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Listowel group finds
getting going rough
Listowel has proved an excellent town tor Theatre Passe
Muraille's Paul Thompson to come home to with his productions,
but for other theatre groups, the town has not put out the
welcome mat nearly as well.
The Listowel Players were formed last year and recently
performed their second production, Doctor in the House. The
play won warm reviews but didn't attract many people. On one
night of the play there were only 40 persons present to see the
actors perform.
It was the second crushing blow for the group at the hands of
an indifferent public. Earlier this year the group sponsored a visit
by the Dave Broadfoot review Take A Beaver to Lunch to the town
as its contribution to centennial celebrations in Listowel. The
show had stiff competition from other events scheduled at the
same time and the crowd was small. To put it mildly, the young
group lost its shirt. They were S300 short on the guarantee to
Broadfoot.
But Broadfoot was very impressed by the spirit of the group
and gave up the $300. Later, when he learned the group was
putting on a production he sent them a letter wishing them
success.
Unfortunately, nice though the gesture was, the group needed
more than wishes of success. They needed an audience.
Children's Theatre
The Stratford Children's Theatre will begin its eighth summer
program on July 2 under the direction of guest resident director
Arthur Marguet, states John Vyge, President of the Theatre
company. The program will consist of classes for children
between the ages of seven to sixteen in creative dramatics, mime,
improvisation, acting, speech and production techniques, leading
to public performances of a production, yet to be chosen, during
the third week of August.
Mr. Marguet was born in British Columbia and began his own
professional career at the age of six. A graduate of the University
of British Columbia, he also holds a master's degree in drama
from the School of Drama at the University of Washington, and
has been associated with both children's and adult theatre at the
educational, community and professional level for many years.
The Stratford Children's Theatre began in the summer of 1968
as an experiment in the development among your people of
interest and skill in the arts of the theatre, and was conducted by
two young men, Ela Moll and Donald Shipley. In the intervening
years, it expanded its activities through the formation of a touring
company in 1971, which visited ten communities in southwestern
Ontario, and the addition of a youth company in 1972 for
performers aged fifteen to twenty-one.
This summer's program is a return to the original concept of
the Stratford Children's Theatre, in that the emphasis is on the
opportunity for children of the Stratford district to extend their
own creative abilities through study of the arts of the theatre, and
to participate in public performances for audiences of other
children. In addition, workshops are planned for interested adults
in production techniques, so that they may act as resource
persons in future Children's Theatre programs and productions.
Because of the educational aspects of this program, the
Stratford Children's Theatre has received a grant under the
educational programs of Theatre Ontario, funded by the Ontario
Arts Council, to assist in the financing of this summer's program.
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Natural
Foods
Kitchen
Paraphernalia
Herbs and Spices, including
freeze-dried leeks and saffron
Pepper and salt mills and the
"corns" and "crystals" to go in
them
Natural vitamin and mineral
supplements
A great assortment of
cookie jars
Old fashioned ingredients for
your every day baking.
Stainless mixing bowls and
English pudding basins
Granola and/or the oatmeal etc.
to make your own
Pottery and macrame from
"Knots and Pots"
Nuts and raisins and lots of •
other dried fruits
Storage jars of all shapes
and sizes
Seeds - sunflower, sesame, flax,
alfalfa, mustard and wheat
Wooden toys by
"Happy Hobby"
Lots of books for good health •
and good cooking
Bundt, angel and flan pans
- also basic tins
Wholesome peanut butter and
stone -ground flours
Original drawings and paintings
by Mona Mulhern
Whole grain cereals for warm
tummies on frosty mornings
Wire whips ana wooden spoons,
wooden scoops and spurtles
and spatulae
Homemade soup "makings "
vegetable flares, pot barley,
beans, beans, beans
Well -made, sharp knives for
every use in your kitchen
38 Hamilton St.
Goderich
524-7181
Open daily
10 - 6
Closed Wed.
Come in and
browse
"The Bay Leaf',
for
Super Health
ideas!
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