The Citizen, 1989-10-18, Page 25PAGE 26. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1989.
Theatre review
‘Big Girls Cry’ plucky portrayal of beauty problems
BY BONNIE GROPP
“If only the world would look
past my body and into my eyes!”
This profound statement was utter
ed by Heather Esdon during her
performance as Faith Monaghan in
“Big Girls Cry” Saturday evening
at Blyth Memorial Hall.
Faith is a somewhat overweight
actress, who is busily and nervous
ly preparing for an afternoon
audition. For ninety minutes, she
fluffs, fusses and frets her way
through a ritualistic beauty regime,
all the while regaling the audience
with amusing anecdotes of her
past, her appearance and her views
on society and how it views people.
The near-capacity audience at
Blyth delighted in Faith’s witty
repartee and amusing antics as she
showered, applied makeup, curled
Ethel
4H club
meets
Finishing touch
Trying to live up to society’s expectations is not always an easy
task as Heather Esdon proves in her portrayal of Faith
Monaghan, star of “Big Girls Cry’’, which played at Blyth
Memorial Hall on Saturday.
TV taping of show
benefits United Way
Everyone is invited to be part of
an exciting, coast-to-coast televi
sion event and benefit a worthy
cause when CBC Television tapes
the Stratford Festival’s hilarious
production of Shakespeare’s “The
Comedy of Errors’’, Wednesday,
November 1, at 8 p.m., in the
Festival Theatre. Reserved seats
for the taping are $5.00 and net
proceeds will go to the United Way
of Stratford-Perth.
Tickets may be purchased by
calling the Festival Box Office (519)
273-1600, or toll free in Toronto
(416) 363-4471, in Kitchener-
Londesboro
4H club
makes recipe
BY KEVIN CAMPSCHROER
The third meeting of the Londes
boro I Good Food Fast 4H club was
held on October 10 at the Londes
boro Hall.
The meeting was opened with
the 4H pledge then the roll call was
done. Then the members voted for-
a cover for their books. The Youth
Leader, Debbie Machan conducted
the meeting and members did
activities.
Next, the recipe, Pizza Style
Frittata, was made and the mem
bers sat down to eat it, then the
meeting was closed.
Waterloo (519)662-2215, in London
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964-4668. Box Office hours are 9
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“The Comedy of Errors,” the
second half of this season’s Double
Bill, is directed for Stratford by
Richard Monette and produced for
CBC by Norman Campbell. It tells
the uproarious tale of twins separ
ated at birth, in which mistaken
identities and delightful comic
coincidence abound, and is design
ed by Patrick Clark with music by
Berthold Carriere and lighting
design by Louise Guinand.
Featured in The Comedy of
Errors are James Blendick as The
Duke of Ephesus, Keith Dinicol as
Dromio, Geordie Johnson as Anti-
pholus, Lucy Peacock as Luciana,
Nicholas Pennell as Egeon and
Goldie Semple as Adriana. Also
appearing are Douglas Chamber-
lain, Juan Chioran, Eric Coates,
Peggy Coffey, Allan Craik, Andrew
Dolha, Jerry Etienne, Patrick Finn
igan, Brenda Gorlick. Michael
Hanrahan, Deryck Hazel, Susan
Henley, Kate Hennig, Larrv Her
bert, John Innes, Andrew Jackson,
Hubert Baron Kelly, Jayne Lewis,
Dirk Lumbard, Geoff McBride,
Cassel H. Miles, Michele Muzzi,
Vickie Papavs, Claire Rankin, Jo
seph Shaw, Wenna Shaw, Jenni
fer Stewart, Ian Watson and Victor
A. Young.
BY AMY TERPSTRA
On Monday, September 25, the
Ethel I, 4H group started a new
club called “Good Foods Fast”.
Members met at Karen Bowles
and chattered with friends until it
was time to start. They got right
into the 4H spirit as they met thei’
leaders Karen Bowles and Helei
Van Veen and a new membe
Shannon Boyd.
After the 4H Pledge was said ant
members were introduced thej
played a game and filled in tht
healthy tips in their 4H book.
Following this they made soul
cream popcorn and a completely
different kind made with taco sauce
mix and parmesan cheese.
Afterwards they said the 4H
motto and planned their next
meeting for October 2.
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Obituary
Continued from page 25
two brothers, Guy and Tom Cunn
ingham.
The funeral service took place
Monday, Oct. 16, 1989 from the
Tasker Chapel in Blyth of the
Beattie-Falconer Funeral Homes.
Rev. Janet Lynall officiated. Burial
was at Hope Chapel Cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were Ted
Straughan, Lloyd McClinchey,
Darryl Loosmore, Bert, Harry and
Bob Moss.
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her hair and selected a wardrobe.
Through characterizations, jokes
and conversations with the audi
ence she illustrates to what lengths
people will go to try to meet
society’s expectations and how
miserable they can be when they
can’t.
While some of the humour was
maybe a little corny, (the applica
tion of a deodorant got laughs),
Ms. Esdon who also wrote the play,
presents us with a multi-faceted
character who is sensitive, intelli
gent, full of life and humour, yet
can never be completely happy
because she is overweight. Her
message is poignant, and compell
ing yet delivered in a light-hearted
approach. Also with so much stress
today on physical beauty, Ms.
Esdon’s plucky portrayal, which at
times shows her in less than
flattering situations, is commend
able.
My major complaint with the
production was that the set design
hid a great deal of Ms. Esdon’s
performance from me.
“Big Girls Cry” is Ms. Esdon’s
first script and it has played to
sold-out houses receiving critical
acclaim at the 1988 Edmonton
Fringe Festival, at GCTC and the
Canadian Popular Theatre Alliance
Festival in 1989. She will be
performing her one-woman show
throughout the province until
spring of next year, and if the
opportunity to see it arrives I would
recommend it.
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