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McGregor and Friends, headed by
Blyth’s Duncan McGregor, along
with the Foundation for Education
and the Blyth Festival, is producing
Peter and the Wolf for local schools
as well as for a one-time public
show next month.
The show shines the spotlight on
the talents of Steve Cook of Blyth
and Celena and Michael Haskins of
Brussels and is based on the original
Soviet work of the same name by
Sergei Prokofiev.
Cook, who got involved with the
show due to his close ties with
McGregor who has cast him in
several plays over the past few
years, said that the show is going to
be a great one.
He plays Grampy as well as
Peter’s uncle and, at some point,
most of the animals on stage.
“It’s going great so far, we’re on
schedule and everything is going
good,” he said.
The Haskinses, brother and sister,
each got involved through a
different avenue. Michael found out
about it through school and Celena’s
violin teacher, Capucine Onn,
suggested she get involved with it.
While both of them weren’t sure
of being on the stage, they are both
excited about the opportunity.
“I’ve never been in a play,”
Michael said, to which his sister
quickly added they had been in
several plays through their church,
but nothing beyond that.
The entire group is excited about
doing a play for children as well as
being able to connect with the
audience outside of the show, an
opportunity not always afforded to
actors.
For Cook, being able to connect
with the audience both before and
after the show is a great boon while,
for Michael and Celena, being able
to work with that end-audience in
mind has helped them be ready.
That said, the one show that will
be open to the public on Oct. 11 will
give the opportunity for other
people to see the show which gives
Cook the opportunity to connect
with residents from the Huronlea
Home for the Aged in Brussels
different when they play their roles. The wolf, being piloted by Celena Haskins, and
Grampy and Uncle, (Grampy shown here) being portrayed by Steve Cook, are
portrayed with some eye-catching art and intrigue. Michael Haskins plays the title
character of Peter. (Denny Scott photos)
Blyth’s McGregor directs ‘Peter and the Wolf’
Unmasked!
While Michael Haskins, centre in first picture, left in second, doesn’t have to
do a lot to prepare for his upcoming roll of Peter in Peter and the Wolf,
opening soon at Blyth Memorial Hall, his co-stars sister Celena, left in first
picture, centre in second, and Steve Cook, right in both pictures, look a lot
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