HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1987-07-08, Page 22PAGE 22. THE CITIZEN. WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1987.
Entertainment
Revealing the boys behind
the "Girls in the Gang"
The “girls” of “Girls in the
Gang” get the spotlight. Even the
“boys” in this tale of the infamous
Boyd gang get their bows at the
end. But behind the girls and boys
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John Roby [foreground] leads the band that is very much “behind the
scenes” at the Blyth Festival’s production of Girls in the Gang. The
five piece band provides plenty of jumpy beebop music from the late
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in the gang is another gang of boys
who are stars of the show but never
seen: the band.
John Roby, composer of the
musictogowith Raymond Storey’s
script for the musical-comc^
leads the band that plays hot jazz in
a crowded backstage space. The
music covers the late 1940’s, early
1950’s bebop period and goes
along with Kerry Hackett’s fabu
lous costumes to recreate the era.
Besides John Roby who plays
keyboards, other members of the
band are Alex Dean on saxophone,
Brian O’Kane, trumpet, Steve
Lucas, bass and Mark Congram on
drums.
The musicians perform in a
corridor-like space about six by 16
feet directly behind the back wall of
the set. They work in the dark
except for small lights on their
music stands to illuminate the
musical score. They’ve never
actually seen a performance of the
show only heard what’s happening
over the headphones they wear.
They do get a glimpse of the actors
hurrying on and off stage through
one end of their tiny room.
John Roby is, of course, a
veteran of the Festival who has
appeared off and on since 1980.
The others are newcomers to Blyth
although Mark Congram has a
local connection. His parents were
originally from Wingham and his
paternal grandparents Wilfrid and
Elsie Congram, still reside there.
The show has won high praise
from critics and, surprisingly,
unlike some of the other shows,
there are still tickets available for
most performances.
THE
CLEAN-UP BRIGADE
Put yukkies in their place!
Artistic director
has quite
a premiere
Blyth Festival Artistic Director
Katherine Kaszas presented her
most successful premiere early
Tuesday morning when she gave
birth to a seven pound, eight and a
half ounce baby girl. The daughter,
as yet not named, is the first child
for Katherine and her husband,
film cameraman Paul Dunlop.
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