The Citizen, 1991-04-03, Page 23THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1991. PAGE 23.
Entertainment Playhouse wants
No trashy performance
Performers of Vancouver's Green Thumb Theatre presented “Land of Trash’’ at Blyth Memorial
Hall on Saturday afternoon. The capacity crowd of young and old were delighted as the story of
Carson, Stryker and Nuke unfolded. Land of Trash dealt with environmental issues in a way that
was educational yet entertaining for youngsters.
young actors for Oz
The search is on for Munchkins
and Palace Guards for “The
Wizard Of Oz” at the Huron
Country Playhouse near Grand
Bend.
Fifty children between the ages
of five to 15 will be cast for the play
which opens this June. Aspiring
young actors and actresses are
requested to send a resume and
recent photograph to Mr. Tony
Lloyd, Huron Country Playhouse,
RR 1, Grand Bend, Ontario, NOM
ITO. Auditions, which will be by
appointment, are to be held in late
April.
“The Wizard of Oz” is written
by L. Frank Baum, adapted by
John Kane with music and lyrics
from the MGM motion picture by
Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg.
Based on L. Frank Baum’s 1900
book and first staged in 1902, “The
Wizard Of Oz” is best known from
the 1939 film starring Judy Gar
land. Mr. Lloyd advises that “Our
production closely follows the
movie version and includes the
ever popular musical numbers
‘Over the Rainbow’, ‘If I Only Had
a Brain’ and ‘Follow the Yellow
Brick Road’.” This play is gener
ously sponsored by Big V Drug
Stores.
This isn’t the only casting on the
mind of Tony Lloyd, Artistic Direc
tor at Huron Country Playhouse.
“It is hard to believe that in just
under two months backstage will
come alive with crew and actors,”
commented Mr. Lloyd. With a
laugh Mr. Lloyd added “It may
take me that long to get through
these stacks of resumes.” Mr.
Lloyd is overwhelmed with all the
resumes he has and is still receiv
ing from all the talented people in
the theatre profession.
Preliminary auditions for the
principal parts and technical staff
have been scheduled for March 20,
21 and 22 in Toronto. “The Stage
Manager, Gloria Day and Technical
Director, Simon Day and I will be
putting in three long days audition
ing and interviewing as many as
the time will allow,” explained Mr.
Lloyd.
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Theatre review
Kids learn of pollution in play
BY NICKI GROPP
A full crowd was on hand at
Blyth Memorial Hall on Saturday
when Green Thumb Theatre pre
sented “The Land of Trash’’. The
three actors in this performance
showed how we today are destroy
ing the world for tomorrow.
Ian McDonald plays an older
man who knew what the world was
like when it was a friendly and
beautiful place to live in. In the
show he lives in a dump full of
inventions from the past. Sonia
Norris plays Stryder, a person of
tomorrow who has blocked out all
feelings and with her friend Nuke,
played by Bonnie Panych, they
discover the dump and try to
understand what the inventions are
for. x
The play takes place in the year
2073 and past generations have
destroyed everything beautiful in
the world. It is now filled with
pollution and war and to get clean
drinking water you have to pay for
it. No one shares their feelings with
anyone else and they keep every
thing to themselves. If they want to
say something they talk in short
forms rather than sentences be
cause words show their feelings.
Nuke falls under the spell of
Carson’s (Mcdonald’s) use of
words and begins to have feelings
for what the world used to be like.
“She has gone under”, as Stryder
said. Stryder discovers that Carson
has hidden Green Houses all over
the dump and she wants to take one
of the plants to bring the beauty
back into the world. What she
doesn’t realize is that by taking the
plant she will kill it because she
doesn't know how to take care of it
properly.
Nuke tells Stryder this and at
first Stryder doesn’t believe her but
then she realizes that this is true.
Stryder gives the plant back to
Carson and together they plan on
rebuilding the beauty of the world.
I think that this play was a really
deep subject for some of the
younger children but the actors
were able to make it enjoyable by
using plenty of movements and
voice. The children seem to enjoy
the show in its entirety and were
able to understand what was going
on by the actions of the actors.
Kate Giffin is the stage manager
of this show, and Ian Tamblyn is
the musician, composer, and play
wright. He has released eleven
albums and written five plays and
has also composed soundscapes for
a dozen others.
I found this play enjoyable and I
think that it has a good meaning
and moral to it. It helped the
children to realize how important
the world is and how pollution
destroys it. I think the actors did a
really good job and I enjoyed
seeing it.
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Joppy
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