HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2005-06-29, Page 1THE PLAYS:
Rose may own the "Anything Grows" garden shop
but her eccentric manager, Florence, keeps things
chaotic at the best of times. To cover up her
financial errors, Florence has engaged in some
"creative" bookkeeping. Now Joe,, a loans officer,
comes to investigate but he's not up to Florence's
feminine charms.
Edward Connell Powers and Gloria Delaney would
never meet under normal circumstances but when he
needs homemaking help as he recovers from an
illness, the town’s wealthiest man welcomes — well
sort of — this spirited; single mom into his historic
family home with comic, and touching, results.
A depression-era farm family already has 12 children.
They’re struggling to keep the farm going when they
discover Marie-Louise is pregnant with a 13th child.
Then an offer comes from a well-off woman who can’t
have her own child. The true story of playwright Denyse
Gervais Regan’s own family, fills the stage with warmth
and lots of kids. " *
The scary Blyth hit heard round the world returns to its
birthplace. A young city couple, in need of peace and
quiet, rent a dilapidated Huron County farmhouse.
Their friendly neighbouring farmer regales them with
stories of tragic events that have happened in the
house. It’s all very funny until some of the stories seem
to be coming true and their lives are at stake. -
The rookie
and the
veteran:
Sarah Allen
and Jerry
Franken
star in
Powers
and Gloria
There’s fiddle music, and there’s fiddle music. Anne
Lederman, one of Canada’s top fiddlers in her own
right, heard a recording of music by a Metis fiddler that
was like nothing she had heard before. She went on a
mission to find the fiddler and recreates her journey
with actress/fiddler Capucine Onn.
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Backstage magician makes the
flowers bloom.
Festival Artistic Director Eric
Coates on grooming the scripts.