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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 1989-10-04, Page 27THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1989. PAGE 27. Big Girls Cry’ opens Festival’s fall season A delightful new comedy, “Big Girls Cry” by actress Heather Esdon kicks off the Blyth Festival Fall series on Saturday, October 14 at 8 p.m. at Blyth Memorial Hall. Welcome to the world of Faith Monaghan - she’s a somewhat overweight actress getting ready for an important audition. As she transforms herself from bathrobe and facial mask to beautifully manicured actress, she introduces the audience to a zany cast of characters. She takes on the voices of teachers, classmates, sales clerks, blind dates, prospective employers - representatives of a society that seems to judge solely on the basis of appearances. Faith can talk a mile a minute, churning out snappy witticisms about life, theatre, love, and even hair remov er. Her sparkling performance promises to be a comic treat. Heather Esdon is no stranger to fans of the Blyth Festival where she has appeared in productions of “Cake-Walk” and “Lilly, Alta”. She began her stage career with Ottawa’s Theatre 2000 and the Penguin Theatre Company in 1981; since that time she has enjoyed seasons with Upper Canada Play house, Thousand Islands Play house. Her work with Ottawa’s Great Canadian Theatre Company includes roles in “S: Portrait of a Spy”, the national tour of “Side ^Entertainment Local fashion spots organize show Organizers for “Leather and Lace”, a fashion show to be held this Saturday at Blyth Memorial Hall, promise something a little different than your typical fashion show. With flamboyant staging and an upbeat presentation, this dis play of designs in leather and lace from Bainton’s, the Old Mill and Blu-mers, will include 14 scene changes, utilizing some of the backdrops from the theatre, ac cording to Vai Gauley of Blu-Mers. Twenty professional models from Gemini in Kitchener' will model both male and female fashions. Mrs. Gauley explains that the lingerie will be in good taste and nothing sheer will be presented. “We will be displaying the sporty and modern items in addition to some negligees. Also, there will be some camisoles that you can wear as clothing.” We want to assure everyone that there will not be anything in the least risque,” she finishes. “You’re not going to see a lot of skin.” Finally, she notes that all fashions are important and not familiar to the area. Jayne Marquis, Amanda Snell and Margaret Dupee will also model some of the fashions from Bainton’s and The Old Mill. Leath er items will feature coats, pants, suits and Mrs. Gauley says it should be an excellent mix. Mrs. Marquis has been involved in the organizing of these fashion shows for several years now and has brought many innovative and exciting ideas to them. Also, Mrs. Gauley who attended the International Fashion Show in Montreal this past September is hoping to utilize some of the excellent ideas she saw there as well to make this show as profes sional as possible. In addition to the show the Marketplace will be open down stairs. It will include presentations of everything from jewellery to knitting and crafts. Effects”, and productions of “I Am Yours” and “A Jungle Out There”. She will appear in “Mid night Madness” at GCTC in the spring of 1990. “Big Girls Cry” is her first script and it premiered at the 1988 Edmonton Fringe Festival with productions at GCTC and the Canadian Popular Theatre Alliance Festival in 1989. The Ottawa Citizen praises “Big Girls Cry” as a “delightful solo show with a particular appeal for anyone who’s ever been, shall we say, pleasantly plump. Or for anyone who’s worried about a big nose. Or thinning hair. Or terminal acne that warrants the nickname ‘Pizza Face’. Come to think of it, ‘Big Girls Cry’ will strike a respon sive chord with anyone who’s ever felt victimized by a society whose inhabitants don’t always bother to look beyond the external package to see the person on the inside ... She has brought her own life to her lines, creating an evening of thea tre that