Village Squire, 1977-08, Page 20Gallery selected the works to be included in
this show.
The twenty-two paintings and drawings
that make up this show are the recent
products of Noestheden's fascination with
the drawn line, in this case pencil lines on
canvas painted white on white paper. As in
his earlier work Noestheden uses the line,
first to establish a chaotic disorder, from
which by elimination with over -painting
and the repetition of specific gestures,
slowly creates a harmonious order. The
finished works speak not only of
establishing order from chaos, but of a
high level of energy combined with the
unique sensitivity of an artist.
The elimination of colour in these
specific works is a purposeful decision, in
Noestheden's own words "The main issue
is marks and lines, there are too many
associations related to colour, so at present
colour for me is a distracting embellish-
ment".
The quality of work shown here, once
again indicates that John Noestheden is an
artist whose development is well worth
watching.
Show continues to August 28.
PERTH COUNTRY GALLERY: Main street
in St. Marys. Features the work of local
Perth county artists. Open daily.
SAGE AND SAGITTARIUS GALLERY: At
165 Erie Street, Stratford features the work
3f non-objective artist Tait Baynard and the
imaginative work of Beverley Nye.
BLYTH SUMMER FESTIVAL: A display of
art by such artists as Jo Manning, Ron
Walker, Bev Katzin, Jack McLaren, Mona
Mulhern will be on display at Memorial
Hall, Blyth throughout the Festival. Open
daily except Sundays and on view during
intermissions of the shim...
NIGHTLIFE
SUTTON PARK INN, Kincardine
Aug. 8-13 Bop -Shoo -Bop Review,
Aug. 16-20 Bounty,
Aug. 22-27 Oriental Jewels,
Aug. 29 -Sept. 3 Coulson Expansion,
Sept. 5-10 Stewart Brothers Band.
CLIFTON ARMS HOTEL, 332 Richmond
St., London.
August 8-20, Peter Thompson.
CLOUD 9 LOUNGE, Clinton,
Will Howks, Week of Aug. 8,
Terry Hughes, Week of Aug. 16,
Kent Tocher week of Aug. 22,
Roy McCall week of Aug. 29,
Kent Tocher week of Sept. 5.
BLYTH INN HOTEL, Blyth,
Lesperance Trio Aug. 12, 13
Silver Dollars Aug. 19, 20,
Howard Smith Aug. 26, 27,
Howard Smith Sept. 9, 10,
lesperance Trio Sept. 16, 17.
PG. 18. VILLAGE SQUIRE/AUGUST 1977.
THEATRE
STRATFORD FESTIVAL: On the Festival
Stage:
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM:
Shakespeare's comedy of romantic obsess-
ion and transformation in a court setting
where a supreme and brilliant monarch
casts her shadow across the action.
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL is being
performed on the Festival Stage for the
first time since the beginning of the
Festival in 1953. It is a comedy which
examines the workings of love and pride in
human nature.
RICHARD HI: The play which opened the
Festival's first year in 1953 Shakespeare
gives frankness, psychological insight and
wit into the character of Richard III.
On the Avon Stage:
ROMEO AND JULIET: The famous story
of two lovers caught up in a tale of passion,
violence and fate and destroyed by their
love for one another.
GHOSTS: This play by Henrik Ibsen is still
a powerful and moving drama today as an
account of the sometimes tragic hold the
past has on the present.
MISS JULIE: August Strindberg's tale of a
powerful struggle between the aristocratic
Miss Julie and her manservant, a tale in
which victory and defeat are equally
ambivalent. - -
THE GUARDSMAN: A comedy of jealousy
and obsessiveness as an actor tries to
discover the faithfulness of his actress wife
with unexpected results.
HURON COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE, Grand
Bend. Performances Tuesday to Saturday
at 8:30 p.m. and Wednesday and Saturday
afternoons at 2:30 p.m.
GEORGE WASHINGTON SLEPT HERE:
A family of big -city people move into a
ramshackle country house looking for the
good life but instead find leaky rooves,
insects and many impediments to domestic
bliss. August 9-13.
SEE HOW THEY RUN: British farce by
Phillip King. Set in an English vicarage,
it's a clerical romp, that promises to leave
an audience exhausted with laughter.
August 16-20.
SURPRISE WEEK:A repeat of the
season's most popular comedy, as yet not
annoucned. August 23 to 27.
BLYTH SUMMER FESTIVAL, Memorial
Hall, Blyth. Ticket office 523-9300.
A SUMMER BURNING: Some patrons feel
this story of a tough city slum kid who
comes to a Huron county farm in the 1920's
is the finest show yet at the Blyth Summer
Festival. Riotously funny one moment,
serious the next and laced together with
music. Based on Harry J. Boyle's novel of
the same name and adapted by Anne Roy.
August 10, 11 (2 p.m.). 18, 20.
THE BLOOD IS STRONG: A return of last
year's hit show a powerful show featuring
comedy, .heart -tugging tragedy and good
music. Play by Lister Sinclair tells of the
trials of Scottish pioneers in early Canada.
August 12, 16, 18 (2 p.m.).
THE SHORTEST DISTANCE BETWEEN
TWO POINTS: By Keith Roulston is a
small town fantasy. When big government
tries to push a highway through a little
village the village decides to do something
about it with comic results. Opens Aug. 9
and plays Aug. 11, 13, 15, 17, 19.
TURKEY: A children's play by Jim
Schaefer. Very popular show last year the
story of the turkey who refused to become
Sunday dinner returns this summer to the
Festival. Plays Aug. 12 and 19.
SPECIALS
MUSIC CONCERT: The musicians of the
Blyth Summer Festival will present a
special concert on August 14 at 8:30 p.m.
The concert was first held last year and
proved a joyous event for those who were
present.
,Carpenter
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