The Lucknow Sentinel, 1998-07-01, Page 81
BIytIa was insh was mspirati
Toronto playwright
Andrew Moodie was gas
taken with his first visit u
Blyth he was inspired to
write a play • about it. A
year... latter, toudae's
Wilbur County ttiu Set
to open du stage at the
Blyth Festival.
Though Wilbur County.
Blues is a. comedy set in a
fictional rural village, the
village is located some,
,where in southwestern
°nteriu 4buut to hours..
drive from Lemlon, It also
has a rutabagas waxing
plant ' and: it local hotel.
referred to as 'tate Boot.'
The :Sir;;uitaritieS to the real
village of Blyth go
unnoticed by audiences
when Wilbur County
Blues begins its :summer.
run at Blyth co .2
lu Wilbur C'i,iunty.
Blues, Moodie tells .the
story of Ben, a Nigerian,.
imitiigrant played by
CJeorge ,Screlttba, wtaw
tiiuvos his syn Gabriel to h
sinialt • town to cscYapo tete
tensions of big city living.
Wh; n a teenage tQ U U4e
grows between . Cfab,
played by Michael lBltake,
wind Tabitha, a. lifelong res-
ident of the viltagu Olatycd
by Mackenzie Muldoon,
fear and ntistmst zcar thnie
ugly heads, It takes laugh -
tet, Auccliiini bread and a
set of unlikely, Conspirators
to finally make Be.'n feel at
home. The r sult is a
touching, him/tons tale of
gaining acceptance.—
The
cceptance. "The . cptceptional cast
includes Katherine Ashby,
Curulino Gillis, Olen.
QoutU and Michael
Healey, Wilbur County
Blues is being directed for
the Blyth Kistival by
Marion de -Vries, with set
tied lighting designed by
award winning desiguc r
Allan Stic:hbur'y. •
• Wilbur .County glues is
the; fourth: pray written by
Andrew M,odie, •arncl. the
!;list ter .be utXered at the
1 iyth 1 estival. kis debut
work, lout, garnereed Min
groat critical acclaim, laim, as
well as the prestigious
Cha_bn yrs: Award,
Wilbur County !Niles
will enjoy two: 'preview
pc rfortnanct.s before
• LueknerwSentinel; We
begiatning its month-long
ran, an .evening perfor-
mance on Canada lay,
July 1 °and a. Matinee per.
faarmanc:e at 2 p.r><t..lu1y Z.
Once open, the show will:
.• main repertory until: Aug,
The gala opening night
of Wilbur CQunty Blues on
Thursday, July K wily be
followed by • an open
re ceptionn in the Lower
• Hull', .Curtain time is 13: pan,
and tiekuts e n be reserved
by calling the Qlyth
Festival aux Oflicu :4t .514,-
523-930Q; 19-523-93OQ;
tOrptiau. mummy tomb
coming to cQux t . usewn
Step through the gates of time and crunme 41m
encounter~ the Egypt Gilt of the Nile exhibition, located
at the Bruce C"ctitnty Ntaseurn and Archives. This., will
surely: be an exhibit you can really get wrepped up in,
`%gYPt - Oft ut tete; Nile opens l*ridey, July ut $
• by advance tickets only. Quest speaker is. Cittyle thbsun
Who -will speak about "'l'he 't'rtlift About bgylauuu,
Myrianties."
Thu EgypU41) reign .of supremitcy w'*' ono of the
longest lit 'all .ut history. unci dur)ng tins time .paved the
wny fur other eivtlixanuns that. were yet, to follow.
Arid lint .bgypt is one of themost interesting ant( well
know)) of• all zho atcic;nt empires that ruled the world i)n
their wen bine: Who iuuld forget the alien;nt burial Eta
r itlons, like mucurnrttci.ations:' •
Opening July two world!,, will one of
afUient and one of new $too ,how • huwnultity has. pro-
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