Townsman, 1991-09, Page 27Geoffrey Brumlik and Leon Pownall in Treasure Island
at Stratford Festival.
tea-room, bake table, games for kids.
Wesley -Willis United Church, Clinton,
Nov. 2, 9 a.m.- 2 p.m.
Theatre
STRATFORD FESTIVAL: For tickets
and information call the box office at
273-1600. All performances at 8 p.m.
unless stated otherwise.
Carousel, Carnival barker Billy
Bigelow blusters his way through life
and love until he's given a second
chance to express his real feelings
through a little divine intervention.
Features some of Rogers and Ham-
merstein's most memorable music
such as If I Loved You, and You'll
Never Walk Alone. Sept. 18, 22 (2
p.m.), 24, 26, 28 (2 p.m.), Oct. 2, 3, 5,
8, 9, 12 (2 p.m.), 16, 19 (2 p.m.), 20 (2
p.m.), 22, 24, 26, 30 (2 p.m.), Nov. 1,
3(2 p.m.), 5, 7, 9 at the Festival The-
atre.
Hamlet, Colm Feore plays the Danish
prince in this great Shakespearean
tragedy. At the Festival Theatre Sept.
18 (2 p.m.), 19, 25 (2 p.m.), 27 (2
p.m.), 28, Oct. 3 (2 p.m.), 4, 9 (2 p.m.),
13 (2 p.m.), 15 (2 p.m.), 17, 22 (2
p.m.), 26 (2 p.m.), 29 (2 p.m.), Nov. 2,
6, 8 (2 p.m.), 10 (2 p.m.).
Much Ado About Nothing, Shake-
speare's vivacious comic couple Beat-
rice and Benedick match wits until
they are duped into acknowledging
their genuine affection for each other.
Goldie Semple is Beatrice, Colm
Feore, Benedick. At the Festival The-
atre Sept. 20 (2 p.m.), 21, 25, 29 (2
p.m.), Oct. 1 (2 p.m.), 5 (2 p.m.), 10,
11, 17 (2 p.m.), 19, 23 (2 p.m.), 25, 30,
Nov. 2 (2 p.m.), 6 (2 p.m.), 8.
Treasure Island, is the world pre-
miere of Elliott Hayes' adaptation of
the Robert Louis Stevenson classic.
Young Jim Hawkins (Geoffrey Brumlik)
courageously matches wits with the
scheming pirate Long John Silver
(Leon Pownall) in a tale of cutlasses
and cutthroats, doubloon and maroons
at the Festival Theatre. Sept. 21 (2
p.m.), 24 (2 p.m.), Oct. 2 (2 p.m.), 6 (2
p.m.), 8 (2 p.m.), 11 (2 p.m.), 12, 16 (2
p.m.), 18, 23, 25 (2 p.m.), 27 (2 p.m.),
29, 31, Nov. 1 (2 p.m.), 5 (2 p.m.), 9 (2
p.m.).
Our Town, Thornton Wilder's story of
the coming of age and growing love of
young Emily and George in turn of the
century, small-town America still has a
powerful message today. At the Avon
Theatre, Sept. 18 (2 p.m.), 19, 25, 28,
Oct. 3 (2 p.m.), 5 (2 p.m.), 9 (2 p.m.),
13, 15 (2 p.m.), 19.
Twelfth Night sees Viola separated
from her twin brother in a storm at sea.
She disguises herself as a boy in
order to serve the Duke of Orsino.
She woos the proud Olivia on Orsino's
behalf but becomes the object of
affections in a tangle of comic compli-
cations. At the Avon Theatre Sept. 18,
21, 26 (2 p.m.), 29 (2 p.m.), Oct. 1, 4
(2 p.m.), 5, 8, 10, 11, 18 (2 p.m.), 20
(2 p.m.), 23 (2 p.m.), 24, 25.
The School for Wives: Moliere sati-
rizes bourgeois values as the middle-
aged Arnophe (Brian Bedford)
chooses as his bride Agnes (Ann
Baggley), an innocent girl raised in a
convent. But Agnes falls in love with
Horace (Colm Feore) who unwittingly
confides his plans for their elopement
to Arnophe. At the Avon Sept. 19 (2
p.m.), 20, 22 (2 p.m.), 24, 26, 28 (2
p.m.), Oct. 2, 3, 6 (2 p.m.), 8 (2 p.m.),
9, 12 (2 p.m.), 15, 16, 19 (2 p.m.), 22,
24 (2 p.m.), 26.
An Enemy of the People tells of a
crisis in a community when the local
doctor (David Fox) learns that the
water in the local health spa is polluted
but the community, whose prosperity
L. depends on the spa, battles to keep
3 him from telling the truth. Sept. 21 (2
E p.m.), 25 (2 p.m.), 27, Oct. 2 (2 p.m.),
4, 10 (2 p.m.), 12, 16 (2 p.m.), 17, 18,
0 23, 26 (2 p.m.), 27 (2 p.m.) at the
Avon Theatre.
Grand Theatre, London, Call 1-800-
265-1593.
The Odd Couple: Arguably Neil
Simon's best play teams neat -freak
Felix Unger with slovenly Oscar Madi-
son as two men living together after
their marriages fall part. The comic
conflicts illustrate just what it was that
wrecked their marriages in the first
place. Previews Oct. 22-24. Opens
Oct. 25. Tickets $17.52 for previews,
$18.75 to $33.15 other times. Call 1-
800-265-1593.
My Boyfriend's Back and There's
Going to Be Laundry II: The Cycle
Continues -See the return of the hilar-
ious one -woman show of Sandra
Shamus with part two of her "My
Boyfriend's Back" series. With plenty
of wit she puts the boots to con-
sumerism and hangs her laundry out
to dry. Undergrand, series, Grand
Theatre's McManus Studio, Oct. 22 -
Nov. 30. Tickets, $14 for previews,
$15 otherwise.
Brigadoon: Two American travellers
are in the right spot when the village of
Brigadoon makes its once -in -a -century
appearance in the mists of Scotland in
this musical comedy by Lerner and
Lowe presented at Centre in the
Square, Kitchener by K -W Musical
Productions Nov. 20-23, 8 p.m. Nov.
23, 24, 2 p.m. Tickets $24-$27. Call 1-
800-265-8977.
Cornflower Blue the Blyth Festival
production by Kelly Rebar, tours
Ontario before going to Winnipeg. The
play takes a look at two couples in a
southern Alberta town. Childhood
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