HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2018-04-19, Page 19THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018. PAGE 19.
`Bunch of Munsch' show a full community effort
A bunch of actors (and crew)
McGregor and Friends, along with the Foundation for Education Perth Huron, Blyth Arts and
Culture Initiative 14/19 Inc and the Blyth Festival, produced A Bunch of Munsch at Blyth
Memorial Hall earlier this month. The play featured dramatized versions of several of Robert
Munsch's children books. Back row, from left: carpentry designer and actor Dave Siebert,
actor Steve Cook, musician, musical director and actress Suzanne MacVicar, actress Leigh
Anne Van Aaken, backstage assistant Nikki Schiestel and actors Nigel and Isaac Van Aaken.
Front row actors, from left: Livia MacVicar, Izzy Siebert, Halle MacVicar, Maddy Hill, Jakob
Schiestel, Curran Forster and Layla Hays. (Denny Scott photo)
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
When it comes to putting on a
play, Blyth's Duncan McGregor, the
driving force behind the recently -
finished production of A Bunch of
Munsch at the Blyth Festival, says
the community is fertile ground.
"It really takes a village," he said
in a recent interview with The
Citizen. "Just like it takes a village to
raise a child, it takes Blyth to put on
a show."
A Bunch of Munsch ran April 9 to
18 at Blyth Memorial Hall and
featured dramatizations of Robert
Munsch's stories Angela's Airplane,
Stephanie's Ponytail, Something
Good, Love you Forever and
Mortimer.
First, the crew itself was rife with
people from Blyth, including
McGregor himself.
"We had a lot of local support in
the company itself," he said. "We
had people like Steve Cook, who
acted in the play, Cheryl Peach, the
stage manager, and Jane Smyth who
operated lights and took care of the
buses.
"She was a facilitator for the
children to get them where they
needed to go," McGregor said.
When he was preparing for the
play, McGregor did what he
normally does and turned to the
community to help make it happen.
"There were certain things we
needed for this play, so I went out
into the community," he said. "One
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of the things we needed to figure out
was the hair in Stephanie's
Ponytail."
McGregor explained that all the
children in the play end up copying
the main character Stephanie's hair,
ranging from the titular ponytail to a
shaved head.
"I had the hair, but I didn't know
how to deal with it," McGregor said.
"At one point you have a hairdo on
people's heads, then hair over their
faces, then, finally, they have to be
bald. With theatre, you can only do
the bald thing once without planning
ahead."
McGregor decided to do what
anyone with a hair problem does,
talk to his barber. In this case,
McGregor turned to Dana Weber of
The Village Barber in Blyth.
"She came and we had a good
chat, and, one day, I went over to her
shop because that's where I get my
hair done all the time," McGregor
said.
Unfortunately, finding some
private time to talk to Weber proved
difficult, as she had a full schedule
of reservations. In the end, to find
time to chat with her, McGregor had
to push up his own haircut schedule.
"So we talked and she came to a
rehearsal, saw the hair we had and
took it all home with her," he said.
"She came back with incredibly
interesting hairdos the kids could put
on very quickly."
McGregor said the hair made for
one of the most delightful and well-
received parts of the play, when the
young male actors come on stage
with ponytails sticking out high
above their relatively short hair.
"These are all voluntary
activities," McGregor said. "I offer
to pay, but people just want to help
make these plays happen."
Next, McGregor needed to find a
puppet to play the part of a two-year-
old in Love You Forever.
"Normally, we get a puppet from a
person in Clinton who is always
willing to loan us one," he said.
"Unfortunately, her house was
flooded, so everything in her
basement was in storage. We
couldn't get the puppet out"
After some discussion, McGregor
was reminded that Blyth East Side
Dance Studio and Queens Bakery
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