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The Citizen, 1998-12-16, Page 23Friday 1st Appearance Ever at Jonnymores BAT OUT of HELL -Sensational Meatloat Tribute WITNESS THE SIGHTS, SOUNDS and THEATRICS OF NORTH AMERICA'S FAVOURITE BAND! $5 at the door CHRISTMAS EVENTS Wed., Dec. 23rd - College & University Nite Boxing Day - the Original Honeymoon Suite New Year s Eve - "Radically Hip' Tut $10 Hwy 8 West, Clinton 482-1234 Xii6crs of Xlerallection by Fred VanEgmond A literary account of the early settlement of Huron & Perth Counties. Available from the VanEgmond Foundation by calling 519-522-0413, or fax us at 519-482-7437 Cost per book $10.00 plus shipping & handling "A Great Gift Idea" RI. - WED. DEC. 18 - 23 FRI. & SAT. 7 & 9 PM 'GREAT FANTASY FUN FOR THE ,110.2_,IDAnT SEASON!" 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 7 2 2 2 7 2 2 Come Celebrate the ? Season(s)! Blyth Festival Volunteers ( and wannabees) are cordially invited to our Appreciation Reception. 2 Come sing and celebrate the seasons -- summer and winter -- with us. Our Thank You! Reception is hosted at Blyth Festival's Bainton Gallery 2 2 Monday, December 21 from 2-4 p.m. Call 519-523-9300 for details and to 2 RSVP...and Thanks! 2 2 2 2 2 1_1 2 2 2 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1998. PAGE 23. Stratford announces cast ntertainment Blyth announces Stratford Festival Artistic Director Richard Monette announced Nov. 10 some of the Festival's preliminary casting and creative teams. Running from May 4 - Nov. 7, the 1999 season will comprise 10 productions: five at the Festival Theatre, two at the Avon Theatre and three at the Tom Patterson Theatre. Directed by Monette, The Tempest will be designed by Meredith Caron with lighting design by Michael J. Whitfield and music by Berthold Carriere. The cast features Peter Hutt, a veteran of the Shaw Festival who returns to the Stratford Festival for the first time in 18 years, as Caliban; long- time Stratford Festival actor William Hutt, who celebrates his 5Ist year in professional theatre, as Prospero; and Michael Therriault as Ariel. The Tempest previews on May 19 and runs in repertory to Nov. 7. Tony award-winning actor Bran Bedford will play Bottom in William Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream, also playing at•the Festival Theatre. Additional casting includes Diane D'Aquila as Hippolyta, Seana McKenna as Titania and Jordan Pettle as Puck. This will also be directed by Monette with design by Teresa Przybylski, lighting design by Michael J. Whitfield and music by Don Horsburgh. This production will preview on May 4, open on June 1 and run to Nov. 5. Director Jeannette Lambermont and Designer Dany Lyne team up once again for Jane Austen's classic comedy Pride and Prejudice, adapted for the stage by Christina Calvit. Additional creative credits include lighting design by Bonnie Beecher and music by Stephen Woodjetts. The cast will feature familiar Stratford faces including Lally Cadeau as Mrs. Bennet, Geordie Johnson as Mr. Darcy, Lucy Peacock, returning to Stratford following a one-year hiatus, as Elizabeth and Brian Tree as Mr. Bennet. Never before staged at Stratford, Pride and Prejudice will preview at the Festival Theatre on May 12, open on June 5 and close on Nov. 6. A member of the inaugural season in 1953, Douglas Campbell returns to the Stratford Festival for his 24th season to direct Ben Jonson's The Alchemist. Playing at the Festival Theatre from June 12 - Oct. 30, this production will open on June 23 and will be designed by John Colm Leberg with music by Keith ThoMas. The cast will feature Douglas's son Benedict Campbell as Face and Diane D'Aquila as Dol Common. Monette will direct The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, running at the Festival Theatre from July 29 - Nov. 6. Creative credits also include design by Ann Curtis, lighting design by Michael J. Whitfield and music by Louis Applebaum. The cast will Atwood Lions Bingo every Thursday Doors open 6:30 p.m. Starts at 7:00 p.m. Jackpot $1,000. on 54 calls Pot of Gold $1,000. on 53 calls Loonie Bin Last bingo until Jan. 14/99 include Brian Bedford as Sir Peter Teazle, Lally Cadeau as Mrs. Candour, Michelle Giroux as Lady Teazle, Seana McKenna as Lady Sneerwell and Stephen Sutcliffe as Joseph Surface. This will open on Aug. 10. Two contrasting musicals will play at the Avon Theatre. West Side Story, previewing on May 8, opening on June 4, and running to Nov. 