HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1985-09-25, Page 40UWO PArts offers
To Top All of The aeries uomeay-'1'neatre Series from
The Performing Arts Series $40 to $48. The Performing
will present a very special at- Arts Series also offers Choose
traction on October 5 at 8 p.m. your Own Subscription Series
in London's Centennial Hall: by selecting any four attrac-
Cab Calloway's Cotton Club tions from the line-up.
Revisited. This is a nostalgic Subscriptions offer savings of
trip with the incomparable 20 percent, but single tickets
Cab Calloway one of the Cot- to individual attractions are
ton Club's brightest also available.
luminaries and a true jazz The mail orders are now be-,
giant! ing accepted by writing to:
Subscription prices for The Talbot Theatre Box Office,
Music Series range from $38 Talbot College, UWO, Lon -
to $54, for The Ballet Series don, Ontario, N6A 3K7.
from $36 to $50 and for The Starting September 5, 1985
The Performing Arts Series
of UWO will offer a varied
programme off entertainment
for 1985-86 season. From
Ballet Series to Music and
Comedy -Theatre Series there
are many outstanding attrac-
tions to choose from.
Four of Canada's best-
known ballet companies will
appearing in Alumni Hall
�
d Talbot Theatre at The
iversity of Western Ontario
campus. Les Grands Ballets
Canadiens from Montreal will
'open the Ballet Series on
Thursday, October 17 at 8:30
p.m. in Alumni Hall. The 38
dancers of LesrGrands Ballets
Canadiens have never failed
to dazzle their audiences.
Discipline, dedication and
relentless quest for perfection
are the hallmarks of this
world class company.
Every performance is your
guarantee of a truly
memorable evening. The
Company has captured the
hearts of thousands
throughout Canada, the
United States and around the
world. Their choreographers
this season will include such
renowned names as George
Balanchine, James Kudelka,
Fernand Nault and Brian
Macdonald.
Les Ballets Jazz de Mon-
treal will follow these famous
Montrealers by returning to
London for one performance
only on Wednesday,
December 4 at 8:30 p.m. in
Alumni Hall. This highly -
charged, good-looking, well -
train ad and meticulously-
rehe: rsed company wins new
entht siasts for dance every
year. Even those who may not
feel a natural attraction to
classical ballet, are easily
captured,by the kinetic ex-
citement of jazz dance!
The Alberta Ballet Com-
pany' will make its first ap-
pearance in London on Satur-
day, March 1 at 8 p.m. in
Talbot Theatre. Noted for
their skilled craftsmanship, '
this dynamic young company
offers an evening of classical
variety and great theatricali-
ty. To end this year's Ballet Festival".
Series London's favourite Don Messer's Jubilee a full -
ballet company Canada's- scale musical that re-creates
Royal Winnipeg Ballet will those special nights with
appear in two performances Charlie Chamberlain, Marg
in Alumni Hall on Friday and Osborne and the Don
Saturday, April 4 and 5 at 8:30
p.m.
The Music Series will all
take place in Alumni Hall and
will include musical
headliners from both sides of
the Atlantic. Opening with
Canadian Brass on Friday,
September 27 at 8 p.m. the
Music Series begins with a
bang! Canada's premiere
brass ensemble will present
an evening of comedy and
music playing at its best! It's
an evening not to be missed!
The King's Singers, an
English vocal ensemble is
highly -acclaimed through
their concerts around the
world, with more than thirty
recordings, numerous radio
and television shows to their
credit including Evening at
Pops, Today and The Tonight
Show. They will be in London
for one performance only on
Friday, November 1 `at 8 p.m.
The extraordinary voice of
Cleo Lane and the exquisite
saxophone of John
Dankworth will be heard on
Friday, March 7 at 8 p.m.
These two outstanding per-
formers will travel to our ci-
ty all the way from London,
England to perform music
ranging from popular tunes to
modern jazz. Buddy Rich and
His Orchestra will complete
the music series on Saturday,
March 15 at 8 p.m. featurin&
the renowned drummer, and
tenor saxophonist Steve
Marcus.
' The Comedy -Theatre Series
will feature five stage attrac-
tions from Canadian theatres
coast to coast. Beginning with
Garrison's Garage by Ted
Johns and performed by the
Blyth Festival on Friday and
Saturday, September 20 and
21 in Talbot Theatre. Gar-
rison's Garage has been
described by London's own
Douglas Bale as "...one more
major hit for the Blyth
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Messer's gang will appear in
Althouse College Auditorium
on Thursday and Friday,
November 14 and 15 at 8 p.m.
Written by John Gray, well
known author of Billy Bishop
Goes to War and Rock and
Roll, Don Messer's Jubilee is
a tribute to one of tholmost
popular shows to be broad-
cast' on national radio and
television. Neptune Theatre
Director, Tom Kerr ihas put
together a musical master-
piece that will warm the
hearts of Canadians of all
ages. The dynamic cast in-
cludes: well known sing -actor
Frank MacKay, who will be
remembered for his outstan-
ding performance as Parker
in the National Tour of Rock
and Roll; Jodie Friesen„
whose credits include
Charlottetown Festival's
Singin and Dancin Tonight'
and the popular Maritime
band McGinty, who have per-
formed all across Canada.
Neptune's Theatre first Na-
tional Tour will be on the road
from September 1985 to May
1986 in every Province in the
country. This special tour
stands to capture all the ex-
citement of the original sold -
out run in Halifax.
Doo Wah Diddy! is a
glorious celebration of the
60's. The story begins in the
early 1960's, as three,teenage
girls meet at an audition. Per-
forming songs by the Beatles,
Martha and the Vandellas,
Little Anthony and other
greats ,of the '60's, the three
aspiring singers bumble their
way through the audition and
find that, by the end of the
first act, they have formed a
friendship based . + n >their
fears and.dreams. ct II will
change everythin
This great music
featuring the greatest hits
the last 25 years will be co
ing from Toronto, where
played at Garbo's and Basin
Street on. Friday and Satur-
day, November 29 and 30 in
Talbot Theatre.
The Frantics comedy
troupe famous for their zany
skits and humour that can be
heard on their CBC radio
show will appear live in
Talbot Theatre on January 31
and•February 1 at 8 p.m.
The Comedy -Theatre Series
will end with a romantic play
by Suzanne Finlay,
Monkeyshines on Friday and
Saturday, February 7 and 8 in
Talbot Theatre. This play was
first presented by Astion
Theatre of Victoria, starring
Frances Hyland and Michael
Ball, well-known for their
roles at Shaw Festival. It's a
love story between Stuart and
Dorothy. One can share their
joys and tears and nostalgia
when they meet again after
forty years.
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fice in University Communi-
ty Center, or downtown at
Sam The Record Man on Dun-
das St. and Orchestra London
Box Office. One can also
simply call 679-3391 and
charge the order to Visa or
Master Card.
For more information
please contact Eva Bornstein
at 679-3020
Room 10. Talbot College
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