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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1996-08-14, Page 13Entertainment Hilarious comedy in Confusion BY DAVID SCOTT Expositor Editor How many doors do you need on stage for a farce? Enough to hide every char- acter who's trying to have an affair, which is a lot in Stratford's A Fitting Confusion playing at the Avon Theatre. This comedy set in Paris in the 1890's features some hilarious slap -stick and great •opf-liners in a story where Dr. Moulineaux (Stephen Ouimette) tries to have an affair with one of his patients, Suzanne (Jennifer Gould), but his wife Yvonne (Marian Day) suspects some- thing when her husband doesn't come home ones night. So she sends for her mother, Madame Aigreville (Barbara Bryne), who adds to the chaos and confusion. Thinking he can pull off his escapade by renting an apart- ment from his friend Bassinet (Barry MacGregor), who lost his wife at the Eiffel Tower when she ran off with a sol- dier, Dr. Moulineaux ends up playing the role of a dress- maker, the former tenant, whose customers keep show- ing up when he's trying to fool around. This play by George Feydeau, translated by Norman R. Shapiro, flies by with three 45 minute acts and two intermissions to catch your breath from laughter. Etienne (Bernard Hopkins) is hilarious as the doctor's queeny butler who pretends he's his boss when Dartagnan (Wayne Best) come looking for his wife. Stratford's set designers once again have to be com- plimented on suiting sur- roundings for the ample amount of tripping, falling, dancing and hitting that takes place in A Fitting Confusion. Busy summer for Ouimette It's amazing that Stephen Ouimette can keep all his lines straight in his head and know what theatre he's sup- posed to be in from day to day. Aside from the fast- Adult=po/er skating begins Adult Power Skating will be held at the Seaforth and District Community Centres beginning August 17. This will give new skaters a chance to learn how to skate and will give coaches a chance to freshen up their skills before getting to the ice with the children. The ses- sion will be held from August 17 to 24, frog' 5 to 6 during the week and g to 9 on Saturdays. If you would like more information or to regis- 'Recreation Preview by Marty Bedard ter please call Robyn Carnochan at 527-1683. The annual TERRY FOX RUN will be held in Seaforth on Sunday, September 22, 1996. Pledge sheets will be around town soon, so watch for them. For more informa- tion on the Seaforth Terry Fox Run please call the Recreation Office at 527- 0882. for Shaleboard contin- uevery Wednesday after- noon at the Seaforth and District Community Centres from 1:30 to 4 pm. Registration for Fall and Winter programs will be held September 4 and 5, 1996. This will be your opportunity to register for Hockey, Ringette, Figure Skating, paced barrage of lines and physical action of the lead role of Confusion at the Avon Theatre, he also plays major roles in two other Stratford productions this summer. He is Mozart in Amadeus at the Festival Theatre and Estragon in Waiting for Godot at Tom Patterson Theatre. Ouimette is quite diverse in his roles, from playing the title role in Hamlet in the past at Stratford to being.the voice of Beetlejuice in the animated television series. If you're looking for a very entertaining production full of laughs, look no further. A Fitting Confusion runs until September 14. S aturday Broomball, Curling, Children's Power Skating and Much More. Please stay tuned for more information. The Dave McLlwain Hockey School Annual Showcase Hockey Game will be held on August 21, 1996 at 7:30. pm. This game will feature area hockey talent, as well as some NHL players. Mark this date on your calen- dar and don't miss it. More information will follow. Cast on each other in Foxes preys marriage to Oscar was solely for the Hubbard's to obtain cotton. It was a loveless mar- riage and her husband was totally controlling. She said she didn't even like her son. And she warns Alexandra that she'll be just like her if she stays. She'll he ordered around and hidden in a room if she doesn't say the right things. Little Foxes is full of cruel but real characters with a few redeeming people like Horace, Alexandra and ser- vants Cal (Roy Lewis) and Addie (Sandi Ross). And, like the play says, the world seems to he divided into people who cat up the earth and those who just stand and watch. Little Foxes runs until October 13. BY DAVID SCOTT Expositor Editor In a world of greed, nice guys finish last. The Little *Foxes at Stratford's Festival Theatre illustrates over three acts how the love of money can cor- rupt and turn family members 'against each other. The rather long play set in the deep south by Lillian Hellman has a slow first act but picks up as it gocs alohg. We learn that siblings Oscar (Peter Donaldson), Benjamin (William Hutt) and Regina - (Martha Henry) land a big business deal which will easi- ly triple their investment. But to come upwith her share Regina has to convince her ailing husband Horace Giddens (Brian Bedford) to return home from a Horace returns home to find Baltimore hospital and give he's been conned into the -trip her the money. just for his money. He is in She dispatches her innocent very poor health. daughter Alexandra As Little Foxes goes along (Colombe Demers) on the we feel the coldness of train to retrieve her