The Huron Expositor, 1978-07-06, Page 25BRYAN WILLIAMS
Master Chef
and Proprietor
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THE BLYTH Dov Kirby worked in. cirtytes
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Deborah Cooper
is.ci local girl .
administrative assistant for the
Deborah Cooper, as On'
Blyth Summer 'Festival types
letters, will be working, in the box
office whenit opens and will also
be helping publicist Eleanor
Besley with a few jobs.
She attended Central Huron.
Seconday School in Clinton and
was through this year. She
learned about the job at the
theatre office through Manpower.
Deborah, who took ,a business r course at school is hoping to get a
permanent job. in London as a
secretary. About the theatre she
says. "It's kind of interesting. I
never really thought about it
before. I kind of like it."
Publicist Eleanor Bosley says
that Debbie helps everybody else
in the theatre. "When we get
really swamped we always turn to
Debbie. She's always calm a,nd,
cool and collected and helps us
out," Eleanor says.
He. had been in' a number of
'shows at York but this is his first
professional production: He
*anted to do some summer stock
this year and; auditioned for
artistic director James Roy in
March. James ,called him later
and asked him if; he would be
interested being, an apprentice
.actor for the Ontario Arts Council.
David have parts thiS year in
the Huron Tiger and His- Own
Boss. And after that will he
involved in , production . work.
Being an apprentice actor • is
considered a learning experience.
which the • apprentice gets by
workinf • . professional -
company. •
After he gets out of York, David
`Barbara Swath; who has' a
double position with the Blyth
Summer' Festival as actress and
production-assistant, just 'recently .
graduated.with a B.A. in draMa
from • Brock University in 'St.
Catharines. • • •
• She did 'a - lot of shows while at
'Brock • including Three Sisters,
From Morn to Midnight, and One.
Way Pendulum. She has also
amateur- shows in Hamilton with
the Players Guild,' including The
ffeetS of Gamma -Rays on Man
in the Moon Marigolds. Glass'
Menagerie, and Come Back Little
.Sheba. fa the past three years
she also. worked with the Picadilly
'•Circtts doing Shows for children at
Dundurn Castle in .Hamilton.
- The most recent show she did
was Waltz of the Toreadors at
McMaster University which
James Roy -directed ."Barbara told
•Jaines she would be interested in
working at Blyth.and later she got
• a call telling her she had a job. In
Blyth she will be playing the part
of'Helen Galt inTbeHuron Tiger.
At Brock, Barbara" took a
combination of . production and
acting which meant that as well
acting in these shows„ there, she
also had to help build, them.
After performances of Huron
Tiger have -started Barbara will be
going into production work.
Asked about her acting
technique. Barbara says,. "'every-
body -has to find their OWn. way of
arriving at .a. -character. There
isn't. any one technique' • that
anybody' folloWs. There's
certain amount of script
.-analysis," she says.
"In the end' you just have to
follow your own way, say, 'what
do I think about this?.' I think too
many people think that acting' is a
technique and it's not. It's'a kind
of art,"' she added..
- Barbara has done a little bit of
T.V. and stage work but she likes
the theatre.
"You've got an audience there.
There's something magical when
you've got the audience. The odd
performance. is really great and
you get this communication going
back and forth and you can really
feel it," Barbara says.
would like to get jobs in theatre
companies so that he can work
steadily but he says he also has an
interest the areas.. He has
worked in circuses before and
says. "it's a lot- of fun."
Asked he'd like to work in •
televiSion or films. -David said. "if
'the . opportunity , came:. I'd
certainly follow it. I've had very
minimal experience with it.
David says. "I think each role
demands a different approach. I
just approach each character
terns of what he does in the play.
"I just try and understand the
character c and what he is thinking
at a-specific time -and t-h whae has --
gone through in the past," he
says.
SUMMER FESTIVAL ISSUE, JULY 5, 1978
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t anytime
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• David 'Kirby who is an actor
and production assistant with the
Blyth Summer Festival got
--started in theatre arts—in high-
school.
In the summer he worked with
the Ontario. Youth Theatre. ,He
went to York after Grade 13 and
will be going inter his fourth year
next year and that's.the extent of
his theatre training.
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