HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1990-12-12, Page 22PAGE 22. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1990.
Grand Theatre wants
young playwright's scripts
Christmas Spirit
Wayne Wittaker-Cumming leads the Blyth Festival Singers in their annual Christmas Concert
Sunday at Blyth Memorial Hall. The popular event attracted capacity audiences for two concerts
Sunday.
Entertainment
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Writers in retreat at Blyth Festival
Six writers will be included in the
Blyth Festival’s 7th Annual Winter
Writers’ Retreat which lasts a full
three weeks. Writers in residence
who are part of this special play
development programme include:
Layne Coleman (author of ‘ Blue
City Slammers”), Sean Dixon (Wri
ter In Residence at Blyth Festival in
1991), Ted Johns (author of “Garri
son’s Garage’’), Kelly Rebar (au
thor of “Bordertown Cafe’’), Ray
mond Storey (author of “The
Dreamland’’ and “Girls In The
Gang”) and Carol Sinclair (author
of “Firefly”). Members of the
public are invited to enjoy a public
reading of Scenes from Plays in
Progress on Friday, December 14
(7:00 - 9:00 p.m.) and Saturday,
December 15 (1:00 - 5:00 p.m.) at
the Blyth Festival’s Administration
Building (second floor - Dinsley
and Queen St). Those attending
can enjoy some Christmas cheer,
entertaining scenes, and meet the
authors, actors and directors of the
Blyth’s 1990 play development
programme. Admission is free.
“These workshops are as impor
tant as anything we do here” says
Peter Smith, Artistic Director of the
Blyth Festival. “The writer is the
source of this festival and any way
we can accommodate them, with
out the immediate pressure of
production, we need do it. Blyth
offers an ideal setting for these
workshops and from them have
come some of our most exciting
projects. This year, for the first
time, we will be taking a play to a
local high school for a reading and
discussion. It promises to be an
exciting three weeks and I encour
age people interested in this impor
tant step in a play’s development to
come to a reading on December
14 or 15.”
Layne Coleman’s new script
“Barbershop Quartet” looks at a
barbershop in a small town. Sean
Dixon’s play “End of the World
Romance” is about love in a place
where with one punch you could
end up in Portage La Prairie from
Toronto. Ted Johns in “Two Broth
ers”, has his characters perched on
the edge of town, but very tied into
the decisions made in Ottawa.
Carol Sinclair continues her adven
tures in a one-woman show.
“Brownie From Hell”.
Edmonton-based writer. Ray
mond Storey sets “The Glorious
Twelfth” in the thirties in Ontario,
examining small town prejudice.
Calgary writer Kelly Rebar has
written a new musical, “Corn
flower Blue” which explores the
comical characters of Cornflower, a
prairie place where life is simple,
people are pure and things are
dreamy. Mervyl, a spirited actress,
abandons her showbiz career and
returns to Cornflower, with a
bag-full of experience, stories and
opinions.
The actors and directors in
residence at Blyth for the Winter
Writers’ Retreat include: Kevin
Mabel's Grill
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was talking about the BlueJays big
trade this morning. Tony Fernan
dez is a good player but he needs a
change of scenery, Ward said. That
gave Tim an idea. “Maybe”, he
suggested, “we could work out a
trade of politicians with some other
country. Maybe a change of scen
ery would give our big hitters
Mulroney and Wilson a new life.
“The thing you forget is that the
other guy has to want to trade too,”
Julia said. “Nobody wants to trade
Bundy, Katia de Pena, Jerry
Franken, Ron Gabriel, Denise Ken
nedy, Bob King, Don Kugler, Jim
Milan, Peter Smith, Julie Stewart
and stage manager Crystal Salver-
da. This programme would not be
possible without the generous sup
port of the Canada Council, Ontario
Arts Council and our New Play
Development Program Sponsors:
Woodlawn Arts Foundation, Laid
law Foundation, Mrs. David Hay,
CKNX Boradcasting Limited and
CFPL Broadcasting Limited, Petro
Canada, Bruce and Isabael Sully,
Bill and Claudia Spink, June Hill,
and J&J Pharmacy.
a .300 hitter for a .110 hitter like
ours.”
FRIDAY: Billie was surprised to
hear that Ottawa got an NHL
franchise instead of Hamilton even
though Ottawa doesn’t have an
arena. “Maybe they’re going to
put up one of those bubbles
supported by hot air. They’ve got a
surplus of that there.”
It was the price that struck Julia.
“Imagine anybody wanting to shell
out $50 million to get more Sena
tors for Ottawa?”
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The Grand Theatre is pleased to
announce that scripts are now
being accepted for the 5th Annual
Young Playwrights Competition.
This year’s competition is again
co-sponsored by The Grand Thea
tre and QI03 Radio. All young
people 19 years of age or under
who are registered in a Southwes
tern Ontario school are eligible to
*enter. Scripts must be received at
The Grand Theatre by 5:00 p.m.
March 15, 1991, and the winners
will be announced April 15, 1991.
The winning scripts will be work
shopped the week of Monday, April
22 and presented by professional
actors April 26 (Intermediate Divi
sion) and April 27 (Senior Division)
in The Grand’s McManus Studio
Theatre.
This year’s competition offers
two entrance categories: the Inter
mediate Division, from grades 7 -
10, and the Senior Division for
grades 11 - O.A.C. Winners in both
divisions will be awarded cash
prizes, up to $200, plus two Grand
Theatre Season subscriptions for
the 191/92 season. The winning
scripts may also be selected for
production and recording for
broadcast by Q103 Radio. The
identity of the judges will be
withheld until the winners are
announced, and their decision will
be final.
Last year The Grand Theatre
received 90 thought-provoking,
topical scripts from young people
eager to express themselves
through this medium.
Brochures and entry forms will
be distributed to Southwestern
Ontario schools shortly. For more
details regarding the competition
contact Julie Hobson at The Grand
Theatre, (519) 672-9030.
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