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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 TOWNSMAN/SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1991 25