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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 9, No. 5. May 7, 1946

[Introduction]

Extrav. '46! Once move Varsity is plunged into the turmoil, trouble and evanescent bubble of Extravaganza. Producer McCreary is working miracles with the script, and it's quite certain that the final result will bear little resemblance to the original brain-child of the unknown octet.

"Peter Pansy, a Political Corncake by A. Ubiquitous Anon," reads the title page. Everyone is in a flat spin, but out of the confused conglomerate of voices and hammers, ballets and ballads, is slowly emerging the Peter Pansy that for five days will wake the town to the realisation that it has a University.

And the dances ... no doubt they'll be down to the usual standard. The beauties, the bums, the perpetual undergrads, the gushing freshers, all go into the Extrav. melting pot and arise garlanded with memories and imbued with the deadly disease that strikes once a year. You'll see them all again at Extrav. 1947.

The Extravaganza for 1946 will be foisted on the public of Wellington at the Opera House on Saturday, May 11, and on the following Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Rehearsals of the main show commenced on Anzac Day and owing to the limited time available there will be rehearsals practically every night from now on.

The Extrav. will take the form of two shows, a short one by the one and only John Carrad (who claims it is his swan-song) and the main show by U Biquitous Anon (who has a lot to answer for). The Carrad show "Ocean Going Blues" is in the old tradition and John has collected some of the old lags who graced his shows five or six years ago.