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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1986-07-09, Page 71 Luicimow Sexfanell, Wednesday, Jugy 99 1986—Page 7 _UCKNOW D STRICT CIMMUNITY CENTRE HAPPY BIRTHDAY IANNE VERONICA GALE GIBSON • .1 r-9 I4 OPEN DATES AVAPLAE RELY Friday 11, 18, 25 Saturday 12 AUGUST Friday 8, 15, 22,29 ea am am ma e am m am ma am ma eeee SATURDAY, JULY 19 Spring Fling w/ Jam Jars SATURDAY, JULY 26 Marion Johnstone and Bo McComb Michelle,Kim & Carole CALL THIS NUMBER BETWEEN 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. ONLY 528-3532 Daryl Shuttleworth [left] and Ron Gabriel In a scene from Drift which opened at the Blyth Festival on June 24. [Colleen McGuire photo] Drift is unusual theatre By Alan Rivett For theatre-goerslooking for a not -so - ordinary production, the Blyth, Festival's presentation of Drift fits the bill as an unusual piece of theatre., Drift, a play by Rex Deverell; leaves all the conventions.of tradidonal theatre to the wind to flirt with new, untried visions in this production which originally premiered at the Globe Theatre in Regina in 1980. This brooding, introspective play is set during the Depression and the Second World VVir and centres around the life of Stevie! (played—by Laurel Paetz), an attractive, courageous women who has immigrated to Canada from the Barbados during the 1920s. From the outset of the play, the audience iearns,Stevie co -exists as.a character in the play and also as a character which is. brought to life on the stage by "the writer" of a book about her life during the hard times of the Depression. ; Oddly enough, the writer (played by Daryl Shuttleworth), is not merely a static, omniscient character, but he becomes part of the play, as he asks questions about the pasts of the characters which jump off the pages onto the stage, He also becomes a narrator of the play, guiding the characters l'utntit e Obetttre. WINGHAM, ONTARIO PHONE 357-1630 FULL LENGTH CARTOON FEATURE SATURDAY, JULY 12TH AT 1:30 P.N. FREE ADMISION AN ALL NEW ANIMATED MOVIE ADVENTURE STARRING HE-MANYm AND YOUR. FAVORITE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSETM CHARACTERS. through memories, their triumphs and .their struggles which make up the play. The play follows Stevie's "drift" to a worker at a fruit farm,where she meets her best friend Betty (played by Heather Edson), her relationship and later marriage to farm owner Tom (played by Pet Smith), and her friendship with a poet and her one-time suitor Sam (played by Ron Gabriel). It's how each of the characters, in their own way, come to grips with the Depression, the Second World War, and, ultimately, each other which gives the play its appeal. The juxtaposition between "the ..writer" and the characters adds another dimension to the play, especially the relationship between Stevie and "the writer" which features an ironic twist near the conclusion of the play. However, Drift isn't entirely gloom and doom. Some fine comedic acting by Ron Gabriel as Sam gives the play the needed comic relief elements. Also of note is the stage design by Jules Tonus and the lighting by,Louise Guinard which adds to the starkness of the play. Most of all, it's a play about relation. ships which somehow urges the audience to understand the human costs of the Depression and the Second World War. • •nil SQUARE • • • FA / • 4,... • A FILAIATIOG PRESENTATION ATLANTIC RELEASING CORPORATION CIO*, In. 110 AN NW Rum* • ,eirmemorsoliwIllowielORW. CEUill Iltatre ----WINGHAPAI ONTARIO PHONE 357-1630 PLAYING FROM FRIDAY TO THURSDAY July 11th to 17th SHOWTIMES:, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY At 700 and 9:00 P.M. SUNDAY TO THURSDAY One show each evening at 8:00 P.M. m -. ii§Ralpaiwee .4 • coma,: S24-7811 • .6 • • •• STARTS • . FRIDAY • • FRI..SAT • • 7 & 9 • . • SUN. TO • THURS. • 7:30 -• • • • 0. • * • • • • • • • 0 • 0 • • 0 • ,0 -• • • g " _ • is— • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •aa,f0 ."?4. 0,4 • ••••:, „„.„. • ;MX4 • • • • • • • STARTS FRIDAY BOX OFFICE OPENS 8:30 rtfti.m.eNT Jack Burton's in for some serious trouble and you're in for some serious fun. f53 • • 0 ENDS • THURS. • • R STANRI ENDO, & It749.4ColtziAY*Iiy 71.• TUESITE–: IS a 2.50 NIGHT • v5 CHILDREN • UNDER 14 • FREE • SO BONG INF • FAMILY • SPACE • SCHFAIORMWSTPN • 4•616.0 • • . /„. •TUESDAY • . • • MATTHEW BRODERICK 111111111111111IIIIIIIIMIIIIMI IS : : FERRIS BUE LER'S • , 1 • • • One man's struggle to take it easy. A JOHN HUGHES FILM ENDS THURSDAY "BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA" aorg,•••••••••••••••••••• • • 2 224• 1PANI AI EN T 0 .• • 2ND FEATURE THIS SUMMER'S GREATEST ADVENTURE p • , • • • • • • • WO 0 • • al a: • • di • • • 0 0 0 • • • • • • AO • 0 • al • THE STARS BELONG TO A NEVVGENERATION 0 • 0 0