father. Regina increase. Instead of splitting the prof- In fact all the Hubbard fam- its of their planned venture in ily is cold and calculating. equal thirds, Regina holds There aren't many sincere out for more because she words spoken between them. realizes her brothers are des- Their goal is profit. Their perate to close the deal. It happiness is money. ends up Oscar takes the cut to his share. But, with all sib- lings present, he said his son Leo (Tim MacDonald) will one day marry Alexandra, his first cousin and so some money will return to his fam- ily. Objections to the mar- riage are answered by "our grandparents were first cousins." "And look at us," jokes Regina. This is an all-star cast for Stratford. Hutt, Donaldson and Henry all shared the stage in two previous seasons of Long Day's Journey, which was directed by Diana LeBlanc, who, plays the sti- fled wall -flower Birdie Hubbard in Little Foxes. She finally speaks her mind after drinking some apricot wine and we find out her 1 Two local editors workshop plays 1 The editor of The Huron Expositor, David Scott, wrote one of five plays being. workshopped this month at the nearby Blyth Festival. It's about trials and tribula- tions in the newspaper busi- ness in a small town, called There :s Nothing In The Paper and directed by Blyth veteran Anne Chislett. This is the first play Scott has written. He began it two years ago. The local Festival has pro- duced more than 80 new Canadian plays since it start- ed 22 seasons ago, in keeping with its mandate to produce original Canadian scripts. Another play being work - shopped at Blyth this month is by another arca editor. Jobs, Jobs, Jobs by Keith Roulston of. The North Huron Citizen and also directed by Chislett, is about small town traditional values threatened by the temptations of a dubi- ous business scheme to revive the community. The other three arc: Winning, a play about rela- tionships and lacrosse written by David Bolt and directed readings and workshops of by Layne Coleman; Morgan the five plays in progress and Angus, a play about two with writers, actors and direc- elderly, eccentric farmers tors at the Garage theatre whose lives arc changed space on Dinsley St. There is when an outsider enters their no admission fee, but dona- world, written by Michael tions to thc Festival's new Healy and directed by Miles play development program Potter; and, Unplugged, a arc appreciated. one-person comedy about the frustrations of juggling moth- erhood, work and marriage, written by and starring Deborah Kimmctt and direct- ed by Annie Kidder. The Summer Works '96 schedule includes public Jobs, Jobs, Aug. 24, 7 p.m. The workshop schedule is: • Paper (by Scott), Aug. 21 at 7 p.m.; Winning, Aug 21, 3 p.m; • Morgan , Aug. 22, 3 p.m. Unplugged, Aug. 22, 7 p.m. HOMEtown director completes term Larry Dillon of Harpurhey ing affordable access to the crate revenue or collapse, and has completed his one-year Internet, without long-dis- then in guiding the organiza- term as the first executive Lance charges. in the five tion through various compli- director of HOMEtown counties of Huron, Perth, cated commercial negotia- Community Network. The Middlesex, Oxford and Elgin tions that followed. Thc press board of directors promoted and the city of London. release adds: employee Bert Meervcld of Dillon, a lawyer who also "HOMEtown has placed Emhro to replace him at the has an MBA, joined more than 50 local home start of this month. HOMEtown a year ago and, pages on the Internet. Thc Our turn -around and recov- according to an organization recent development of a new cry is an astonishing success press release, it "has grown 'Information Providers' story, says HOMEtown presi- from a small community net- Module' promises to increase dent Trevor Cuthbert, due in work with only one employ- this number significantly, as much measure to Dillon's ee, into a major Internet local organizations can load success in fulfilling the orga- provider for southwestern information and maintain nization's mission. Ontario." it now employs 22. responsibility for maintaining The regional non-profit net- SKILLS CRUCIAL it themselves." work passed its 1000th -mem- His skills were crucial Dillon negotiated thc ber milestone last month and whcn the network had to gen- arrangement with the London remains committed to provid- Do registration down in McKillopg g firm who developed this module. HOMEtown says the retir- ing director has worked for a smooth transition. "Dillon says he found the task exciting and challeng- ing," says network president Cuthbert. "He is looking for- ward to an opportunity to help another organization or business achieve a similar turn -around. "Dillon emphasized to the HOMEtown board of direc- tors from the start, that a director with his expertise was only needed for the orga- nization's first year." McKillop Council dis- cussed increasing fees for dogs that aren't licensed in time whcn it met August 6. Dog registrations arc way down in the township this year. A $198 grant, calculated at $3 per patient, was approved for Scaforth Community Hospital. Council received a comple- tion report of the Johnston - Irvine municipal drain. The road superintendent's voucher of $93,043.48 was approved. THE HURON EXPOSITOR, August 14, 1994-13 Call Dave or Gregor with your news tips at 527-0240 f M.C.L. SOUND v• 1 FULL D.J. 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