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' eattathan theatre perforating 'Canadian
Playa is. ene reason ' Bradshaw
iwanted+40 eonte and ant at the Blyth
Stmitner Festival.
• "To'do Material that is so. Indigenous to
countrY is really important and realy
exciting for .trte' she Said:
Raised in Vancouver bid now making her
hotne in Toronto, Diana ',411 be playing the
Parts of Jan in I'll Be Back For You Before
Midnight and Joan in St. SaM, of the Nuke
,
Anothet reason Diana explains shelikes
Blyth, is the connection that can be made
between` the actress and the audience.
' 'That becomes importantbeause of the
sense of communication that is necessary
both ways." •
A graduate in theatre from the Univer-
sity of British Colurabia, Diana continued
her theatre studies in the United States, •,
, obtaining a masters of fine arts degree at
Yale. She said Slie then moved to New York
city for a year, but found playing roles hard
to find.
-•'I used -to- think -1- wanted to -go- back -
there (New tork) to work," she said. "I
-wouldn't now because it is so much easier
to work in Canada."
AlthoUgh she spent most of her
childhood in Vancouver, Diana said
,hecause her fdther was an anthropologist,
she had the opportunity to travel to the
South Pacific to live as a child.
"I remember as a child being very aware
of cultural differences and having to fit into
these different groups," she said, explain-
ing.how her ability to adapt to new
surroundings as a child may have
influenced her decision to become an
Diana 13th shaw ,
After her stay in New York, Diana moved
back to Vancouver but soon found the
limited amount of theatre there stifling.
, In Toronto for the past two years, Diana
said she, has had the opportunity AS do
some commercials, some comedy skits+ for
CBC radio and some minor roles for CBC
television, along with acting in Toronto
theatre.
"Television appeals to me differently,
. .she said. !in .
the theatre you have to expand slightly,
whereas television is more self-contained.
You're dealing with truths."•
Diana said it often tikes a lot of effort to,
play a part that she is satisfied with: She
said she often works inward in molding a
chat...14er.
9 find the emotional chords that ring
dose in a character, that can then be
expanded and eventually molded to effect
the way I walk and talk on stage."
She explained acting is a job and a
discipline; but that you have to find the thin
line between controlling it and letting it
actress. control you.
A chance to be someone else
When 'William (Billy) Dun-
lop first started in theatre, he
said he was attracted to an
actor's romantic opportunity
to become someone else. ,
"It was sort of an old
fashion romantic thing trying
to be someone else, but what
I found out, is that the
opposite is true, acting is just-
, different levels of myself."
Billy, a native of Montreal,
Is back for his second season
in Blyth. Last year he was a
member of The Donnellys
cast. This year Billy will be
_playing Howard in St. Sam of
the Nuke Pile, Sid in John
- and the MIssus and he is part
of the collective production
called The Life That Jack
Built.
"In places like Toronto,
. you don't feel asconnected
with your audience, like you
do in Blyth," he said, ex-
plaining why he returned this
year. •
"For many theatres in
Toronto, it is still a social
function," he said, adding
that at Myth the theatre -is a
lot mare personal.
- Along with the theatre's ,
design and the choice of
productions, he said this
year's cast is also part of the
theatre's appeal.
'They're people who have
been in the business a long
time and are fine, fine' act-
ors," he said- "You trust
them, they have their heads
on straight."
Although he has partici-
pated in a collective produc-
tion 'before, Billy said he
sometimes finds them diffi-
cult to do.
"Collectives are interest-
ing, there are days where
you do really well and other
days - nothing," he said,
explaining a collective Is
formed through a contri-
bution of ideas from all
involved individuals and per-
formed with an impro•
visational format. .
Billy said he first started
acting in Montreal, in a
summer stock production
making S60 a week and
working 14 to 18 hours a day.
"And we had to do every-
thing ourselves, including
making the sets." •
He said he is glad to see
Blyth's continual commit-
ment to Canadian plays.
, "People are beginning to
realize it's all here in Can-
ada," he said, adding audi-
ences no longer "squirm 'in
their seats when they have to
watch a Canadian play."
He added that often the
larger theatres don't want to
take a chance on new pro-
ductions they consider less
commercial and "it's„a lot of
smaller theatres that are
taking a beating at the box
office."
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