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THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2018. PAGE 19.
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Khan to make Festival debut in `Curling Club'
First -timer
Despite a varied
acting career, Omar Alex Khan will make
his Blyth Festival debut later this week in The New
Canadian Curling Club. He will then take on 1837: The
Farmers' Revolt later in the season. (Photo submitted)
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
For the first time Omar Alex Khan
will be bringing his theatrical
experience to the Blyth Festival this
season with roles in The New
Canadian Curling Club and 1837.^
The Farmers' Revolt.
"It's exciting, as an actor, to do
these completely different stories,"
he said. "One is a Mark Crawford
comedy and the other is a Canadian
classic."
Khan said he is excited about The
New Canadian Curling Club
because it's an ensemble piece with
a chance to do physical comedy.
"It's very exciting and I have a lot
of fun doing it," he said. "In New
Canadian Curling Club, I'm playing
an Indian that has been living in
Canada for several years. He is
married, has children and works at
Tim Hortons. He's trying to become
the manager at the coffee shop. He
signed up for the curling classes for
newcomers because he thinks it's a
good, Canadian thing to do."
The roles haven't been laid out for
1837, but Khan said he is going to
enjoy being part of the historic work,
while also working with Artistic
Director Gil Garratt on the
company's interpretation of the play.
Since Khan decided to work in
Blyth for the summer, a move that
comes from getting to know Garratt
over the past three years, Khan has
heard nothing but great things about
the location.
Heritage Fund apps approved
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
Five organizations have been
approved for Huron Heritage Fund
grants for a total of $21,000 during
the fund's first of two intakes this
year.
Huron County Museum Senior
Curator Elizabeth French -Gibson
told Huron County Council at its
June 13 committee of the whole
meeting that a total of seven
applications were received, but two
had to be denied for various
reasons.
The first approved grant went to
the Bayfield Lions Club for the
replacement of cedar posts on the
perimeter of Clan Gregor Square.
The county approved a grant of
$4,000 for the project, which is from the Reuben R. Sallows Gallery
expected to be completed by August.
The second approved application
is going to the St. Thomas Anglican
Church in Seaforth for its bell tower
restoration. The application was
approved for $5,000 and the project
is expected to be completed in
October.
Jason, Stephen and Andrew Oud
were the third applicants approved
for a grant to help restore the former
Royal Canadian Air Force Clinton
Base's radome.
The fund approved a grant of
$5,000 to the group, which will be
completed in the late fall. The site is
expected to be one of the stops along
a walking, cycling and driving trail
proposed by the Municipality of
Huron East.
The fourth approved application is
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for a permanent exhibit celebrating
the life and times of Sallows. The
grant of $5,000 was approved by the
fund and the project is expected to
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The fifth and final project
approved for a grant from the fund is
the Goderich Little Theatre at The
Livery. The grant of $2,000 will aid
in the production of Ten Lost Years,
a play about the Great Depression.
Council approved the grants.
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"When I tell people I'm going to
be working there, they get really
excited," he said. "They tell me how
lovely Blyth, as a town, is and they
think highly of the work the Festival
produces."
Khan lives in Stratford, but is
originally from Winnipeg. He came
to Stratford and, last year, was
involved in three productions there
at the Stratford Shakespeare
Festival.
"I think being at the Stratford
Festival, I realized this is a good part
of the country for me to be in terms
of my career," he said. "Then I met a
gal from Stratford and it helped to
make the decision to stay here pretty
easy."
Khan met Melissa Renaud, a
theatre technician, through one of
the shows he was in last year.
As an actor, Khan has experience
in theatre as well as film and
television, and says his preference is
definitely being on the stage.
"You get to delve into the work a
little more," he said. "With film and
television, there tends not to be a lot
of rehearsal. They rehearse the shot a
few minutes before action, then they
just have to do it. I do like that rush,
but if I have to pick one, from an
artistic point of view, it's the
theatre."
A graduate of the University of
Winnipeg's theatre and film
program, Khan said he is excited to
be a new Ontarian and Stratfordian
and is looking at this opportunity in
Blyth as a way to become part of this
part of the province.
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