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Theatre review
Jurassic age comes alive
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1993. PAGE 23.
By Ashley and Joshua Gropp
On Nov. 21, Blyth Festival and
the Canadian Content Theatre
presented Listen to the Bones at
Blyth Memorial Hall.
The Canadian Content Theatre is
made up of Judy Cook, Kate Ferris,
Heidi Hunter and Tiffany Taylor.
Pre show entertainment was led by
Tiffany, the stage manager. Her job
was well done when it came to
sound effects.
The play started with Heidi
watching T.V. with shows such as
The Flintstones, The Dinosaur
News, Dino-Riders and the Dino
story while pigging out on Dino-
Flakes. Then a dancing telegram
arrives tapping her way in with the
message, "list to the bones". The
puzzled Heidi then gets a collect
call from the Jurrasic Age. The
only message from this $6 million
phone call was "Wishbone".
Kate came in and gave Heidi a
cloth with dino bones printed on it.
Heidi reads from her dinosaur book
and finds out that dinosaur bones
were dug up. Kate and Heidi mime
while wondering who found the
first dinosaur bone. Miners in
France, Kate read, were the ones
who found them. Again they went
to mime. This time, they found
bones, three bones to be exact.
Next they read about a girl who
was the first person in England to
find a Pteradactal. The skit for this
part started with Judy as the girl.
The part was very humorous when
Judy started to sing "Here We Go a
Wynberg
brings
experience
Continued from page 22
December of Simon Streatfeild,
who will leave the Festival after
four seasons in order to pursue
growing European interests.
Wynberg's first priority upon his
appointment will be planning the
1995 Guelph Spring Festival
season.
Mr. Wynberg currently resides in
Toronto with his wife and three
children. As a musicologist he has
been responsible for the research
and republication of a large
quantity of hitherto unknown guitar
music. As a classical guitarist, he
enjoys a busy performance
schedule on both sides of the
Atlantic performing and recording
with singers and instrumentalists
such as the English Chamber
Orchestra, the Gabrieli String
Quartet, flautist William Bennett
and oboist Bert Lucarelli.
The Guelph Spring Festival is a
month-long celebration of the
performing arts, presenting a
diverse artistic program that
includes classical music, jazz folk
and dance performances. Visiting
performers also participate in an
integrated educational program for
the community, including
masterclasses, workshops and
school performances that give
residents a "behind-the-scenes"
look at the intricacies of each art
form. The program for the 1994
Guelph Spring Festival, which will
run from April 29 - May 15, will be
announced in February of next
year.
Fossiling".
Do you know what an
Apatasaurus is? Someone in the
audience named Michael did. The
actors said, Michael was only the
second person in Ontario (out of all
their audiences, even though they
are at the end of the Listen to the
Bones tour) to get it right! He won
a tape.
Soon afterward, the actors asked
the audience members what their
theories were of the disappearance
of the dinosaurs. Some of the
suggestions were: disease, a meteor
shower, a large comet hitting Earth,
making dust and killing the plants
causing them to starve to death, and
making a drastic drop or rise in
temperature.
Following the unprecedented
success of last season's
presentation, The Grand Theatre
heralds another yuletide season
with the return of A Christmas
Carol on Dec. 3. With book, lyrics
and music by Mayor Moore, this
lively musical based on the novel
by Charles Dickens marks the
return of William Hutt, Ellen Horst,
Peter Hutt, Brigitte Robinson, Jan
Alexandra Smith, Eric Woolfe and
Aidan De Salaiz to The Grand
Stage. Joining the reunited cast will
be Bernard Hopkins and Paul
McQuillan.
Also performing in A Christmas
Carol are Jacqueline Bernat, Craig
Fair, Jason Meloche, Hope
McNamara, Becky Shanks and
Hannah State. Miles Potter directs
once again, with musical direction
by Stephen Woodjetts and
choreography by Valerie Moore
both of whom also return.
Designers John Thompson,
Charlotte Dean and John Munro
also return to design the sets,
costumes and lighting respectively.
This spirited musical is the
classic tale of the miraculous
transformation of grasping old
skinflint Ebenezer Scrooge
(William Hutt) into a beloved man
of warmth and kindness following
his Christmas Eve visits by the
Ghosts of Christmas Past,
Christmas Present and Christmas
Yet to Come.
To wrap it all up the three bones
made a wishbone.
The performance excelled in all
its forms. If you like dancing,
music, mime and dinosaurs this
would have been a great
performance to go see.
Coming up are two children's
shows that may interest you, on
March 19 at 2 p.m. Bill Usher is
putting on "Drums" an exciting
show featuring percussional
instruments. The Lampoon Puppet
theatre presents "Clowning
Around" which is about two truly
funny clowns and circus acts done
to the accompaniment of Dutch
Street organ music. This award
winning show has become a classic
in the company's repertoire.
For ticket information, please
visit The Grand Theatre Box Office
at 471 Richmond Street or call 519-
672-8800, toll free from area code
519 at 1-800-265-1593 or toll free
from Michigan, Ohio and
Pennsylvania at 1-800-567-5194.
Kincardine
plans
summer fest.
A new professional theatre is
coming to the area in the summer
of '94. The Bluewater Summer
Playhouse in Kincardine will pre-
sent light entertainment and frolick-
ing musicals, the press release
states.
The Kincardine Theatre Guild
presented excerpts from perfor-
mances planned for the upcoming
season at a special fundraiser held
on Nov. 6 at the Aztec Theatre.
The Bluewater Summer Play-
house is a not-for-profit organiza-
tion and fundraisers will be an
important part of its existence.
Anyone wishing information on
the upcoming season can contact
Cheryl MacDonald at 396-9114.
`A Christmas Carol' comes
back for Grand performance
For Ella Carter
Blyth United Church
Sunday, Nov. 28
2 to 4 p.m.
Best Wishes Only
CHRISTMAS
IS IS COMING!
GIFT CERTIFICATES
GOOD IDEA.
STEVEN SPIELBERG PRESENTS
A DINOSAUR ADVENTURE
FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.
Fri. -Thurs. 7 F3M Nitely
Nov. 26 - Dec. 02 Sat. - Sun. Mat. 2 PM
M E L G I B S O N
THE
UT A FACE
Fri. - Thurs. — 8:45 PM
Nov. 26 - Dec. 02 Nitely
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A Celebration of
Christmas
with special guests:
The Blyth United Church Choir
Sunday, Dec. 5 - 3 p.m. & 8 p.m.
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