... 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 ...

... SCARBOROUGH SPA SEASON TO BE CUT rIK season M the Scarborough Spu is lo be curtailed Mil summer. InMead ot opeoiog at Whit sun. as but been the custom for a long time, the season nHI not ttart until Sunday June JO. The mam reason for thn shortening of the reason, says Dennis LovHI, the S|M) manager, because it i unprofitable to run the Spa for a full 16 weeks. Neither Charles Shadwclt and his ...

... 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) ...

... 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 ...

... 'LOTUS HEART' TO FIGURE IN ALL-CHINESE CABARET LIAN-SHIN YANG, Chinese TV artist, will present an all-Chinese revue at the Club de la Cote d'Azur, Frith-street, on Monday next for two weeks. She will be assisted by other Chinese artists, including dancers and jugglers. The title of the revue is Lotus Time, and this is the first time an all- Chinese revue has been presented in London. Lian ...

... DIFFICULTIES THAT BESET THE ART OF SONGWRITING SONG WRITING has a universal appeal. But the songwriter of to-day little realises that from the moment he puts pen to paper the cards are stacked high against him. In a new book entitled So You Want To Be A Songwriter, (published by Colin Venton, Ltd.), Cleethorpcs songwriter Walter Howe, whose The wedding of Jack and Jill continues to be ...

... COVENTRY 'MOTHER GOOSE' THIS year ii is Mother Goose. a S H. Newsome presentation, that will he p aying at the Coventry Theatre for a season extending well into the New Year. As usual here, the story is the thing. Deftly woven into the moral la'e of Mother Goose and her dangerous vanity are the talents of a east which includes George Lacy, Eve Boswell, Sally Barnes and young Welsh comedian. ...

... CANTERBURY 'MOTHER GOOSE' MOTHER GOOSE, at thc Marlowe, was enthusiastically received by the Boxing Day audiences. Its success is to some extent due to the fact that no attempt is made to go beyond the limitations of the theatre. Emphasis is placed on the story out loo many distractions, and pro ducer Pat Sandys has, as a result, provided a show which appeals to both young and old. The ...

... EXMOUTH 'PUSS IN BOOTS' WITH a deft hand producer Joyce Worsley created success with thc West of England Theatre Company's Christmas presentation of Nicholas Stuart Gray's Puss in Boots, at the Sayoy. Norman Rose excelled in the title role and showed agile versatility. As Gerard, Barry Wilsher gave understanding to thc part. To gether their performance left little to be desired. Another ...

... STOCKTON-ON-TEES 'ROBINSON CRUSOE' WITH Ken Platt heading the comedians, shapely Joy Marlowe playing Robinson Crusoe, and Morton Fraser's Harmonica Rascals providing lively interludes, Robinson Crusoe was assured of a successful three-week run when it opened at the Globe on Boxing Day. Thc production, by Charles King, presented by Lew and Leslie Grade, in association with Will Collins, is ...

... BATH 'JACK AND JILL' THERE is no better-mounted pantomime in the provinces than a Maddox pantomime, and this year there is some breath-taking colour in Frank Maddox's production, at the Royal, of Jack and Jill, which owes a great deal to the design of Mrs. Nellie Maddox. It is all delightfully fresh, and this is reflected in the playing of the large cast. It is good, too, to see the ...