... Fredd Wayne's Success At the Berkeley Restaurant. W.l, Fredd Wayne (from South Pacific scores a marked success with original patter, catchy songs, and crisp lyrics. At the start, after mentioning very many introductions and their outcome-- Flanagan meet ing Allen, Ava Gardner meeting Frank Sinatra, and so on he presents himself to patrons. Sly digs at British types are worked in, a brief but ...

... Andrew Millar Dick was in Jersey at Easier for the start of the cabaret i season at the Chateau Plaisir Hotel, where the Two Tomassos will be until the end of September. Other presentations arranged by Mr. Millar Dick, in conjunction with Percy Manchester, include Gordon j Whelan. who will be at the Somer- I ville Hotel from May II, the Harry Lester Hayseeds floorshow, which opens at the ...

... Possible Fortune Awaits Pioneer THE possibility of the successful staging of ice cabaret in hotels in this country is terrific, says Harry Harris, the agent who has travelled extensively in America to study various methods of ice presentation. Over in the United States they use a tank of about 20 ft. x 20 ft. and, in the more go-ahead places like the Conrad Hilton, Chicago, the whole thing ...

... ON January 25 Dorita Y Pepe are due lo make their sixth ap pearance on the BBC' Light Pro gramme's Guitar Club the only artists, save, of course. Ken Sykora and the resident group who have made, so many appearances. On Sunday, February 2, they will be in Follow the Stars, the Sun day night variety show on sound radio. Their recently-issued 12-in. LP record Amor, (The Art of Dorita y Pepe) ...

... VICTORIA PALACE 'NODDY IN TOYLAND' THE fidelity with which the same actors make their annual return to Noddy in Toyland makes comment more difficult as the years go by, for true to the requirements of the very young, the performances do not vary by a gesture from Christmas to Christmas, and the adult viewer expects little entertain ment. It is therefore pleasant to be able to report that ...

... THE ODEON WYATT EARP SHOW IT is a bit shattering, on entering the Odeon, Tottenham Court Road, to see Wyatt Earp's Western Variety Show, to be charged two shillings for a souvenir programme which, as it turns out, bears little reference to the running order of the actual show, as seen on Boxing Day. Group One according to the printed pro gramme -introduce Hugh O'Brian TV's Wyatt Earp, but ...

... LYRIC, HAMMERSMITH 'KING CHARMING' THIS enchanting Victorian panto mime, which was successfully produced at the Players' Theatre last year, is even better when seen on a larger and better equipped stage, and invokes the thought that, where pantomime is concerned there is much to be said for the good old days. Gwen Cherrell is no less delight ful as a romantic and enchanted Prince than in her ...

... GOLDERS GREEN 'DICK WHITTINGTON' IF one wished to show a foreigner what pantomime really is like I do not think that any would serve the purpose better than Jack Hylton's production of Dick Whittington at Golders' Green this year. it would not, perhaps, make the mystery any clearer to him, but it would certainly help him to understand why we cling with such affection to this form ol ...

... CHISWICK 'CINDERELLA' LEW and Leslie Grade's Cinderella is a smooth, thoroughly professional production, with Joan Regan nicely cast in the title role and McDonald Hobley working hard and with no mean talent to score a major success as Buttons. No wonder that, with a big audience warming to his work on the opening night (December 23). he was able to comment on the success of live (hows ...

... BATH 'LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD' rlis year's pantomime at the J Theatre Royal is clever, captiv ating and charming. Frank Mad- dox has produced another winner'' with his Littlo Red Riding Hood. It is splendidly and lavishly cos- turned and staged and it is obvious that Mrs. Nellie Maddox has had a good deal to do with this side of the I show. The production is slick and colourful. There arc ...

... BEXHILL 'CINDERELLA' FINE family entertainment is the pantomime Cinderella which is presented at the De La Warr Pavilion by the Bexhill company of the Penguin Players repertory company. This admirable festive show is a sure delight and pleasing to both eye and car. The Penguins company as in previous years has been specially augmented for this annual feast of fun and gaiety, and all combine ...

... BIRMINGHAM 'PUSS IN BOOTS' DEREK SALBERG'S presenta tion of Puss in Boots at the Alexandra, is not perturbed by the lack of a story. Its manner of production is so direct and unbroken that the tale seems ample to span its 16 scenes. George Lacy is at the top of his form as the Dame and gives a zest to the whole show. He- wears a multitude of outmodish gowns with an air of fantasy and lie ...