... 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. 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. The twice-nightly and everchanging editions of Playtime at the Piccadilly are among the best of tho dinner-supper entertainments in the West End. In the old days sumptuous production was usual, and on one occasion a novel note was struck by putting on the cabaret in the form of a circus. Now the management and the pub lic are satisfied with one or ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. LE SOLEIL. Of course, now that winter time has followed summer Old So is a little oftener in the programme than he has been these past months and it is the avowed attention of the management of the new Soleil club, which has opened in Gerrard Street to keep him there as much as posaible. The new 'club is a members' club, with a committee elected for the first year by ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. THAMES RIVIERA. To-day (Thursday) sees the opening of the second season of A. E. Bundy's attempt to turn tho luck of that island at Hampton Court which originally took its name from one Tagg, and is now, after various rechristenings, known as the Thames Riviera. In the last few years it has played hvoc with the fortunes of several people. Fred Karno called it the ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. COCHRAN . The new C. B. Cochran cabaret revue will be seen in the Grill Room of the Trocadero on Monday, April 14. Full of colour and speed, the entertainment will last some forty minutes, and during this time over 100 changes of costume will be shown. The Prosperity Party, a new type of title, and an optimistic one, will go in greatly for topical affair's, and at ...

... . 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. GROSVENOR HOUSE. Although progress has robbed Park Lane itself of much of its old exclusive glory, Grosvenor House remains the hub of society functions and galas. One of the most important forthcoming events is the birthday party of the Theatrical Ladies' Guild, which will be held on December 5 under the auspices of the Actresses' Franchise League. A special cabaret ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. THE HOLBORN. Following on a long succession of individually managed cabarets and first-class acts, the Holborn has again acquired Gordon Marsh and his Marshmallow Girls, who will present their cabaret for a month. As before, a strong nautical .lavour predominates in this produced and dressed show. It is of the lightning order, and no time is lost. The whole ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. THE DANCE. Dancing is in full swing in hundreds of places, both great and small, from the aristocratic floor of the Grosvenor House to the dingy but no less jolly palais de danse of the far East End. Gala nights are weekly occurrences, and few are considered complete without cabaret, while bands are in groat demand. Oovent Garden, which rumour says will end its ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. STAGELAND OPENS. The menus in the blue-curtained windows of Stageland are providing quite an entertainment for the natives of Little Newport Street and district, and at night the club's lights form a bright spot in the little square behind the Shaftesbury Theatre, quite one of the gloomiest in the West End. The club was duly opened last Friday by Walter Payne, who, ...