HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 2016-06-22, Page 17Wednesday, June 22, 2016 • News Record 17
World premiere of 'Our Beautiful Sons' highlights local story
Laura Broadley
Postmedia Network
It's a story that Huron
County knows well. Cpl. Mat-
thew Dinning of Wingham
was killed along with three
other members of the Cana-
dian Forces during a tour of
Afghanistan in 2006 when he
was only 23 -years -old.
An interpretation of that
story was told in the world
premiere of Our Beautiful
Sons: Remembering Matthew
Dinning, written by Christo-
pher Morris and directed by
Gil Garrett at the Blyth Festi-
val on June 17.
Our Beautiful Sons follows
Laurie and Lincoln Dinning
one year after their son Mat-
thew is killed.
The play starts when the
Dinnings are contacted by
the Canadian Armed
Forces, asking them to
decide whether to accept
their son, Brendon. They
want to know what whether
Brendon is enlisting for the
right reasons so the army
leaves it to Laurie and Lin-
coln to decide.
Right from the beginning,
Laurie is angry. It seems to
be her only emotion,
directed at everyone.
Rebecca Auerbach was
given the task of acting other
emotions through her body
as the script left her with lit-
tle else, which she did
expertly. Her darting eyes,
and white -knuckled hands
had to speak what the char-
acter's words weren't saying.
Laurie goes on anunplanned
pilgrimage to the El Camino, a
collection of hiking routes
through Spain that is hundreds
of kilometres long. She brings
some of Matthew's ashes with
her while trying to figure out
what she wants for Brendon.
At one of the trail cabins
she meetings Mario (Tony
Munch), who adds some
humour and contrast to the
anger emanating from Lau-
rie. He's a loud mouth, chat-
terer who doesn't seem to
notice Laurie's irritation.
There was only one set
throughout. The stage was
split in two, one half with
cots where Laurie and Mario
meet on the El Camino, and
the other half is the kitchen
of the Dinning household.
The scenes jump back and
forth from past and present,
which can be confusing and
misplaced at some points.
Jesse LaVercombe (Mat-
thew), Cameron Laurie
(Brandon), and Lincoln (J.D.
Nicholsen) have an onstage
chemistry that effortlessly
weaves itself through scenes
of happiness, comedy and
tragedy.
Scenes from the past show
a regular family, a family
who could be anyone's fam-
ily. Who, unknown to them,
will be altered forever after
grief tramples its way into
their lives.
The story shows how dif-
ferent people process grief
and guilt, and how those
emotions can reverberate
through relationships. The
story was about the Din-
nings, but it so easily applies
to everyone.
If you want character
development, and to per-
haps learn more about your-
self, swing by the Blyth Festi-
val to see Our Beautiful Sons.
Our Beautiful Sons:
Remembering Matthew
Dinning plays at the Blyth
Festival until Aug. 6. Tickets
are $31 for adults ($35 for
preferred) and $15 for
youth. Tickets are available
through the Blyth Festival
box office at 519-523-9300
or toll free at 1-877-862-
5984 or online at www.bly-
thfestival.com.
Contributed photo
Cpl. Matthew Dinning of Wingham was killed in Afghanistan while serving with the Canadian Forces in
2006. The Blyth Festival's Our Beautiful Sons: Remembering Matthew Dinning premiered on June 17.
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