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BY JOANNE
BUCHANAN
David Fanstone, a
professional director who
is currently directing the
final production of this
season for the Goderich
Little Theatre group, is a
believer in community
theatre.
"Im really far the
underdog. I like to take a
group of people who
aren't professionals and
work and work and work
with them until they are
able to put on a
professional production,"
he explains.
Positive response from
the audience for a job
well done is payment
enough for amateu"r
theatre groups, he
maintains.
Mr. Fanstone says that
in his profession, many
people are reluctant to
leave Toronto but he is
not. He feels that more
emphasis should be
placed on regional
theatres serving smaller
communities. For what it
costs to build one
National Arts Centre in ,
either Toronto or Ottawa,
several regional theatres
could be built and -funded
to begin 'operations, he
says.
Mr. Fanstone has
directed hundreds of
plays during his 11 years
of professional directing
and has written several
television and radio
scripts. He has also tried
his hand at -acting but
doesn't like that nearly so
well as directing and
writing.
He makes his home or
".base" as he calls it, in
Kingston where he lives
with his • wife, a
classicall'y trained'
soprano. He was born and
raised in Niagara Falls
and —g-radua ed---w-ith • :his
honors 13,A. in drama
from •Queens University
in Kingston in 1976.
While he was attending
university, he made
money to put himself
through by doing summer
stock. He was the artistic
director of 'The Penny
Farthing Players,' a
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‘' Niagara Falls which he
co-founded with another
man. He also worked as a
director with Pendragon
The Players Company for
two years in Kingston.
.,This theatre group.
performed Canadian
Little :` h
plays.
Last year Mr. Fanstone
directed ' the musical,
-Cabaret, a large fund
raising production for the
Kinsmen Club of
Kingston and this year he
will direct Jesus Christ
Superstar for the same
club.
Last summer Mr.
Fanstone wrote an opera
on commission and the
Kingston television
station, an affiliate of the
CBC, put up the money to
tape it. This tape will be
sent to the CBC in
15
Toronto next for perusal.
In his spare time, while
he is in Goderich, Mr.
Fanstone is working on a
play about Wolfe and
Montcalm. On. the day
after opening night of
GLT's final production of
the season, Mr. Fanstone
will leave for Ottawa
where he will work at
directing three other
directors at the Camelot
Little Theatre there.
"In this business, you
simply cannot . afford to
turn down a job," he
explains saying that he is
David Fanstone is a professional director from
Kingston.'He is in Goderich on a Theatre Ontario
grant to direct GLT's final production for the
season entitled Thriller of the Year which opens
April 25. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan)
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fortunate to have not
been out of work for over
than a year now. He says
he is making "a good
buck" and feels that this
is mainly because he is
willing to leave the city
and go to smaller com-
munities.
He says he wouldn't be
doing what he is doing
now if he wasn't confident
that there was.something
more permanent for him
in the end.
Mr. Fanstone was first
brought to Goderich by
the GLT for a directors'
workshop .which they
funded with the aid of a
Theatre Ontario grant.
Another Theatre Ontario
grant enabled the group
to bring him back again
at this time to direct their
final production of the
season. Mr. Fanstone is
directing and teaching at
the same time while he is
here. All rehearsals are
open.
He explains that he
auditioned people first
and then picked a play
that suited the cast. The
play, Teahouse of the
August Moon was
t
ins :s'rofessiQn
replaced by a murder
mystery entitled Thriller
of the Year by Gly Jones
for casting reason
"I'm having fun with
this play. I have a good
cast. There is a group
spirit that is really nice,"
he Says.
The cast consists of
Joyce Kuran, Sally
Walker, Anna Melski,
Ann Coulter and Kathy
Jenkins.
The play opens on
Wednesday, April 25 at
8:30 p.m. in MacKay Hall
and runs until April '28.
The group has already
started working on the
set.
Mr. Fanstone says
everyone has been very
nice to him during his
stay here. He lives in an
apartment room at
MacKay Hall and has
been supplied with
several luxuries like a
television set to use while
he is here. While the GLT
play takes top priority, he
brought along several
other projects to keep
him occupied when he is
not busy. He hopes to
attend a meeting of the
Goderich Arts Foun-
dation. He was a design
consultant on the Firehall
Theatre in Niagara Falls
and has inspected the
former Polley's Livery
Stable here. If asked, he
feels that he may be able
to supply some advice to
the Foundation for the
conversion of the stable
into a theatre.
1 director
Mr. Fanstone is im-
pressed by Goderich's
local history and its
people. He likes the group
he is working with here.
With that attitude, GLT
can do nothing but im-
prove and benefit under
his direction. Attend
Thriller of the Year and
find out for yourself.
Former Clinton resident dies in North Bay
A Zurich native and
former resident in the
Clinton area, Francis C.
Denomme, died in his
North Bay home on April
8 after a lengthy illness.
He was 46 years old.
Mr. Denomme was
born in Zurich on
January 29, 1932 to Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence
Denomme. The family
then moved to Clinton in
1935 where Mr. Denomme
lived until 1950, when he
went to St. Michael's
College at the University
of Toronto to study law
until 1958. Following his
graduation he moved to
North Bay where he
lived, raised a family and
belonged to the Roman
Catholic Church.
Mr Denomme was
married to Joan Brooks
in Rochester, New York
in 1960. He is survived by
his wife and three sons,
David, Danny and
Darren, all at home.
As well, he is survived
by' his • parents, three
sisters, Mrs. Geraldine
(Glenn) Mattoon,
Sipawin, Saskatchewan;
Mrs. Cecelia (C.D.)
McNeil, Goderich; Mrs.
Bernice (Eric) Moore,
RR4 Goderich and four
brothers, Don and
Wilfred of Goderich, John
Paul of Hamilton and
Clarence of Clinton.
Funeral service and
interment were -,held
April 11 in North Bay.
Life membership pin presented
The second general
meeting of Victoria
Street UCW was held
Monday, April 2 with 25
present.
The president, Audrey
Linner, opened the
meeting and then, Mary
Currell, leader of Unit 2,
conducted the worship
period. Her theme was
"Grace', stressing
Christ -like qualities.
A life membership was
presented to Mary
Harman by Unit 1. Betty
Williams presented the
pin and was assisted by
Myrtle Fowler and Verna
R.
Audrey Linner was in
charge of the business.
The recommendations of
the executive were
presented and adopted.
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The speaker was
unable to be present so
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Lunch was served, by
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