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THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2006. PAGE 23.
`Oliver' begins season
at Stratford Festival
Leisure
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Blyth Festival artistic director Eric Coates unveiled the 2006 poster at the season launch on
Saturday evening. At the right are Ken and Beth Whitmore of Blyth Printing, sponsors along
with Bainton's Old Mill and The Old Mill. Left is Terry Manzo, photographer and Heidi
Holdsworth, graphic designer, owner of Creative Feats. (11,cky Bremner photo)
Stratford Festival names
Cimolino as general dir.
Kelly Meighen, chair of the board
of governors at the Stratford Festival
of Canada, announced today that the
Festival is moving forward with a
new direction in artistic management
and leadership.
Antoni Cimolino has been
appointed general director reporting
to the Board and will lead a team of
up to four artistic directors.
"Antoni Cimolino has the vision,
the passion, and the experience to
lead the Stratford Festival into an
exciting and innovative era,"
Meighen said. "
We have tremendous 'confidence
in Antoni to build a team of the
world's most talented artistic
directors and artists that captures
and expands on the creativity for
which the Festival is world-
renowned," she said.
"The Stratford Festival is a unique
resource in the international
theatrical community," Cimolino
said.
"This theatre is now in .a position
to take important steps forward, and
to do so we must renew our
commitment to the classics,
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especially Shakespeare. deepen our
relationship with the national and
international artistic community, and
strengthen our commitment to the
finest artists in each stage of their
career. We are introducing a new
structure that will support our
achievement of this exciting new
direction."
Cimolino has been the Stratford
Festival's executive director since
1998.
He has directed many acclaimed
productions and this season is
directing Cotiolamis with Colm
Feore and Martha Henry. He began
his career as an actor and first
appeared at Stratford in 1988. later
playing such roles _as Romeo in
Romeo and Juliet and Laenes in
Hamlet.
"This is an outward-looking vision
which gives us much needed
flexibility," Cimolino added.
"We will enrich our theatre
community by bringing in outside
i nfluences, - inviting guest
appearances. workshopping more
Canadian plays and taking our own
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plays on the road."
-The new management structure
frees up the artistic directors
-from theatre business, so they
can focus solely on delivering
our artistic promise. This is how
we will build on our historic
foundation.-
The restructuring follows the
announcement last year that current
artistic director Richard Monette
will retire at the end of 2007
after completing a record I4-year
term.
- The new team, which Cimolino
expects to begin announcing in early
summer, will be responsible for the
Festival's 2008 season and
beyond.
The Stratford Festival kicks off its
Family Ties - themed season on
Monday, April 24, with the first
preview performance of the classic
family musical Oliver!
The musical, with music, lyrics
and b6ok by Lionel Bart, features
Colm Feore as Fagin and Blythe
Wilson as Nancy (both returning to
the Festival for the first time since
2002).
Based on the Charles Dickens
novel Oliver Twist, the musical
follows its title character on his
journey from a workhouse to a
thieves' den and finally into the
loving arms of his family
Oliver! is directed and
choreographed by Donna Feore.
Musical direction is by Berthold
Carriere. The designer is Santo
Loquasto, the lighting designer is
John (Jock) - Munro, the sound
designer is Peter McBoyle and the
fight director is John Stead. Ms
Feore is assisted by assistant
director Edward Daranyi and
assistant choreographer Natalie
Sebastian.
Joining Feore and Wilson in the
cast are Scott Beaudin as the Artful
Dodger, Kyle Blair as Noah
Claypole, Grace Chan as Mrs.
Bedwin, Bruce Dow as Mr. Bumble,
Barbara Fulton as Mrs. Sowerberry,
Mary Ellen Mahoney as the Widow
Corney, Brian McKay as Mr.
Sowerberry, Tyler Pearse as Oliver,
Brad Rudy as Bill Sikes, Stephen
Russell as Mr. Brownlow, Katy
Schroeder as Bet and Dayna Tekatch
as Charlotte, as well as Brandon
Banks, Christopher Fulton, Antony
Grice, Erik Jay Larson, Nathan
McLeod, Thomas Murray, Miles..
Seward and Stuart Weir as Fagin's
Boys and Heather Brezden, Andrew
Hancock, Erin Hessey, Olivia
Kramer, Izabella Mijas, Jamie
Murray and Nicholas Van Bakel as
Orphans. Also appearing are Jayme
Armstrong, Naomi Costain, Stephen
Cota,.Michelle Galati, Ryan Gifford,
Christina Gordon, Kirk Hansen,
Donnie Macphee, Lindsay Thomas,
Heather E. Wilson, Gabriel
Wolinsky and Barrie Wood. The
swings are Michael Bachner, Alec
Fowler, Stephen Roberts and Ayanna
Sealey. The understudies not already
listed are David Francis and Laird
Mackintosh
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