... STATE GRANT. A State subsidy for grand opera was announced by Mr. Snowden in the House of Commons on Thursday. It takes the form of a yearly grant of £17,500 for the next five years, with a payment of £5.000 with respect to the present financial ouarter of the a total of £92,500. Thi* grant combined with announcements re cently made of agreement rcached between Sir Thomas Beeeham. the ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. FRAS The Winter Garden at Frascati's is an unusually good place for cabaret. Not only is the floor exceptionally big and well cared for, but the general surroundings, flowers, and delicate lighting certainly promote enjoyment. Moreover, it does not matter much where you ait. In addition to the Eight Frascati Girls, who put up their customary excellent show of team ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. FILMING QUEENS. On the occasion of Pathes visit to the Quai d'Orsay the other night for the purpose of making a film record of the Night-time Revels, Mine, Coletta put on an excellent performance, which included some new features and several additional acts. The new Girls are settling down rapidly into I their stride. They proved them selves capital singers 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. 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. PLAYTIME AT THE PICCADILLY. The new dinner and supper time entertainment at the Piccadilly, devised and produced by Harry Foster, dances and ensembles by Harry A White, with dresses designed by Dolly Tree, ably maintains the traditions of this popular West End cabaret. Much of it is entirely new, and once again the management has secured a novelty in the shape of ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE PENTAGRAM. Pentagram is a cheery society of Bohemians from all ranks of the entertainment world-- legit, vaudeville, cabaret, films, the clubs, which are so little heard of by the ordinary pleasure seeker--banded together to bring brightness into otherwise drab lives. ing on the motto Our happiness is in the happiness of others, Pen-' tagramists went all out last ...

... . 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. ENGLISH ACTS. Although cabaret managers are at last showing signs of taking a more friendly interest in native artists, and the owner of one of the most important floor shows in the West End has openly expressed his faith in them, there is still a good deal of room for improvement. A few weeks ago a manager declared that tho only possible draws were American or ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. Although old in America. France, and on the Continent generally, cabaret is practically a new form of entertainment here. Eats M and drinks are as im portant as musical and other form9 of entertainment, and this combi nation of feeding while being amlised might almost give the shows an ancestry dating back to the old palmy day 3 of vaudeville, when the world and his ...

... . 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. MURRAY'S FROLICS. After a few weeks of first-class individual acts Murray's returned to full production last Sunday. As before, Martin Adeson, jun., is the producer, and with Cicely Compton carries the weight of the show on his shoulders. Again tile production work is thorough, and the entertainment enjoyable, ulthough the final halt of the programme is by no means ...