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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-03-31, Page 9theatre Ladino w Sentinel,, Wednesday, *March 31, 1928—Page 9 mosnamsomma Blytit Festival plans biggest seasn «ve r Janet Amos, artistic dir- ector of the Blyth Summer Festival has announced the biggest season in the .eight- year history of the Festival. The Festival will open Fri- day, July 2: The Summer Festival, which began in 1975 with two plays --and 16" performances over four weeks, will in 1982 feature five plays, with 67 performances over an 11 - weeks season ending Sept- ember. 11. In addition there will be two Sunday music concerts., The season will open with a new play about ayoung boy from the city; who is sent to visit his grandfather in Cape Breton' Island while his par- ents sort out their troubled marriage. A warm-hearted family =show, ' Down North shows how the boy over- comes the culture shock of his new environment and his family; .problems 'with the help of his loving grand- father andAw-found friends in the rural community. Peter Colley, whose last play I'll Be Back. Before Mid- night went from its premier at the Festival to become one of the most produced plays in Canada with upcoming prod- uctions across the . United States and in Romania,. brings a new comedy -thriller to the •Blyth stage. Deathly Balance tells of a humour- ous, hardworking farmer whoseworld comes apart • whenhe discovers hisnag- ging- wife ° is planning to desert him and his son, who he has. dreamed . will . take over the farm, has switched to theatre . arts. Colley, a master of combining hilarity. with spine=chilling suspense, puts his craft to work again in this play premiering July 6. Ms. Amos' .desire to con- nect the people of rural western Ontario with people from other parts of Canada brings Viola Leger and her hit , one -woman. show The Scrubwoman or La Sagouine by international award win- ning author Antonine Maillet to the Blyth stage beginning, July 27. The old Acadian scrubwoman from New Brun- swick spills out' her life in 'a comicand practical way, sharing the joys of her youth, the hardships of poverty and. above all, her indomitable spirit. In Miss Leger's .tal- ented hands,' a whole village comes alive. , Ted Johns, whose. plays The School Show, St. Sam and the Nukes and He Won't Come in from the Barn have broken box office records, teams with , award winning composer John Roby to pro- duce Country Hearts, a coun- try and western omusical comedy premiering August 3. The setting is a smalltown bar where an unlikely group of travellers, snowbound for the weekend, whiles away the hours entertained by the Liona Boyd concert to April 29 postponed .� Cuba the next morning and will return on April 28 in time to get back to.•Blyth for her concert on the 29th. Keith . Roulston, General Manager of Blyth Centre for the Arts said he regretted ;.any inconvenience: the. change may cause to those who have ' tickets to the concert that has been sold out since Christmas. Full refunds 'will be available to ticket. holders 'unable to attend on the new date if , their tickets .are returned to the box office by April 16. the long awaited Liona Boyd concert at Blyth Mem- orial Hall will be awaited two weeks longer. ' Management of the Blyth Centre for the Arts . learned last week that Miss Boyd will not ' be able to fulfill her engagement on Apri13-4- but will appear on Thursday: April 29, at 8 p.m. Miss Boyd will be appear- ing on The Juno Awards ceremony on C.B.C. televi- sion at the time of her original Blyth engagement. She -Will be , departing . for Spend the weekend at Purple Grove Mr. and Mrs.. Wray. Thompson, Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. L.H. Richards, Oshawa spent the week -end with Mr. and Mts. Harvie Thompson: Mr. and Mrs. Don McCosh, Mrs. Gladys Arnold attended the funeral in Goderich on Saturday for Mrs. Nora Mc - Cosh, Robbie ' Sutton Toronto spent the week -end ,with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Sutton, Rodney and Tammy, . Howard and Marj. Thomp- son visited with Mrs. Agnes. Hodgins, Westford on Sun- day afternoon. Mrs. Don Robertson, Mrs. Katherine Collins, Mrs. Don McCosh, Mrs. Howard Thompson attended a birth- day party on Thurs. at the home of Mrs. Bill Burt for Mrs. Frank Maulden - Hap- py Birthday Bessie. Mr. and ' Mrs. Bert Nicholson visited on Fri: evening 'with Mr. and Mrs. John Ftinnmelzwaan. Mr. and Mrs. Art Grice, Mississauga visited on Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Farrell. On Thursday. Kenny and Melissa Logtenberg visited at the Farrell home. Mr. and Mrs. John Koobs, Christina and ' Peter Gowanstown visited on Fri- day with Jim and Fran Far- rell. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Dawley and Mr. and Mrs. Don McCosh were guests of. Mrs. Kay Collins on Sunday. Torrin and Robin Walker from Bramalea spent the holidays with their Aunt and Uncle ME and Mrs. Doug MacDonald. Turn to page 1:10 bar's -band and their own 'comic activities. Quiet in the Land, Anne Chislett's warm look .at an Amish community caught in the turmoil of World War I will return to close the season from August 24 to September 11. The play, which last year broke box office records and has be- come one of the most sought . after properties in Canadian Theatre, willbe going .on tour when it finishes its Blyth run. TIME 5 RUNNING OW 30 DAYS TO FILE LUCKILY OUR: SERIfICi IS EASE BUT YOU'D UTTER HURRY. Fast, accurate, double-checked income tax returns are the Specialty', of H & R"Block.*Our team of income tax specialists are 'specially trained to make sure you pay only the legal minimum in taxes. ° We're ready to handle .your income tax return now, and we suggest you don't delay any longer: the deadline to file is April 30th, and that's just a few weeks from now. 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