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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1978-09-07, Page 6STORE HOURS Savarin Frozen Beef Chicken Turkey • DINNERS 11 oi.pkg. St. Williams Strawberry or Raspberry JAM 24 fl.oz. jar Enjoy year 'round comfort . automatically. One system does it all . .. cools and heats your • home for less than oil heating alone. (DocurnentatiOn,on request) Recognized by the Government'of Canada as an energysaving device. 5 =IF I'PnT CT ION Pt AN AVAIL AIR t Phone for free In-home estimate. I at 2 6 — THE HURON EXPOSITOR, SEPTEMBER 7, 197 Young actor a sta e veter Tom McCamus looks disarmingly young and innocent. The London-based actor, who played the sad-eyed schoolboy David Easton in Gwendoline and the cornball govenment inspector in, His Own Boss at the Blyth Festival, actually has some impressive acting experience behind him: Mr. McCarrius, at 23 years of age, wilk, start his third season with the Theatre London Young Company this fall, l-le' has also, completed three years of a drama course at the University of Windsor, deciding • to,sacrifice the final year and a degree for the chance to gain experience as a working actor. In the past year, his first as a fulltime professional actor, McCamus worked eight out of 12 months, a record which might be envied by many veteran Canadian per- -fgrners His ambition for the future includes working in as many different places as he can, in as many different sytles of theatre. The actor has already experienced a variety of theatre styles from Shakespeare to childrens' theatre with its more exaggerated characters to a difficult role as one of four convicts sharing a cell in John: Herbertes biting Canadian play, Fortune and Men's Eyes. Favourite ' Next season, as a member of the Young Company,, Mr. McCamus will act in the childrens' favorite, Paddington The Bear and then make the transition to supporting roles in Theatre London productions of Kiss Mc Katcand the Canadian play. John A, Himself. McCamus started his acting career in ,comnaunity-theatre productions while still in high school. Four years- ago, Heinar Piller, the sometimes controversial artistic director of Theatre London, selected McCamus to be one of the members of the Young Company. The company is a group of younger actors who present the theatre's childrens' productions, handle supporting roles in main stage productions while studying acting techniques as well. In his first stint with the company, McCamus' fellow actors included Jim Schaeffer and Rick Previtt, actors who have worked at the Blyth Festival in the past. After a year with the company, McCamus decided to take a Bachelor of Fine Arts in drama at the UniVersity of Windsor. The city, McCamus discovered, is .still "States-oriented" and Windsorites tend to depend on Detroit for professional Stage productions. Since theatre is relatively new in the city, the drama students at the university presented a number of childrens' pro- ductions as well as cabaret shows in local nightclubs. Last year; McCamus, back with the Young Company,. worked in •two 'childrens' productions and discovered "You have to be very honest, since children are very perceptive." Yen Out Unlike their adult counterparts, a childrens' audience will yell out 'their ctiticism if something about a performance doesn't ring true. " One of the special benefit$ of member- ship in the Theatre• London company for McCamus has been the experience of working under William Hutt, a veteran Stratford Festival performer and now artistic director at Theatre Lodnon. Mr. McCamus said, "Bill really believes' in young actors and what they have to offer." Mr. Hutt worked with the company to produce the Shakespearean comedy Twelfth Night, presented at London's Mini Theatre last season. Mr. McCamus said working with the veteran performer "taught me a lot about Shakespeare,,- particularly how to work with language," The Blyth actor said when playing Modern characters who speak with con-, temporary language, he tended to rely on instinct in deciding how to talk. However, the Shakespearean language has to be broken down by an actor and now Mccanius is finding he is applying this same technique to the dialogueaof all-the — characters he plays on stage. Just Watching Alsb, McCamus picked up pointers just watching Hutt as he acted in Twelfth Night since the younger actor said Hutt's "sense of comic timing is amazing." Tom McCamus is looking forward to working with Hutt again this year - "a man who has a lot of enerev and could ect into some really exciting things." This season, the Young Company will be moving into a new studio theatre within the historic Grand Theatre in London, • The theatre has been dark for the past year while renovations were being made to the Grand to provide more adequate backstage facilities, the studio theatre and better seating arrangements. - Mr. McCamus said he expects William Hutt has decided on a more traditional • theatre bill for the coming season in, order to bUild up the theatre audience again. Among the plays being presented are Kiss Me Kate, a musical; John A Himself, a play about our first prime minister by Canadian writer Timothy Findley and Otherwise Engaged, a smash British hit. Toni McCamus decided to audition for the Blyth Festival company laSt spring after hearing good things about the theatre Ideal Fancy from other actors and also because the local theatre works with' "brand new scripts" an exciting challenge for an actor. The Pace One of the first things the actor noticed in his move from London to Blyth was "the pace - it's more relaxing (here)." AlthOugb Mr. McCamus hasn't mapped out any definite steps for his career, he hopes to try the Toronto 'klage " after his" next season with Theatre London. • While he would like to try TV and film work, •it also "Wouldn't kill me if I didn't." In the meantime, "I just want to work," he said. Working, or at least finding work, hasn't proved any problem for McCamus yet. , Although he looks disarmingly young, McCamus is already very wise in the ways of the stage. 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