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The Citizen, 1989-07-26, Page 23THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1989. PAGE 23. Entertainment International Scene Festival's biggest production opens “The Dreamland’’ written by Raymond - -Storey with music by John Roby opens tonight at the Blyth Festival. Even though the first two rows of Blyth Memorial Hall have been eliminated due to the large set of The Dreamland, there are lots of excellent seats for this big band musical playing at Blyth from July 26 to August 26. “My history with the Blyth Festival is now ten years old” says playwright Raymond Storey. “Country Chorale”, my first play was workshopped in Blyth’s first workshop in 1979. Then Artistic Director, Janet Amos provided me with one of the single most valuable experiences in my career - an introduction to Blyth’s resident composer at that time - John Roby. John and I experienced great success with “Country Chorale” and went on to create “Girls In The Gang” and “The Dreamland” which were commissioned by Blyth’s current Artistic Director, Katherine Kaszas and developed through a series of extremely productive workshops and read­ ings. “People often ask us, which Continued from page 22 are very inconsistent; they are poorly monitored and seldom en­ forced as well as they should be. Half of American rubbish dumps break the law yet little is being done to change this for the better. If you match Canada up with our neighbours to the south or the Europeans, it is obvious that we have just scratched the surface. If we want the type of waste disposal that we say we do, it is just as obvious that we are going to cough up a lot more money. PIZZA PIZZA PIZZA THURS., FRI., SAT. 5P.M.-12A.M. BLYTH INN EAT IN OR TAKE OUT 523-9381 Extra ‘Right One’ performance added There will be an extra perform­ ance of the Blyth Festival’s sold- out comedy, “The Right One” by Bryan Wade on Friday, August 18 at 2 p.m. at Blyth Memorial Hall. Tickets are on sale now at the Blyth Festival Box Office - $10.50 for each adult. “We’re very pleased to add this extra performance” says Artistic Director, Katherine Kaszas, “since many faithful members of our audience were unable to get tickets with 16 performances being sold- out just days before we opened. In addition, the company has agreed to donate all the proceeds from this special performance to the Actors’ Fund of Canada and their special fund for people with AIDS. Each member of the company and crew have donated their time and talents for this special chariety.” “AIDS is a disease which we all need to be concerned about” says Dr. Maarten Bokhout, Medical Officer of Health for Huron County. “It is a potential threat to all of us and any efforts to help research which looks into ways of preventing AIDS should be commended. In Huron County, ongoing public education programs geared to­ wards preventing this disease is co-ordinated by Diane Aitken of the Huron County Health Unit.” came first - the words or the music” says Mr. Storey. “In truth? After eight years, it’s six of one - half a dozen of another. Collabora­ tion is what theatre is all about, and we are delighted to be back in a partnership with the Blyth Festival for the premiere of “The Dream­ land.” Presented with a play that demands a swing band and a cast larger than ‘Les Mizerables’, most Canadian producers would show you the door. Special thanks to Katherine Kaszas at Blyth for the stage and to an exceptional group of collaborators: director - Richard Rose and assistant director - Jenni­ fer Brewin, choreographer - Susan McKenzie, designer - Charlotte Dean and lighting designer - Kevin Fraser and stage management, the crew, the band, and the cast.” Goderich author writes historical novel An historical lovestory set in the early days of the Huron Tract and written by a Goderich Author was released in Goderich Saturday. The book, “A Place Called the Ridge” is written by Beulah Ho­ man and is set in the early pioneer years of the county. The evolving destiny of Sarah and her two loves, and the secrets that burden her years at the Ridge is the heart of the book, published by Natural Heritage/Natural History Inc., a Toronto publishing house. Mrs. Homan was bom and raised in Colbome township and lives in a home overlooking the Maitland River near the residence of her son and his family. With her late husband Ben she was active in the business and educational life of the Goderich area. She has an avid interest in gardening, antiques and furniture restoration and is working on a sequel to “A Place Called The Ridge.” I do! I do! opens at Country Playhouse “I Do! I Do!”, the musical comedy about marriage, began a three week run in Playhouse II, at Huron Country Plahouse on July 25. Audiences who saw the previous Playhouse II production will recog­ nize the two performers in “I Do! I Do!” as two of the three aging vaudeville stars from The Vaudevil- lians.” A. Frank Ruffo and Playhouse II Director Pat Dawson have been kept busy this month rehearsing their roles in “I Do! I Doi”, while at the same time performing in “The Vaudevillians”. In “I Do! I Doi”, Mr. Ruffo’s and Ms. Dawson’s characters, Michael and Agnes, tie the knot and enter into a fifty year story of the joys and sorrows of marital life Star’s role hard to swallow together. “I Do! I Do!” is a chronicle of life, from the birth of Micheal and Agnes’ children, through their quarrels, money problems, good times and bad times. The cheerful, tuneful score by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt mirrors and dramatizes the moods and events of Micheal and Agnes. “I Do! I Do!” is based on “The Fourposter” by Jan de Hartog, and has featured well known entertain­ ers such as Robert Preston and Mary Martin, and Rock Hudson and Carol Burnett in the roles of Micheal and Agnes. It runs in Playhouse II from July 25 to August 12, Monday through Saturday evenings at 8:30 p.m. and matinees every Wednesday and Thursday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. Stratford starts lunch time performances The Stratford Festival’s newest theatrical undertaking, lunchtime performances of Anton Chekhov’s “The Proposal”, is presently in rehearsal with performances slated to begin Thursday, August 3, at the Third Stage. A total of ten perfor­ mances will be presented every Thursday and Friday at 12:10 p.m. throughout August until Septem­ ber 1. “The Proposal” a delightful Chekhovian one act vaudeville, from his series of one act plays, is being directed by Lome Kennedy, with design co-ordinated by John Leberg and lighting design by Timothy Hanson. Featured in the presentation are Richard Cumock as Chubukov, Andrew Dolha as Lomov and Michele Muzzi as Natalya Stepha­ nova. DOUG AND THE SlUGS^l LIVE AT B M. & G. CENTRE SAT. AUG. 19 9-1 ADVANCE Call 887-9403 TICKETS S10.00 or 88--60'2 today July 29th Ian Deakin’s latest role at Huron Country Playhouse may be one that’s going to be very difficult for him to stomach. The reason for his digestive problems stem from a diet that’s high in “newsprint”! Over the two week run of the Ray Cooney farce “Run For Your Wife”, Monday through Saturday and twice a day on matinee days, Mr. Deakin must eat part of the front page of a newspaper. Mr. Deakin’s character, John Smith is forced to eat the news­ paper page when the damaging photo on the front page threatens to jeopardize his happy existence with two wives. His two wives, Barbara Smith and Mary Smith have been blissfully unaware of each others existence until the front page photo of John and Mary Smith is almost revealed to Barbara Smith. Barbara and Mary Smith are played by Shelley Peterson and Linda Mackay respectively. Love Dad, Mom & Jason SATURDAY JULY 29 LONDESBORO SLO-PITCH TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE WILL BE HOLDING A DANCE AT THE BLYTH & DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE DANCING FROM 9 P.M. - 1 A.M. All proceeds going towards Ball Diamond Improvements in Londesboro. Age of majority required. Held under the authority of a special occasions permit.