... 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 ...

... BLACKBURN 'CINDERELLA' THERE is a curious mix of ancient and modern about Frank H. Fortescue's Cinderella.'' which opened for a three-week season at the Grand on December 23. The book adheres closely to the traditional pattern and the principals have their own ideas for freshening the theme. All but i he principal boy. Jean Campbell. Mine, Turner's Girls, and ihe speciality Profe sor ...

... BRIGHTON 'CINDERELLA' CINDERELLA, at the Hippo drome, has all the traditional trappings, powdered wigs, pure white ponies and a sparkling coach lo lake Cinders to the ball. It has, too, something else, Derek Roy as Buttons. There are times when this googly-eyed comic submerges self in ihe somewhat pathetic part >f Buttons, but for the most part lie is himself; thc polished and ex ...

... ST. ANDREWS 'BEAUTY AND THE BEAST' THIS fairy play by Nicholas Stuart Gray was given at the Byre Theatre. The author has approached the old fairy story from an original angle and has made it admirable Christmas entertainment, full of magic for children and humour for the adults. The part of Beauty provided an j admirable vehicle for the polished j acting of Una McLean. The Beast was equally ...

... BELFAST 'ALADDIN' IN the role of Mrs. Twankey Clarkson Rose gives a characterisation for which he is renowned in Derek Salberg's production of Aladdin at the Grand Opera House. From the opening scene to the finale the audience is under his command. He is at his finest in a I caricature of the principal boy of the nineties, and altogether his stage manner is mosi amusing. 1 lie Three ...