HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 2015-07-15, Page 11'Fury' opens at Blyth Festival
The Blyth Festival contin-
ues its 41st season with the
world premiere of a new
musical, Fury written
by Peter Smith with music
by Samuel Sholdice.
Directed by Micheline
Chevrier, Fury plays at Blyth
Memorial Hall from July 29
to September 12. Tickets are
available by calling Blyth
Festival's Box Office at 519-
523-9300, toll free 1-877-862-
5984 or online at blythfesti-
val.com.
The Great Storm of 1913
remains the deadliest and most
destructive natural disaster ever
to hit the Great Lakes. More
than 250liveswere lost, 12 ships
went down and more than 20
ships were driven ashore.
Of the 12 ships that sank, four
have never been found. The
Wexford was discovered 9 miles
off St. Joseph on August 25,
2000, in 25 feet of water. At the
height of the storm itis believed
she struck bottom at Black's
Point and in the collision lost
her propeller and rudder. Drift-
ing helplessly, she finally came
to rest at her current location.
Set against the fury of the
Great Storm, Judge Cassidy of
Goderich has pledged to care
for his niece Margaret. In an
effort to secure her future, he
arranges for her to marry an
upwardly mobile young lawyer
from Toronto.
At a debutante ball, where
the engagement is to be
announced, the wistful Marga-
ret meets another young man,
only he's from the town of Car-
low: the infamous, Michael
Grey, a notorious bootlegger
and bare -knuckle boxer, with a
reputation for trouble -making.
Michael also happens to be a
gifted singer, with a voice as
clear and colourful as a Huron
sunset What follows is a story of
forbidden love, perseverance,
and passion in the eye of the
great storm of 1913.
Playwright Peter
Smith (book and lyrics) has
been a dramaturge, story edi-
tor, theatre director, actor,
screenwriter and playwright
for the past 30 years and has
worked coast to coast. As the
artistic director of Playwrights'
Workshop Montreal, the Blyth
Festival on two different occa-
sions and as associate artistic
director of the Canadian Stage
Company, he has been
involved in the development
and production of many
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different stories in a variety of
venues. Peter is presently the
project director for the Blyth
Arts and Culture Initiative:
1419.
Clinton native, Samuel Shol-
dice (composer) is a composer,
musical director, sound
designer, and musician.
After making her Blyth debut
in Seeds, Rachel Cairns plays
the ragged heroine role of Mar-
garet MacKay, a fiery young
woman from the Magdalen
Islands who comes of age in
early 20th century Goderich
and falls in love with the Carlow
troublemaker, played by Jeff
Irving.
"Whenwewere searching for
the actor to play Michael Grey,
the bootlegging bare -knuckle
boxer, director Micheline
Chevrier said 'he needs to have
a voice like an angel.' When we
discovered Jeff was available,
Micheline immediately leapt at
the chance to collaborate with
Mr. Irving again," said Gil Gar-
ratt, Blyths artistic director
Jason Chesworth plays the
ambitious young lawyer
engaged to wed the indomita-
ble force that is Margaret Mac-
Kay. Mr. Chesworth is a famil-
iar face to Blyth audiences
having played in Dear Johnny
Deere, Kitchen Radio, Stag and
Doe and earlier this
season, Seeds.
After playing many roles
in Seeds, Keith Barker is origi-
nating the comic role of Ber-
nard Smoke, a raconteur and
adventurer with a bad case of
narcolepsy.
The cast is completed with
Blyth favourite, David Fox as
Judge Cassidy, Margaret's
uncle. Mr. Fox recently played
PercySchmeiserin Seeds earlier
this season at Blyth and was
Walter in last season's St Anne's
Reel.
Creating the setting
for Fury are the award-winning
team of Ronnie Burkett (set and
costumes), Gemma James -
Smith (assistant set and cos-
tume designer), Robert
Thomson(lighting), and Sam-
uel Sholdice (music director,
sound). Crystal MacDonell is
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the Production Stage Manager
and Christina Cicko is theAssis-
tant Stage Manager.
For over 30 years, direc-
tor Micheline Chevrier has had
the good fortune of working
across Canada as a director,
dramaturge and artistic direc-
tor. Since 2013, Micheline has
been Artistic Director of Imago
Theatre in Montreal. This is Ms.
Chevrier's fust time at Blyth.
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