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PLAYING FROM FRIDAY TO THURSDAY
•August to 7th
SHOWTIMES: FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
7:00 and 900 P.M.
SUNDAY TO THURSDAY ONE SHOW
Each evening at 8:00 P.M.
The 'vacation you4II never folet,
no matter how hard ,pou try.
Lilly, Alta.', the latest play In the Blyth Festival season opened on July 22. The play offers a
satirical and often probbig look at life In a small town In Alberta. Here; Heather Elides
plays "Honey" with Chaucer the Cat: • [James Hockings photo]
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Lilly Alta., the lates,t offering in the
Blyth Festival Theatre's line-up of
plays, is centred around the history of a
small„ town in Alberta. But, the play is
reminiscent of smalltown life anywhere
in Canada.
The historical drama; written by
Albertan Ken Dyba and originally work -
shopped at the •Stratford Festival
Theatre, while it poignantly recreates
the disturbing history behind a dying
western town, it is also oft -time satirical
in nature - spoofing thewhole nature of
smalltown
The audience Who attended the
opening performance on July 23, no
doubt, experienced glimpes of their
hometown with the long line of off -beat
characters in the play. There was Mrs.
Chas. Halpen, the hypocondriac wife of
the local pharmacist (played by Heather
*Esdon); the eccentric woman, "Honey"
Gullacher, (also played by Heather
,Esdon) who takes her precious cat,
Chaucer along on motorcycle trips; and,
of course,the town drunk called Drunk
Dick (played with fervor by Robert
King) ,who frequents the town library*
The play begins in earnest with an old
man, Willy Tyler, (played by Robert
Bockstael) sitting alone in a town where
prosperity has long passed. "The train
doesn't come anymore," he says,
alluding to a happening which Lilly
residents used to look forward to every
Tuesday.
The old librarian, who acts as the
narrator in the play, harks back to the
glory days of the town using poetic
images to recreate the history surround-
ing the town's demise. From then on,
the audience is taken on an emotional
• roller -coaster ride through the triumphs
and tragedies .•0g. the town asseen
through the eyes of the old man.
' While isolated, snippets portray the
carefree, happy atmosphere of the
town, it becomes increasingly apparent
that the town has had a dark and dismal
past.
On the surface, the librarian paints a
picture of the innocence of Lilly witb. the
carefree summers spent at nearby
Yellow take with his girlfriend and.
bride-to-be Calla (played by Paulina
Gillis). '\Jnderneath, bitterness and
hatred shatter his illusion of innocence.
Stories abound from Lilly's residents .
about its disturbing past, especially
referring to the town's feared and
haunting matriarch, Mrs. Lilly (played
by Elizabeth Burton).
A 'thoroughly entertaining play, the
action alternates between Uproarious
laugher and compelling drama - you felt
• totally emotionally drained after sitting
• through the fast paced performance..
The large cast used. in the play
requiring 21 actors was something of a
departure for the Festival which usually
has a small number of actors per play.
• However, the huge cast was far from
being a clumsy arrangement, -with the.
actors appearing as one, cohesive unit,
It was also a treat to see some of the
actors tackling .different parts.
Fine performances were turned in all
around, especially by Kevin Bundy who
was ever-present and menancing in his
role as Dim Denny; the insane pyroms
aniac. Also noteworthy were the two
undertakers, Otto and Otis Finnigan
(Reg Dreget arid Ron Gabriel) who were
an extremely funny duo.
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