HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record-Blyth Summer Festival, 1980-07-03, Page 34Playing the pa,>f Sam in: the theatre was at that time
St. Sam of the Nuke: P le .a?cl and how touch I diked: it,, -
C reg in, `I'11 Be Back For You Originally from London,
cntario, ;but now living
Before Mid>niightr will be a
new . ?experience for Toin
Arnott-4lpis first 'season in
Myth and his first .roles in
Canadian ' plays,
"J 'was brought up on
Beckett and Shakespeare,
rye never really done .. a
Canadian play before," be
said.
• "1 thnkpeop1e are begin..
ulna to show an interest in
Canadian drama," he said,
adding that he hopes they
can get away froom, the history
plays that have become a. big`
part of Canadian theatre.
A graduate from the Uni-4
,nrsity of Western• Ontario
with, a B.A. in English, Tom
said it was during his' first.
year of university . that he
became : interested in -..per.
forming.
He said his: introduction to
Blyth theatre came about six
years ago when he. was
touring with a "feminist
musical"- called Straight
Jackets.
• "I remember how intimate
Centralia, .Tom `said he- has
gained most of his acting
experience at Centre Stage
and Theatre London over the
past five or six.: years:, •
fle said he .fads a fot of
pressure . arsacated with
Performing' ,,bp stage, and
sometimes"that first step
onto the stage'really takes a
great effort." '
"1 think . I aii%inore suited
to televisions than ..to the
stage, simply because 1 don't
have the teeh'ipical•knowledge
for the stage," lie' said..
"Besides,' the pressure isn't
there 111101004°n,"
Tom~ said he would like to
try directing some time to the.
future, but that it is by no
Means an easy job;
'It is a difficult' thing to
have your mindfocussed on
•
so many different things. A
director '`has.. to look at,
everything on the stage," he
said. "Actors get in front'"of
an ao4 eneel a director has to
over view ,,eYerything."
As for the future, Tom said,
he'd like to make a little
money and buy a Wim, doing
two or three plays a year just
to keep in •touch.
"`'I'would like to -be, at `.the .
point where I didn't have to
depend on. acting . for an
income, and could be mo
selective about roles."
But book early!
Tom Arnott
Church suppers a Blyth specialty
,Women's catering
groups in the Blyth area are
going to be busy this summer
as they prepare to feed
hungry groups, of theatre
goers.before .showtitneat this -
year's Blyth' Summer
Festival.
Because of the success of.
the Saturday night suppers
. during the Myth ' Festival's
1979 season; more suppers
and a lunch efore Thursday
matinee per
been, a ded.
rmances have
Among the groups helping
to serve up the 'traditional
meal of meat, salads, rolls
and home baked desserts will
be the Blyth United Church
Women,.. - ,the. Londesboro
Women's • Institute, the
Londesborc@' United Church
Women,. .the - Westfield
Restaurant, the Walton
"'United Church Women, the
Belgrave United Church
Women and the Brussels
United Church Women.
Dinners are served at 6
Summer student
tackles supplement job
This year's Blyth
Supplement is the
culmination of many long
hours and late nights of
work,by . Jim Heer, a
summr reporter for the
Huron Expositor and a
third year student of
Conestoga College, Doon
Campus.
Most of the writing,
photography and layout
was done by Jim, and lite '
.result is an eye -pleasing
and informative look at the
Blyth Festival.
Jim, 20, whose home is
Waterloo, was hired for the
Expositor this summer
partly becau se of his
p.m. on Friday. and Saturday
nights in community, and
church halls in Blyth and
surrounding area and are
normally held' in .the catering
group's- home : _-village. The
'same applies. to lunch at
—twelve noon before Thursday
matinees.
• Tickets for tite supper are
sold only through the Blyth
Summer Festival box office
(519-523-9300) and the cost is
$6 for adults, $3 for children
under 14 for suppers and
$4.00 for adults and $2 for
children for lunch. , Reser-
vations must be made at
For Fine
Festival Dining
least twodays in advance of
the supper date but theatre
patrons are advised to make
their reservations as far in
advance as possible.
' The Blyth Lions Club has
planned a summer of . bar-
becues for-Blyth'-localsT and
-visitors. The main ; item on
the mnu is, .of course,
barbecued pork chops cooked
by the local chefs themselves
at the Lions parkin the south
end of the village.
The group has organized
the meals' to fait on every
Wednesday starting July 9;
to. August 27..
In our licenced dining room
Each Sunday we feature a different
Special which is a complete dinner.
SUMMER
Mon. - Thurs. - 8:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Fri.
& Sat. 8:30 a.m: to 12 midnight
Sun..' 12 noon to 10 p.m.
' MITCHELL, ONT.
For Reservations:.
Phone 348-8741 Bill & Barb
interest and background in
theatre and partly because
of the outstanding record
he has " compiled at the
journalism program at
Conestoga in his first two,
years. ,
Between high school and
college he managed a "small
theatre troupe for a year. It
was a federally sponsored
project.
After he completes his
jrru-rpalism---tratnfng at -
Conestoga next year he
hopes to enroll in the
University of" Toronto._
Jim's goal is to round out
his education with a degree
in political science.
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