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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2006-06-28, Page 22A Championship Golf Course the way nature intended Junior Program Monday, July 10th Monday, July 17th Monday, July 24th Monday, July 31st Junior Tournament Tuesday, August 8th Cost is $50.00 per person _ Includes 2 hours of instruction each day -- and a 9 hole tournament Sdnday after 2:00 pm 18 holes $20.00 (walking) 18 holes $35.00 (with cart) o°' o 4• Best Wishes to the ° Blyth Festival on your 32nd Seasom, 0/B CO-JIM CORP TRI-COUNTY BRICK Over 500 Different Brick AL A Phone: (519) 482-9622 -1-800-265-7057 Fax: (519) 482-5999 Clinton 0 Since 1977 0 • We wmild like to. thatch the gentinai fat the o op,p,ivitunity, ta wadi with them an. their yeruulationa and apfpuzdea to the giteatige. ° 0 While you're in Blyth for the Festival, stop by the famous Blyth Inn and be treated to superb meals by our experienced chefs, or enjoy a night of local entertainment - there's always something fun happening at The Blyth Inn. - located directly across the street from The Blyth Festival. Looking for accommodation? - Look no further!!! The Blyth Inn has recently renovated the top two floors of this historic hotel to accommodate seven beautiful hotel rooms. c4t Call for reservations at 519-523-9381 422 Queen Street, Blyth, Ontario NOM 1HO 519-523-9381 blythinn@bellnet.ca :Ag PAGE 22. BLYTH FESTIVAL SALUTE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28/29, 2006. Pulling it all together As production manager, Alexis Buset is in charge of getting all departments to work together to get the show on stage By Carol Burns Citizen staff Production manager, Alexis Buset says that it is her job to bring the production in on time and under budget. This is Buset's first year at Blyth. Festival She is gratified that "Six of my teachers have been through Blyth Theatre. So many were here at the same stage in their career as I am Aaron Newburg brings technical effects together By Carol Burns Citizen staff As technical director, Aaron Newbert is responsible for managing and coordinating the construction of the set, props, lighting and sounds systems and costumes. He is the one responsible for working with the creators of the hardscape of the theatre, and helping them refine their visions to fit the practical limitations of the theatre's budget and resources. Newbert's youthful appearance belies the responsibilities he shoulders. "Usually the designs are more grandiose than the theatre can afford," he states, "But you have to remember that all the people you are working with are artists. They have a passion for their work that makes it difficult to separate what they have created from themselves." "There is a certain tension involved in working with new works. One never knows just how ready they will be for production, but I have great respect for Eric Coates and his ability to work with playwrights bringing them along so that the script was production- at." Directly responsible to general manager Jane Gardner and artistic director Eric Coates, Buset says that she received a set of appearance dates. She then sets the schedule. Buset brings a lot of experience to her position. During summers while getting her bachelor's degree, she worked at activities ranging from building birchbark canoes to greenhouses. ready," Newbert stated, adding that many of his teachers at Montreal's National Theatre School and co- workers at the National Art Centre, in Ottawa had preceded him in Blyth. "Production is all about people, about fostering a community. The production is a collective creation. The most wonderful part of the theatre is that all disciplines come together in creating the piece." Newbert says that coming to Blyth is an experience of being re- illusioned by being part of the experience that is creating vignettes of Canadian culture. "One of the wonderful parts of being here means having a communal sense between the actors and the production people," Newbert muses, "Being here, one loses the edges between one person and the next one. This is evident in the quality of the theatre at Blyth." Coming from a stint at the National Arts Centre, Newbert marvels at the sense of ownership Blyth community members have for Memorial Hall. Since his arrival May 1, in addition to the tremendous job that Janice Henry does in maintaining the theatre, he has experienced community people coming and checking that parts of the building, such as its roof and plumbing are in working order. He is used to this being part of his responsibility as technical director. After completing university she entered Teachers' College, but it wasn't for her. "It is important to me to be building things, not just working with books. I am a very tactile person," Buset shared. Searching the internet one day she came upon a program in technical production. Within an hour she had applied to Humber College, where she spent a year, then on to the National Theatre School in Montreal to train in management of technical production "The experience was gruelling. The first year we were just grunts, the second we worked really hard."But we learned." she says. Buset enjoys the constant change of the theatre. She explains that How did Newbert get from Calgary where he grew up to where he is today? "I am a bit of a romantic who wants to change the world," Newbert states. He recalls being a teen experiencing despair who was pushed into seeing Happy, a marionette play by Ronnie Birkett. "I was expecting that the thing would be a waste of time," he recalls, "Instead, it was a profound and moving experience. At once I knew that I wanted to find a way to make that kind of deep personal experience with a person in the audience, in the hopes of creating a chain reaction." • Newbert likens his National Theatre School experience to theatre boot camp. He says that it was intensely difficult, but rewarding in its openness to students needs. Each student's program is tailored to his needs and where he wants to go. "The teachers and direction were absolutely incredible," Newbert said While there, Newbert had an opportunity to work with Ronnie Birkett and to share the power of Happy in his life. Blyth's productions provide similar explorations into the interpersonal and intrapersonal dynamics Newbert experienced with Birkett's Happy. "I am in the right place at the right time," Newbert concluded. within the constant change there is sameness. "The players change, but the process goes through the same steps. There is a cycle. It begins slowly, then becomes very demanding during tech week, and once the show is in production, the pace is slower again," she explains. To do this job one needs to be able to feed excitement and creativity, and to have the balance between maintaining the schedule, and not blocking creativity. In describing the impacts of her work ,on her life, Buset shares what happens when she goes home to Thunder Bay at Christmas. "Christmas Eve I find myself checking my watch and calculating all of the activities which need to be completed before we leave. Then I make sure everyone completes their part...land we get to church on time." she says with a laugh. Buset loves the process of theatre, the breathing of life into a story. "If we want to maintain theatre, it is important that we maintain the mentoring of trainees. In this field, when someone retires, it is felt everywhere." For now, Buset feels that Blyth is the perfect place for her to be. 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