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Canadian theatre perfOrrning Canadian
,Plays is. one'reason 'Diana Bradshaw
wanted to ' come and act at ` the Blyth
'Summer Festival,
"To'do material that is se indigenous to
a country .is really important and real
exciting for me," she said,,
Raised in Vancouver but now making her
home in: Toronto�::.Diana will be playing:. the
parts of Jan in 1,11.Be Back For' You Before
Nlldnight and loan in St $Sau of the Nuke
Another reason Diana, explains she likes
f Blyth, is the connection that can', be made
between the actress and the audience.
' :'That becomes litiportapt because of the
sense of communication that is necessary
both Ways."
A graduate in theatre from the Univer-
..ty of British Colombia, Diana continued'
her theatre studies in the United States,
, obtaining a masters of fine arts degree at
Yale. She said she thenmoved to New York
ci or a year, ut found playing roles hard
to find. -
"I used to think 1 wanted to go back
there (New York) to work;" she said "I -
wouldn't now because it is so much easier.
to: work in Canada,"
• Although she spent most of her
childhood in Vancouver, Diana said
because her father was an anthropologist,
she had the opportunity to travel to the`
South Pacific to live as 'a child.
• "I remember as a child being very aware
of cultural differences and having to fit into
these different groups," she said, explain-
ing.how her 'ability .to adapt to new
surroundings as a child may have
influenced her decision to become an
Diana ;Bradshaw
After her stay in New York, Diana rased
back to Vancouver tout "soon '.found the
limited amount of theatre there stifling;
In Toronto for the past two years, Diana
said she has -had The opportunity. to `do
some commercials, some. comedy skits for
CBC radio and some minor roles for CBC
television, along with acting in ,Toronto-
eatrre,
Television appeals to me differently,
it's on a differnt life scale," she said. "In..
the theatre yon have -to expand slightly,
whereas television is more self-contained.
You're dealing with truths."
Diana said it often takes a lot of effort to
playa part that she is satisfied with. She
said she often works inward -in molding a
character► .
"I find'thel emotional chords that ring
close in a character, that can then be
expanded and eventually molded to effect
the way I walk and talk on-stage."
She explained acting is, a job and a
discipline, butthatyou have-tcrfxndthe thin
linerbetween controlling it and .letting it
actress. • control you. :
chance ,to be ..someone else
' When William (Billy) Dun' -
lop firststarted in theatre, he
said he was attracted, to an
actor's romantic opportunity
to :become., someone else... .•
"It was sort of an •old
fashion romantic thing trying
.to be someone else, but what:
I found out, 'is that the
opposite is true, acting is just
different levels of myself."
Billy, a native of Montreal,
is back for his second season
in. Blyth. Last year he was a
member of The Donnellys
cast. This year Billy will be
playing Howard in St. Sam of
the Nuke Pile, Sid in John
and the Missus and he is part
of the collective production
called The Life That Jack
Built.
"In places like To o,
yon _don't feel a ected
with your audience, like you.
do . in Blyth," : he said, ex-
plaining why he returned this
year.
"For many theatres in
Toronto, it is still a social
function," he said, adding •
that at Blyth the theatre is a
lot more personal.
Along with the theatre's
design and the choice of
productions, he said this
year's cast is also part of the
theatre'.s.,appeaL
"They're people who have
been in the business a Tong.
time and are fine, fine I act-
ors; "
ct-ors," he- said, "You trust
them, they have, their heads
on straight."
Although he' has partici-
pated in a collective produc-
tion before, Billy said he
sometimesfinds them diffi-
cult to do.
"Collectives are interest -
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i explaining' "a collective is
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bution of ideas from all
involved, individuals and per-
formed with an unpro-
visationiii "format:
Billy -said he first started
acting in Montreal, in a
summer stock pro -di -1660n
,making 560 a week and
working 14 to 18 hours a day;
"And we had to do every-
thing ourselves, . including
making the sets.
He said he is glad to see.
Blyth's continual commit-
ment to Canadian plays.
"People are beginning to
realize" it's all here in Ca -
di -
ave to
Billy Dunlop
ada," he said, adding a
ences no longer "squi
their seats when they
watch a Canadian p y."
tie added that often the
larger theatres c n't want to
take a chalk on neW pro-
ductions th consider less
commerci : and "it's a lot of
smaller eatres that are
t'aking beating at the box
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