HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1987-10-07, Page 22PAGE 22. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1987.
Entertainment
Having fun with annihilation
Bob Bossin stars in Bossin’s Home Remedy for Nuclear War to be seen
at Blyth Memorial Hall October 15 at 8 p.m.
Murray McLaughlin appears Oct. 17
at Blyth Memorial Hall
Murray McLaughlin, one of
Canada’s most popular singers
' pays a visit to Blyth for a concert on
Saturday, October 17, at 8:30 p.m.
at Blyth Memorial Hall.
The Blyth Centre for the Arts is
Mermaid Theatre
returns with show
The popular Mermaid Theatre
from Nova Scotia returns to Blyth
for a family matinee of their new
show, “The Red Ball”, on Satur
day, October 1 7, 2 p.m. at Blyth
Memorial Hall.
On their last visit for the Blyth
Festival, Mermaid brought the
popular classic “Peter and the
Wolf”.
Celtic Odyssey
The Creative Arts Network,
supported by individuals and the
followingroups, Listowel School of
Dance. Concert Singers, Music
Alive and Sweet Adelines is
bringing to Listowel another pro
fessional musical theatre produc
tion. On October 16, 17, 18 an
innovative dance, video, live
music, theatre performance entitl
ed “Bearer a Celtic Odyssey” will
take place at Listowel District
Secondary School.
This multi-media theatre pro
duction was written and choreo
graphed by Allen Norris, a Kitch
ener native, who entered the field
of dance after nine years of
wrestling and judo. He brings an
exciting and highly dynamic ap
proach to experimental dance and
theatre. Playing to sold-out houses
in Toronto, Beare: a Celtic Odyssey
brought audiences to their feet and
streaming on to the stage.
most pleased to welcome this
important Canadian artist for the
firsttime. Mr. McLaughlin has
been well recognized in Canada for
over 15 years for his fine, honest
The Red Ball is a multi-media
production, a comic fantasy featur
ing inventive sets and puppets,
delightful original music, and
black light techniques. The Red
Ball uses movement, colour and
visual humour to tell its story of the
adventures of an engaging young
ster.
Mermaid Theatre has achieved
an international reputation for
their performances for young
audiences. The Blyth Festival is
proud to have them once again
stretch our imagination with their
latest collaboration.
For further information call
523-9300 or 523-9225. Tickets are
$4.50 a piece.
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“Bossin’s Home Remedy for
Nuclear War’’, the hit Canadian
musical that has toured the country
from the Queen Charlottes to Cape
Breton is coming to Blyth Memor
ial Hall for one performance only
on October 15 at 8 p.m.
Bossin’s Home Remedy is a
hilarious medicine show mix of
theatre music, magic and snake oil.
Written and performed by Bob
Bossin, the show is “Funny,
informative and inspiring at the
same time,’’ says Pete Seeger.
“Go! You’ll come away happy,”
says CBC TV.
Bob Bossin is well-known across
the country as the leader of
Canada’s premiere folk group,
Stringband and is widely acknow-
edged as one of Canada’s foremost
songwriters.
In his persona as snake oil
salesman “Doctor” Bossin, Bob
has been called a marvellous
performer... a combination of Pete
Seeger and Groucho Marx” by the
Western Canada Jewish Bulletin.
Bossin’s Home Remedy for
Nuclear War is “absolutely guar
anteed to prevent nuclear war or
your money refunded!” Tickets
are $8 advance, $10 at the door, $5
students, $15 for dinner and show
(6 p.m.) The show is sponsored by
Women Today and the Huron
County Medical Society. Tickets
are available from The Saga in
Blyth.
songs that are at home in many
musical styles from folk to rock to
country.
Composer of many well known
songs - “Farmers Song’’ and
“Whispering Rain” and winner of
seven Juno awards, Murray Mc-
Lauchlan continues to speak to the
Canadian experience in his many
albums and concerts. An oppor
tunity to see in person a true and
worthy Canadian star!
Tickets are$10.50apieceand
are selling quickly. For reserva
tions phone 523-9300 or 523-9225.
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ALLAN ANDCAROLFINCH
Saturday, OctoberlO
9p.m. to1 a.m.
For more information call:
482-7481 or 482-3234
Theatre review
'Superwomen' super
success with audience
BY KEITH ROULSTON
It is with trepidation that a mere
mortal man ventures into the
theatre to see a play titled
“Superwomen”, a fact that has
perhaps kept male attendance
down at performances of the play,
whether the original presentations
in 1985 or the revamped version
that was presented in Wingham
Friday night and Listowel on
Saturday and Sunday.
Those men who may have stayed
home for fear of being heeped on
their weary shoulders the usual
feminist cliches of women’s suffer
ing at the hands of men, missed an
honestand often very funny play by
two area writers.
Arlene Dunbar of Ethel and
Carol Oriold of Listowel may have
cast just one token male (Dennis
Nuhn) in their play to portray all the
husbands and male children but
they haven’tloaded him down with
all the deficiencies of the male
gender since the days of the
caveman. The husbands in the
show are warm and caring indivi
duals who do their best to help but
can’t solve the problems that tense
1980’s life puts on their wives.
The “Superwoman” are the
wives who try to keep the old values
of home and mother and wife
together at the same time as they
pursue outside careers. The wo
men, who were all friends in
school, have gone different ways.
Wendy, (Carol Oriold) has married
a farmer in her old neighbourhood
and helped him raise kids and
livestock, much to the scorn of
Yvonne (Arlene Dunbar) who went
off to the city and made a career as a
business executive and is only now
taking time to have a child. In
between is Linda (June Coleman)
who stayed in the community but
carved out a career as a teacher as
well as raising a family. All three
are burdened by the feeling of guilt
thatthey’re letting down either
their family or themselves in not
achieving everything they think
they should achieve.
The dilemma of modern women
is treated with lots of humour and
music. The show gets off to a good
startwithahilarious scene with
Wendy lamenting having to do the
morning chores then finishing up
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just as the other women get out of
bed and turn on the television on
the exercise show. The scene is
played out before the clever lyrics
of “The Farm Wife’s Lament”.
Unfortunately, all the scenes in
the show aren’t of the same
outstanding quality, but there are
enough good moments to make up
for the odd awkward ones.
Throughout, the music of Arlene
Dunbar and the lyrics by the
co-writers, are among the show’s
best assets. The music ranges from
the hilarity of “The Farm Wife’s
Lament” and “Job Juggling
Song” to the moving “Duncan’s
Lullaby”.
The performers were backed up
by a three-piece band of Gerald
Simpson, Dave McIntosh and Jim
Willis who always added to the
performance without ever intrud
ing on the show.
The staging in the spartan
Wingham Towne Hall stage does
n’t do anything to add to the
professionalism of the show. It
would be interesting to see what
Director Joan Chandler and the
cast could do in a really profession
al setting with adequate prepara
tion time.
As it was, everyone in the show
could be proud of their production
and those who may have been
frightened off by the name missed
an evening of enjoyment.
DARLENE
October7
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