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The Citizen, 1991-07-31, Page 22PAGE 22. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 31,1991. Entertainment Treasure Island premiere opens at Stratford Comedy, music highlight fall series Long before summer comes to a close, the Blyth Fall/Spring Festi­ val of Entertainment series is planned and ready to go. This year's series, for people of all ages, will have 'em smiling, laughing, clapping, humming, singing and tapping their toes! The entertainment series for adults includes Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers from New­ foundland, Wingfield's Folly from the pen of Dan Needles (writer of The Perils of Persephone), the hilarious Dads in Bondage by Lighthouse Theatre, and the humour of Dave Broadfoot's Come­ dy Crusade. For the kids, there are folk tales from Lampoon Puppettheatre, the music of Charlotte Diamond, the fabulous energy of Canadian Con­ tent, and the humour of Jim and Dave's Awesome Environmental Adventure. Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers kick off the adult entertain­ ment scries on Saturday, October 19 at 8 p.m. This wacky musical/comedy trio from New­ foundland performs original and traditional songs, skits, jokes, recitations and stories. Kevin Blackmore (Buddy) and Wayne Chaulk and Ray Johnson (the Other Fellers) have entertained audiences from St. John's to Victoria with their crazy humour and music via mandolin, guitar, accordians, fid­ dle, garbage bag, rolling pin and hubcap. Wingfield's Folly is the second feature of the adult entertainment series. Actor Rod Beatlie once again brings gentleman farmer Walt Wingfield to life on the Blyth Stage Saturday, November 16 at 8 p.m. Wingfield's Folly completes the saga of Persephone Township's man behind the plow. Two years ago, Wall Wingfield left the com­ fort of his Bay Street brokerage office to seek a simpler life down on the farm. Two profit-free sea­ sons later, Walt finally pinpoints the source of his problem and embarks on a course that brings him to his most profound crisis. Once again, the residents of Lark­ spur grab a good seat and take bets on what Walt will lose first - his heart or his mind. Dads in Bondage by Lighthouse Theatre of Port Dover comes to Blyth Sunday, March 29, 1992 at 8 p.m. This comedy by Robert More with music by Tom Doyle, lakes a hilarious look at the result of reversing the traditional family roles. Come and see what happens when a corporate businessman, Latin teacher and construction worker suddenly find themselves unemployed and at home looking after their new babies while their wives go out to work. Enjoy a one-man laugh filled evening when Dave Broadfoot bring his Comedy Crusade to Blyth Saturday, May 9 at 8 p.m. A veter­ an of CBC radio's Royal Canadian Air Farce, Juno Award winner for best comedy album, and Officer in the Order of Canada, Dave Broad­ fool is one of Canada's best-known comedians. His fast paced, topical show includes the re-creation of favourite characters and some new ones too. The entertainment series Just For Kids, supported CKNX FM 102, kicks off with Lampoon Pupetlhe- atre on Saturday, October 19, at 2 p.m. This internationally recog­ nized, award winning puppet com­ pany presents tales from three different cultures, including The Tea Kettle from Japan, The Golden Fish from Russia and The Paperbag Princess from Canadian author Robert Munsch. One of Canada's favourite chil­ dren's performers, Charlotte Dia­ mond from Vancouver will take children on a musical adventure Sunday, November 10, at 2 p.m. as they clap and singr along with favourites from her award-winning recordings, including Dicky Dinosaur, Slimy The Slug, The Hug Bug, La Bamba and more. Char­ lotte has five albums, a new video and counts a Juno among her string of awards. A high energy, high tech kid Vaudeville show with fast paced audience participation will be per­ formed by Winnipeg’s Canadian Content Saturday, March 21, 1991 at 2 p.m. Their show On The Go includes song, dance, music and mime. Toast a Spanish-dancing lemon tree in the Lemon Merango Tango, enjoy a royal visit from three singing playing cards in Three of a Kind, and sing along with your hands to the sign lan­ guage song Prairie Dog Rack and Tumbleweed Roll. It's clear, crisp, crazy entertainment and kids love id Jim and Dave's Awesome Envi­ ronmental Adventure rounds out the children's series on Saturday, April 25, 1992 at 2 p.m. James Gordon and David Archibald have combined their considerable talents to create a zany yet informative new show dealing with the environ­ ment. Using theatre, song and audi­ ence participation, Jim and Dave inspire children to be friends of the earth. New subscribers to the Blyth Fall/Spring Festival of Entertain­ ment series, can call the Blyth Fes­ tival Box Office at 523-9300 for the best available seats starting August 5. The world premiere of Elliott Hayes' new adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic adventure story Treasure Island began pre­ view performances in Stratford's Festival Theatre on Saturday, July 27. The production opens Thurs­ day, August 1 at 7:30 p.m. and plays in repertory until November 9, 1991. Jim Hawkins courageously matches his wits with the scheming pirate Long John Silver in a tale of Cutlasses and cutthroats, of dublooms and maroons, of mutiny in the high seas and treasure on a tropical isle. Treasure Island is directed by David William with design by Debra Hanson, music by Alan Laing, lighting design by John Munro, fights directed and stunts co-ordinated by John Stead, and movement by John Broome. The cast of the production fea­ tures Edward Atienza as Ben Gun and Blind Pew, Wayne Best as Morgan, Geoffrey Brumlik as Jim Hawkins, Richard Fitzpatrick as O'Brien, John Franklyn-Robbins as Squire Trelawney, Lome Kennedy as Dr. Livesey, Roberta Maxwell as Mrs. Hawkins, Rod Menzies as Captain Smollett, Leon Pownall as continued on page 23 Happy 20th Anniversary Harv and Barb New book on Stratford Festival launched at book signing Alan Somerset's new book, The Stratford Festival Story: A Cata­ logue-Index of Productions at the Stratford, Ontario Festival, 1953- 1990 published by Greenwood Press will have its official launch at a special book singing in the Mem­ bers Lounge of the Festival The­ atre, Friday, August 2, 1991 at 11:00 a.m. Anyone interested in obtaining a copy of the book, in meeting Professor Somerset or in seeing a demonstration of the index on computer, is invited to attend. The Stratford Festival Story, 1953-1990 is the result of a long­ term research project that began in 1983, under the direction of Alan Somerset, currently the Chairman of the Department of English, Uni­ versity of Western Ontario. Funds to support the research were grant­ ed by the University's Academic Development Fund and by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, under its Canadian Studies (Research Tools) programme. The computer programme, devised by Alan Somerset and cus­ tomized for reach individual usage is available for purchase by other institutions. It has already been acquired by The Shakespeare Cen­ tre in Stratford, England and the Canadian Opera Company. During the course of the Stratford Festival project 15 research assis­ tants, students at Western, devoted approximately four person-years to sifting through the Festival's Archives and entering the evidence into computer databases that were christened ‘Jaques’ (‘All the world's a stage...’). Three hundred and nine books of newspaper clip­ pings (containing over 400,000 newspaper articles, reviews, inter­ views, etc.) have yielded approxi­ mately 20,00 records in the reviews databases, while six hundred and thirty-six productions, workshops, louring shows, television and radio broadcasts, etc. have included over 19,000 roles. The published volume includes much, but not all, of the detail because of space limitations; how­ ever, the project has also created and maintained exhaustive elec­ tronic files that will continue to be available to researchers at the Festi­ val Archives. The computer-based life of the project is on-going; at the moment, production, cast and review evidence from 1991 is being input into ‘Jaques’ so that it will continue to be a living record of a living theatre. 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