The Citizen, 2007-11-01, Page 23Are cats descendants of royalty?
Paul Reed seems to think so, and he
has support, as his book, Cats are
from Jupiter, Dogs are from Pluto, is
garnering some artistic support.
Feature gallery artist Carol
McDonnell brings an original rug
hooking of Queen Fluffy of Jupiter,
inspired by Reed’s book, to the
Goderich Co-op Gallery throughout
the month of November.
McDonnell’s work will feature
Queen Fluffy, with all her nine tails
on the wall of the gallery in
Goderich for all of November.
The story goes, that Fluffy was a
very large, furry cat with nine huge
tails that arose from the interaction
between Jupiter’s core and its
mantle of gas. Eight of the nine tails
broke off, spawning eight different
cats. These eight cats turned out to
be so fruitful that Jupiter became
overpopulated with cats and some
were rocketted here.
McDonnell has always had a
passion from rug hooking and
constructs her creations out of
recycled wool, or wool that she has
hand-dyed herself. McDonnell’s
work, Cape Random,
Newfoundland, was featured in the
international Pearl McGown Rug
Hooking Magazine, as well.
McDonnell studied at the
Haliburton School of the Arts, the
Southhampton Art School.
As part of the month-long display,
McDonnell will moderate a
presentation entitled Fabric as Art on
Nov. 4 at 2 p.m. at the Gallery.
The Gallery will be open from
Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. throughout November. Call
(519) 440-0523 for more
information.
THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2007. PAGE 23.
The Stratford Shakespeare
Festival is offering lovers of
children’s literature a rare and
special treat next summer.
Renowned actor Christopher
Plummer will do a benefit reading of
Mordecai Richler’s cherished story
Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded
Fang.
Proceeds from the event will fund
a visit to the Stratford Shakespeare
Festival by students who
otherwise would not have this
opportunity.
“Christopher Plummer recorded
Jacob Two-Two in the 1980s but he
has never before presented it to a live
audience,” says Festival co-artistic
director Don Shipley. “Christopher
has an exceptional repertoire of
voices and accents that bring the
characters to life and evoke the
wonderful spirit of the story.”
Certain to entertain children aged
eight and up, Jacob Two-Two is the
story of a little boy who is forced to
say everything twice in order to be
heard above his older brothers and
sisters. But when he finds himself
imprisoned by the dreaded Hooded
Fang, Jacob learns that small does
not mean helpless.
“This is a debut live performance
of an enduring Canadian classic told
by one of Canada’s most respected
and entertaining performers,” says
Mr. Shipley. “It’s a rare event – as
Jacob Two-Two would say: not to be
missed, not to be missed!”
Abridged from Mr. Richler’s
classic tale, the dramatic reading
will last about one hour and will be
held at the Festival’s Avon Theatre.
Tickets for the event, set for
Saturday, Aug. 23 at 11 a.m., are
available through the Stratford
Shakespeare Festival box office, 1-
800-567-1600. Prices range from
$15 to $20 for adults and $8 to $12
for children. The box office is now
open to members of the Stratford
Festival; it opens to the general
public on Dec. 1.
Plummer recorded Jacob Two-
Two and the Hooded Fang and Jacob
Two-Two and the Dinosaur on
audiocassette in 1988.
The Livery Theatre will present
something very different for theatre
goers this Nov. 2 and 3 as it hosts
Toronto-based New Fangled Stages
and their acclaimed romantic
comedy, Random Acts Of Love.
Actors Bruce Gooch and Lynn
Vogt, who star in the show, will also
be carrying out workshops with local
theatre groups and offering question-
and-answer periods after each
production upon request.
The premise of this 2004 Toronto
Fringe Festival favourite involves a
couple of middle aged actors who
rehash an old affair while rehearsing
a show about love in Shakespeare.
Set both in the present and during
the couple’s brief affair 15 years
earlier, the show takes many shots at
acting and its revered institutions,
cleverly weaving contemporary
laughs with exquisite readings of
Shakespearean text.
Vogt has performed in theatresacross Canada and the United States.While living in New York, she was afounding member of The Actors’Company Theatre, performingseveral productions a year, as well as
organizing outreach programs for
inner city schools and community
centres.
She also taught in the Theatre in
the Ear of the Beholder workshop
series and the Meet the Artists series
at Lincoln Center in New York City.
She has appeared in films, television
series, movies of the week, live
radio, radio dramas and
commercials.
Gooch has appeared on film,
television, Broadway and regional
theatres across North America. He
teaches play writing and acting as a
private coach and is on staff at
Sheridan College, York University,
The Armstrong Acting Studio and
Player’s Academy in Toronto His
last directorial adventure was the
tour of the premiere production of
the opera, The Hobbit.
His plays When The Moon Calls
and Ravaged Hearts received their
Scandinavian premier in Finland last
year. When The Moon Calls is now
being performed in Sweden. Together as co-founders of NewFangled Stages, Gooch and Vogtbelieve that tuxedos and eveningdresses are not requirements forhaving art in your life. “Art”, states
Gooch, “is every person’s right and
responsibility regardless of
their bank account…[we’re]
committed to bringing theatre to
people in any space; street corners,
classrooms, parks, beaches,
warehouses, churches, banks,
factories, anywhere there are words
to speak and ears to listen is a
theatre”.
Random Acts Of Love can be
seen at The Livery Theatre, 35 South
St., Goderich at 8 p.m. on Nov. 2 and
3. Tickets for the show are $20 adult,
$18 senior and $15 student and can
be purchased at Ernie King Music
on The Square in Goderich or at The
Livery 519-524-6262. For more
information visit www.thelivery.ca.
Rug hooking at Gallery
A fringe love story
Actors Bruce Gooch and Lynn Vogt will bring Random Acts of Love to life in Goderich this
November. Random Acts of Love was a hit of the Toronto Fringe Festival in 2004 and the
actors will be hanging around afterwards for workshops and question-and-answer periods
after every performance. (Photo submitted)
Plummer revisits classic
for Stratford reading
Romantic comedy to play at The Livery
Lordy, Lordy
Look who’s turning
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Lisa and Lori
(Logue twins)
on November 6
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