Show Review from the Birmingham Owl:

The Erwins perform their tumbling act with the help of a spring mattress. The Zouaves remind one of the Japanese guards who were at the Empire last week - with their drill act. The sacred concert raised about ?35 for the charity.

Variety Show featuring the Hartley Wonders – Jumping Act

  • Opening Night: 27 March 1905
  • Performance: 01 April 1905
  • Genre: Variety
  1. Overture – Musical Director: Jacques Bruske
  2. The Erwins – tumblers in their comic act “A Terrible Night”
  3. Ella Rose – soprano vocalist
  4. Kate Chard & H. O. Clarey – in a selection from their Duologue Repertoire
  5. Charles Russell – comedian and vocalist
  6. America’s Black and White Zouaves – Lightning Gun Drill and Wall-Scaling Exhibition
  7. Miss Lizzie B. Raymond – American character singer and coon delineator – the original “Ebenezer”
  8. Austin Rudd – in entirely new songs and parodies
  9. Three Rainats – stage flying trapeze act
  10. Maggie Walsh – the original Lancashire Singing Mill Girl
  11. Hartley Wonders – in their World-Famous Jumping Act
  12. Animated Pictures
  • Number of Acts: 11
  • Number of Performances: 13
  • Performance Times: Monday to Saturday at 18:00 and 21:00 with a matinee performance on Thursday at 14:30
  • Circus: Tumblers; Trapeze; Jumping Act
  • Notes: -0