HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1986-08-06, Page 18THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1986. PAGE 19.
Playwrights experiment, public can join in
The ranks of the actors, writers
and musicians at the Blyth Festival
are being swelled even further as
the workshopping of new scripts
began last week.
Katherine Kaszas, artistic direc
tor of the Festival, said the
workshop program is part of
“continuing our commitment to
the development of new Canadian
plays’ ’. The workshopping pro
gram allows writers to have actors
perform their work in an informal
setting to test what ideas work and
what needs to be changed in their
scripts.
The first workshop, The Girls In
The Gang, by Ray Storey of
Edmonton,'with music and lyrics
by John Roby, began on July 28. It
is about the lives of the girlfriends
and wives of the infamous Boyd
Gang, a high-living, bank-robbing
gang in Toronto in the 1950’s. This
is not the first time Storey and Roby
have worked together: they pre
viously collaborated on “Country
Chorale’’, which was workshopp
ed at the Blyth Festival in 1981 and
later produced in Alberta and
British Columbia. Frequent visit
ors to the Festival will remember
with pleasure John Roby’s music in
“Country Hearts’’, performed at
the Festival in 1982 and 1985. The
Girls In The Gang was directed by
Jackie Maxwell who co-directed
“Beaux Gestes and Beautiful
Deeds’’ in Blyth in 1985.
Gerald Lenton (who appeared in
the 1984 season productions “A
Spider in the House’’ and “Blue
City’’) is the author of the second
workshop, The Third Last Christ
mas, which starts on August 4.
This is a black comedy about a
youngmanandhiswifewhoare
returning to the family home for his
father’s “Last Christmas’’. The
father is dying - but has been doing
so for a number of years, and this is
the third such “Last Christmas’’.
David Craig, who adapted “Cue
for Treason’ ’for the children s
workshops in Blyth in 1984, will
direct Christmas.
Islands In The Moon by Kath
leen McDonnell, is the third and
final workshop of this summer,
starting August 10. It is the story of
a young couple whose marriage is
threatened by their differing views
over how and where to bring up
their two young daughters. The
father wants them all to live in the
‘yuppie’ surroundings of middle
class Toronto, while the mother
yearns to return to the Toronto
Islands - where she herself grew up
- and the lifestyle enjoyed by the
inhabitants there. McDonnell is
the author of “Body Shop”,
workshopped in Blyth in 1983, and
“Risk Factors’’ which was recently
produced in Toronto.
Members of the public are
invited to attend readings of the
workshops on the Saturday follow
ing the start of each workshop.
Readings will be held on August 9
and August 16. There is no charge
for attendance at the readings;
however, the Festival would like to
reiterate that these are workshops
and not finished productions - no
costumes, props, or scenery are
used. Anyone interested in attend
ing should contact the administra
tion office of the Blyth Festival,
523-4345, a few days prior to the
reading date for final details about
exact time and place.
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Callander News
BY DAWN WHITE
Saturday, July 26, Inez Cameron
returned to the home from the
hospital. Everyone is pleased to
have Inez back and feeling better.
Sunday, Zion and Ethel Menno-
nites sang hymns to the residents
which was much enjoyed. Murray
Stevenson and girls visited Pearl
Stevenson. Lottie McCutcheon
had her granddaughter Lori to visit
her. Maggie Griffith spent the day
at her niece Millie Nixon’s. Lottie
McCutcheon was out to Barb and
George’s for supper. Della Shaw
visited her husband Mac.
Millie MacFarlane went out to
dinner with Marylou and Jackie
Fish. Helen and Joe Poirier visited
Lillian Cox. Mr. and Mrs. Garner
Nicholson visited Hazel Procter.
Bill Close was the bingo champ
on Monday.
Mary Cameron visited her
mother-in-law, Inez Cameron,
Tuesday. Don Dunbar played the
piano for everyone to enjoy. Olive
Dunbar’s family Don, Barb, and
George visited with her. Harry
Gerrie was home with his wife. Ray
Cliff and Jan Stewart visited Eva
and Oliver Stewart. Jerry Graff
entertained at the piano in the
evening and Doug Purdy from the
Salvation Army visited.
Residents bowled Wednesday
morning and played cards in the
afternoon. Lottie McCutcheon was
outfor lunch with Judy Hahn. Rev.
Jamieson visited Lillian Cox,
Verne Somers and Inez Cameron.
Thursday, Jim Lawrie attended
the Blyth Festival. Ethel Institute
was in for the monthly birthday
party. Three happy children Curtis
and Philip Graber and Hope Jacobs
paraded the halls in dress-up
costumes bringing smiles to many
faces. Curtis then played tunes on
the piano. Millie Nixon visited her
aunt Maggie Griffith.
Friday morning everyone enjoy
ed Ann Smith playing hymns at the
piano.
THROUGH TIRED EYES
Please come to the home and visit
me,
It’ll make you feel good I can
guarantee,
The chatting I will leave up to you,
Words don’t come to me like they
used to do.
I’m just sitting here in my geri
chair,
Just don ’t pass me by, I can see you
there
Yes, I am old and tired as you can
see,
But it makes my day when you visit
me.
for
George Coulter
and
Gloria White
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Friday, Aug. 15,1986
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