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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1993-07-28, Page 11/1MOS-AntwbOhte, July 28,1993 Page i 1 Canadian premiere keeps audience laughing at Playhouse By Fed Groves T -A staff GRAND BEND - All Canadian theatre eyes were fully focused on the Huron County Playhouse last Week as it preseqted the Canadian premier of Out of Order. A British comedy written by Ray Cooney and directed by the Play- house's own Max Reimer is a laugh -til -you -can't -stop play which runs until Saturday. Despite being very busy, what with three doors and a window al- ways being used and people being shuttled in and out, Out of Order is about a Junior Minister in the Brit- ish government who is having, or rather trying to have, an affair with a secretary. But the affair never happens at the posh Westminster Hotel be- cause a body is found hanging on the window sill. Chris Britton as politician Rich- ard Willey, M.P. is very quick to make up new identities for every- one including the body. The secre- tary, Gail Webster as Jane Worth- ington has to help hide the body and at:the,samg time hide from her husband. Like most comedies, there has to be a funny man and a straight man. While tritton plays the straight man, it's Paul Brown as George Pigden who brings this show to life. Pigden is Willey's personal per- liamentary secretary and the clutp who has to help his boss get out•of a sticky situation. Every play has a main character and Pigden, with his hilarious ges- tures and always present fear of what is going to happen next, is the crowd's favourite. A well written play, it is Pigden who discovers that the body found earlier, is not really dead but has been knocked out by a window which, throughout the play, seems to have a mind of its own. It is amazing how a simple thing like a window can be such a main factor in a play. While Britton and Brown are ac- credited for making Out of Order a success, Colin Miller as the Waiter, Bryan Foster as the Manager and George Pothitos as the Body, are part of a strong supporting cast. While some plays involve several scenes, many sets and a confusing plot, this one is just plan good en- tertainment. The Playhouse's set designer Robert Ivey once again has come up with a set which uses every inch of the stage and with a play which keeps moving, that is very impor- tant. Out of Order was first produced under the title Whose Life is it Any- way in England and was directed and starred Cooney in May 1990. It came to the United States in August 1991 and won the Olivier Award for Comedy of the Year in 1991. With Oait of Order the Huron Country Playhouse has introduced all of Canada to what no doubt will be a play with a long and memora- ble future. Next on the boards:...The sum- mer season continues at the Huron Country Playhouse Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park which begins August 3 and runs until August 14. Directed by Jeannette Lambermont, this comedy is about newlyweds and their new apartment... Exeter Scouts return from Alberta national Jamboree EXETER - Five Exeter Scouts and three Ventur- ers have returned from a highlight of their summer. The troupe, which included three leaders, headed to Kanaskas Country, west of Calgary in Alberta for a 10 -day Jamboree - the Eighth Canadian Jamboree. In all, the event brought together about 15,000 people involved in Scouting across the country for a variety of outdoor activities and fellowship. When asked what her favourite activity was, Scout Erin Kraftcheck quickly replied "Rappelling and rock clmbing...it was awesome," but added that a trip to the Calgary Stampede and an overnight hike into the mountains were also highlights of her trip. "And we met people from all across Canada. That was really cool," she said. Scout leader Susan Kraftcheck, Erin's mother, said that one challenge for the Exeter group was the thin air encountered in the mountain hikes. "Even though we prepared for [the hiking) you can't get ready for the altitude," she said. Other activities included shooting, archery, crafts such as making moccasins, and playing a game of "tag" on a large scale with 14 -seat freighter canoes on Barrier Lake. Brendan Kraftcheck said he particularly enjoyed a dip in the hot springs in "a 33 degree celsius pool, while the rest were all off freezing." Bryan Negrijn agreed, adding that it was surpris- ingly hard to get out of the pool back into the cold mountain air. 'Td say the only thing I didn't enjoy was the gla- cier water shower," said Erin Kraftcheck - an expe- rience which many of the male Scouts declined to try, she pointed out. The &median Premiere of Out of Order opened at the Huron Country Playhouse last week. 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