moves from one touching and amusing moment to the next.” “Big Girls Cry” is part of a three-event series sponsored by the Blyth Festival from October to December. Other performances in the series at Blyth Memorial Hall include “The Romaniacs” on Sun day, November 12, 1989 - 8 p.m. and “Second City’s National Tour ing Company” on Saturday, De cember 9, 1989 - 8 p.m. Series tickets are available for $25. for three shows and tickets to indivi- dual performances are $13 each. For more information about special events at the Blyth Festival or for ticket reservations, call the Blyth Festival Box Office at (519) 523- 9300/9225. Gordon & Catherine Caldwell Love Your Family Conservatory music results released These are the results from the Royal Conservatory of Music exam inations held in Blyth United Church. Margaret Kai was the co-ordinator. tirade 9 Piano, Honours, Patrick George Cull. Grade 8 Piano, First Class Hon ours, Kristina Ann Flatt, Tanya Marie Ross; Honours, Jodi Web ster, Cindy Lou Bernard, Shannon Daniels, Melissa Logtenberg; Pass, Karen Elizabeth Bylsma, Karen Elliott, Sherri Lynn Lavis, Anita Bernice Gross, Susan Carter, Kara E. R. Gower. Grade 7 Piano, First Class Hon ours, Immanuel John Ramirez, Angela Cindy Yoon; Honours, Denise J. Hiller, Krista Lea Bridge, Nicole Louise Middelkamp. Grade 7 Piano, First Class Hon ours, Shannon Linette Millian, Angela Verburg; Honours, Hayley Linfield, Karen Zondervan, Mani- van Larprom, Ann Uhler, McKen na Marie Lavis, Trisha Marie Taylor, Lisa Irene Marchitto, Mari anne Smith; Pass, Tyler McGregor, LeeAnne Lavis, Mark Cooper, Kris Gemmel. Grade 5 Piano, First Class Hon ours, Jennifer Lynn Szusz. Grade 5 Piano, Honours, Jayne Kathryn Dykstra, Peter Poulin, Colin Darling, Katherine Ann Van Bakel, Marilyn Petrina Vanden Elzen, Alison Chamney, Sarah Rouw, Rhonda Howatt, Shannon Leigh Kirk; Pass, Jodi Denyse Hayter. Grade 4 Piano, First Class Hon- Stratford Festival presents ‘signed’ performance This season the Stratford Festi val will once again present its annual sign language interpreted performance for the hearing handi capped. This marks the ninth time the Festival has presented a special signed performance. The production that will be signed-interpreted is “The Mer chant of Venice”, one of Shake speare’s most controversial plays and one of the Festival’s most successful productions this season. The specially signed performance will take place Wednesday, Octo ber 4 at 2 p.m. and is sponsored by the Telephone Pioneers of Ameri ca, and signed through the Inter preter Services of the Canadian Hearing Society, Toronto Branch. Tickets for this performance are available now and may be booked by calling the Stratford Festival Box Office at (519) 273-1600; or, toll free from Toronto 363-4471; toll free from Kitchener 662-2215; toll free from London 227-1352 and toll free from Detroit 964-4668. ours, Dana Cooper, Carly Price; Honours, Andrea Pauling Fisher, Kerry Anne Hill, Sherry Ann Stephenson, Janine Hayter, Amy Sue Albrecht, Amanda Margaret Medd, Dana Dalton, Amy Theresa Darling, Christie Lynn Mclnnes, Catherine Erica Clark, Kimberley Erin Ferguson, Amanda Marie Hickey, Wanda J. Martin; Pass, Erin Lynn Hickey, Yvonne Cronyn. Grade 3 Piano, First Class Hon ours, Cojanna Bond, Linda Ann Dykstra, Brian Donald Mclnnes, Gavin Michael Snell; Honours, Paula Allen, Jane Elizabeth Dar ling, Julie Glauser, Linda Jacob, Leisa Maye Thompson, Shawna Walker, Brenda Ruth White, Cari- sa Lynn Willis, Kimberley Ann Richmond, Courtney Sauve; Pass, William David Laffin, Michael John Laffin. Grade 2 Piano, First Class Hon ours, Johanna Abigail Ramirez, Susuan McLachlan, Carli Ann Tie man; Honours, Erin Lee Jamieson, Caroline Smith, Shawn Jacob, Laura Anne Martin. Grade 1 Piano, Honours, Wendy Ann Kuran, Jenny McDonnell. Grade 5 Guitar, Pass, Vincent Joseph Sticklend. Grade 4 Guitar, Pass, Noah Alexander Train, Jamie C. R. Chisholm. Grade 2 Guitar, First Class Honours, Paul Derrick Chisholm. BLYTH FESTIVAL PRESENTS Writer and performer Heather Edson, unmasks the glamorous world of the theatre. 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