previously, and are exceedingly popular with Quai d'Orsay audiences. Miss Lowe remains in the programme, which also includes a couple of clever ecoentrio acrobats, the Arva Brothers. Regina West, whose en gagement must ...

... . 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. TIOCADERO.--Champagne Time. Rarely has C. B. Cochran done better production-work than that seen in the new cabaret-revue in the Grill Room of the Trocadero; and Max Rivers, who is responsible for the dances and ensembles, is to be congratulated upon the amount of originality he has? aged to get into that part of the entertainment. The dressing is sometimes daring and ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. EMPRESS ROOMS. During the summer months cabaret is temporarily suspended at the Kensington resort, although recent bookings have included many stars and well-known acts including Graham and Barbara, dancers; Hengler Brothers, the Two Strong Silent Men; Vera Kayne and Ueorge Laurie in Stops and Styles Eddy Gray, a juggler with clubs and other things, who is a ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. THE LONDON. Once again there is a change in the management of this rendezvous, the new head of affairs being John Sinclair. Further alterations are promised within a few weeks, and it is hoped that these will bring the establishment into hne with the other West-End clubs devoted to caparer and dancing. The London, which has been open for some years, and has seen ...

... . By IVAN. PATRICK GORE. PLAYTIME AT THE PICCADILLY. E. O. Lcndley, who used to run cabaret at the Piccadilly in conjunction with Harry Foster, and more recently was on his own account, has now severed hie connection with the entertainment. It is now being run by Colonel Elwy Jones. Tlie change has meant a good deal of reorganisation, the chief item of which has been the wholesale removal ...