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BLYTH SUMMER FESTIVAL ISSUE
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11 •
Thls supliner, Allan Bridle
will spend most Of his. time
Off stagechanging his cos-
tume And preparing for one
of the niany parts • he •-is
' Pla0oB In John and the
1‘4.PsoP,•
:I'm doing a lot of bit
• parts," he said. "changing
characters for Most is a
, matter of changing voices."
• Playing a total of about .
fiVe•Sinall 'parts, Allan said
• dip role of Mrs. Crummy is
the hardest.
"There is a certain quality
in a women's voice that is '
•. hard to do," he said. "The
clothes help a lot." `
Born in 'England. Allan
first came to Canada with his
parents in 1965; When he was
19. One of his first acting
jobs, he said, was with
Toronto Factory Theatre in
1970. • -
After spending some flax(
working in :theatre across
Ootar10, Allan decided to
return to ogland to enter
• theatre school.
After spending two terms
in an s
l schooaid he
, ,
when he feithe Wailtedio 'get'
away from the theatre ,
,',.
Some Of his more recent
Work, has' been with IV COM -
Pan)? Called Video Cabaret,'''
,Tineoldo;,71!h
ktit
:He said laSfY;Oar theYdid a
lirodbetion �f'1984 and tonr-
-e4,',r9roilto aeabigh Schools,
-where'. live'theatre ' loiret1'
realized he ,witsn't happy
there and decided to tour.;••
through Parts of England and
Scotlan& with a Children's
theatre troupe. • •
BS CON4T,JefOlt-
Taking time off from his
acting career; Allan said
after touring he worked for
•about two years as a bus,
conductor.
Returning to Canada, Al-
lan remained in the trans-,
portation industry for awhile
working as a car salesman. •
"I was a raffia cif SaleS:
man," he said. "I wAs really
just eliminating other poSS-
ibilities."
Allan'werit back to acting,
but he drove a cab for awhile
• Moving around for short,•
Periods of time is,- hard for
Michel Lefebvre, who will
be playing the part of Fred in
John and the •Missus and
working on • the collective,
The Life That Jack Built.
"1 am a real homebody, 1,,
find it really,_really tough
be on the move," he said.
• 'Having to set up a new
routine takes' a great amount
of energy."
• Aside "-from his feelings
about having to travel for
theatre work, Michel ex-
plains he is serious about his
job.
not doing this -for fun
or for a couple of years, I'm'
going to be doing this for the
rest of my life," he said.
"The public has a strange
idea of what an actor is," he
added. "They don't see us as
professionals in a career."
"It doesn't ring leg-
itimate. In the public's View,
it's sort of been the rogues,
thieves and the actors in the
past."
"The TOck.ni0.1g,r;',;.1%.s..::iat?-: A
fali, A�an '111 ,e
#10PS ,ligid 'With •the• video it •WOKIOPB. wlth''S'..tdOo •
Was great" • eret'S, latest production, •
' • „ ,Bray New World,
`lovcr all, lie said they have 'For him,, Allan Said,'
done about ./00•Potforinarice§ ing Is nioko a iik.tha# Jut a.
Of A984.,'" • ' ' • •' •
•
•
said It's easier for
"movie stars" in the 11.S
because they received mote
serious exposure.
"In the States, actors neg-
otiatebilling, in Canada they
never do," he said. "To
establish a profile is impor•
"
Michel describes Canadian
theatre as being overrun with
American influences in the
past.
"Wetve been blitzed by
the whole American culture,
so that it becqths difficult to
find the Can diat essence in
, a show," he said.
"Blyth is very important
because it is dealing with
Canadian scripts," • he add-
ed.
Living in Toronto, Michel
said he has had the oppor-
tunity to do television shows
like CBC's Sidegtreet and
For The Record but he
prefers theatre.
The Life That Jack Built, is
Michel's first time working
on a collective production.
•
Michel Lefebvre
"It's been exciting," he
said. "The work has been
hard, but the result should
be interesting and reward-
ing."
Michel said one of his
ultimate goals ,is to direct
theatre, but right now, he
feels he needs a good acting
background.
Advance ticket sales up 70% this year
The Blyth; Summer Festiv-
al has announced that ad-
vance ticket sales are up 70
per cdnt from this time last
year. Anne Mann, Box Office
Manager of the Festival,
assures patrons that "There
are still lots of tickets avail-
able for all dates. However, I
• would advise patrons to
make their reservations soon
to avoid disappointment."
Ms. Mann also mentions
• that the Festival has .slightly
'changed the system of seat
reservation to better accom-
modate patrons. People may
now reserve a seat number
anytime efter 7:00 p.m. on
the day of the performance.
She says "In the past, the
time has' been 6:00 p.m. This
,way, we hope patrons will
have more time to linger over
supper before they come to
ileg Wishes to Blyth •
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the _theatre to reserve their
seats." People who are at-
tending 'the Festival Country
Suppers on Friday and'Satur-
day nights will be allowed to
reserve seats at 5:30 p.m. on
those days. However, as in
past years, advance tickets
will reserve admission only,
and no actual set reser-
vations will be made before
7:00 p.m. on the perfor-
mance date.
Although advance 'Sales
are far ahead of last year,
last minute patrons need not
despair. For the first time,
thirty "rush" tickets for each
show will go on sale at 6:30
p.m. on the day of perform-
ance, and •at‘11:30 p.m. for
matinee performances.. Scat
reservations for those tickets
will be made as usual after
7:00 p.m. and 12:00 noon for
matinees.
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