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Hunter to play title role in Oliver
A Point Clark
area 'youth with a
gift for song will
play the title role in
the Grey
Wellington Theatre
Guild's (OWTG)
upcoming produc-
tion of the musical
Oliver!
The role of the
feisty orphan,
Oliver, is the first
with the GWTG for
Brontae Hunter.
However, Brontae,
who lives : in the
Point Clark area
with her parents
and little brother, -
Landon, is already
an accomplished
performer. A recent
winner of the
Ontario Open
Country Singing
Contest m Blyth'
and a • two-time
winner of Port
Elgin'
Pumpkinfes.t
Harvest Star
Search, she has also
been a finalist at the
Western Fair Junior
Talent Search for
the past three years.
She .is a regular .per-
former with the
Travelling Barn
Dance show and
played Gretl Von
Trapp in the
Kincardine 'Theatre f
Guikl's production
of The Sound of
Music.
Brontae, who
hopes to pursue ,a
career in musical
theatre, is enjoying
her role in the pro-
duction with the
Harriston-based
group. Although
rehearsals involve a B
long drive, it's pro-
yided Brontae with
an opportunity to o
spendmore time w
with her mother, th
Paulette Lippert, th
who plays Mrs. D
Bedwin, a house- L
keeper to Oliver's fi
grandfather and
also sings in the c
show. While
singing is second
nature to this talent-
ed nine-year-old, a
Brontae enjoys the
challenge of acting. 0
"It's fun because g
you can express c
what the character a
is saying, but in
your own way. The
script doesn't give
you a boundary of
what the character
is feeling," she said.
. Playing a young
boy in Oliver! is
another new chal-
lenge for Brontae,
noting that, as Gretl
Von Trapp in Sound
of Music, "I played
an extremely girly
person."
"Bmntae's been a
delight to work
with. She is an
extremely talented
girl, whose ability
will carry her as far
as she wants to go
Both her an
Paulette have been.
great additions ` t0
our cast," sai
Oliver! cto,,
Peggy Raftis.-
• Paulette Lippert
performed for sev
s eral years; l with
Soundsation and
also in several
musicals. while
attending high
school F.E.
M l
* Paulette
says that music has
been a key element
in the family's life
and notes she met
her husband,' Mike
Hunter,: while per-
orming together
with the
Soundsation group.
Based o_ n Charles
Dickens' novel
Oliver Twist,
iohel Bart's musi-
cal version, Oliver!
became the first of
Dickens' works to
become a stage hit
when it opened in:
ritain in 1960.
The story follows
the misadventures
f a young orphan,
ho moves from
e workhouses 'to
e mean streets of
ickensonian
ondon, and . is
lied with such
unforgettable musi-
al numbers as
Consider Yourself,
Oom Pah Pah and
You've Got to Pick
Pocket Or Two.
The staging of
liver! will also
ive the guild a
hance to showcase
new state-of-the-
art sound system
d
d
r_
at:
being installed in
the Holliston Town
Hill Theatre with
the aid of a grant
from the Ontario
Trillium
Foundation.
The show, com-
ing together under
the guidance of
director ``' Peggy
Raftis and music
director Brenda
Manderson, both
Harriston residents,
features choreogra-
phy by Jennie
Aitken of Mount
Forest and a cast of
more than 30 tal-
ented performers
drawn from
Harriston, Mount
Forest, Listowel,
Fordwich, Ayton,,
Brontae Hunter
Kincardine and
throughout the area.
Oliver! opens
with a preview per-
formance on April
23 and continues
April 24, 25, 26
(matinee), 30, May
1, 2, 3 (matinee) 7,
8 and 9. Regular
performances begin
at 8 p.m. sharp,
with matinees
(April 26 and May
3) beginning at 2
pm. For tickets
($15 in advance,
$20 at , the door) or
information call,tbe
box office (519)
338-2778. For
more information
onthe goto
gwtgguelpharts.c
a.
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