6, features Tyley Ross in the role of Tony. Director Kelly Robinson, leads a creative team which includes Ruari Murchison (set design), Charlotte Dean (costume design), Kevin Fraser (lighting design) and Berthold Carriere (musical director). A new Canadian musical adaptation of Bram Stoker's book. Dracula with book and lyrics by Richard Ouzounian and music by Marek Norman, will be presented from May 19 - Nov. 7. This production will be directed by Richard Ouzounian with design by Douglas Paraschuk, lighting design by Kevin Fraser and musical direction by Marek Norman. Benedict Campbell will play Renfield in this Stratford Festival debut which opens on June 2. Real-life husband-and-wife team Rod Beattie and Martha Henry team up as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in William Shakespeare's well-known "Scottish play." Macbeth will be directed by Diana Leblanc with set design by Astrid Janson and lighting design by Louise Guinand. It will preview on May 22, open on June 3 and run to Sept. 26. Director Richard Rose returns to Stratford to direct Glenn, by David Young. The cast will feature Rod Beattie as the Perfectionist and Duncan 011erenshaw as the Performer in this production about renowned Canadian classical pianist Glenn Gould, a former Director of Music at the Stratford Festival. Additional artistic credits include set and lighting design by Graeme Thomson and costume design by Charlotte Dean. Glenn will play at the Tom Patterson Theatre from June 11 - Sept. 25. The production will officially open on June 22. Martha Henry will direct William Shakespeare's Richard II, having last directed at the Stratford Festival in 1991. Geordie Johnson will play the title role in this deeply moving historical drama. Additional creative credits include set design by Astrid Janson, costume design by Allan Wilbee and lighting design by Louise Guinand. It runs in repertory at the Tom Patterson Theatre from June 9 - Sept. 25 with the official opening on June 24. Blyth Festiv41's distinguished 25- year history of presenting great new Canadian plays will be celebrated during the 1999 season by introducing five first-time productions of plays created by our country's most popular writers! Blyth's Silver Season will open with That Summer by pre-eminent playwright David French, author of Canadian classics Leaving Home and Salt Water Moon and the ever popular Jitters. Opening on June 25, That Summer is a romantic evocation of young love destined to restore audiences to their youth whatever their present age. Unadulterated comedy joins the line up when Big Box by Dave Carley opens on July 2. Big Box is an outrageously funny detective story set in the near future when the shops on Main Street Ontario have gone the way of the dodo. Where can Canadians buy socks when a serial bomber begins to eliminate Golf card, ideal gift , The Lung Association, Huron- Perth Counties is currently offering golfers (and everyone looking for the perfect Christmas gift for the golfers on their list) the opportunity to purchase the 1999 Golf Privilege Card! This golfers' dream package, featuring great golfing (mostly, two golfers play for the price of one!) at 12 superb courses throughout Huron and Perth Counties, can only be purchased for a limited time. The price is $45 per booklet. Participating courses for 1999 are Bayview Golf Club, Bluewater Golf Club, Goderich Sunset Golf and Sports Centre, Ironwood Golf Club, Maitland Country Club, Mitchell Golf and Country Club, River Valley Golf and Country Club, St. Mary's Golf and Country Club, Seaforth Golf and Country Club, Stratford Country Club, Stratford Municipal Golf course and Wingham Golf and Curling Club. To order or for further information, drop by The Lung Association office at 342 Erie St., Suite 121, in Stratford or call (519) 271-7500. Visa and Mastercard telephone orders are also accepted. the retail giant on the highway? Then Ted Johns, the Blyth Festival's most popular star ever, will light up the stage with a new one-man extravaganza encompassing a myriad of unforgettable characters. Ted fearlessly rushes in where angels fear to tread with an up-to-the- minute comic look at the conundrums of education in Tory Ontario. The School Crises will have its first audiences roaring in the aisle on July 14. The fourth play in the repertory season will be Every Dream, a tale for these times told with humour and compassion by James W. Nichol. Harry, 50 and "right-sized" out of his position finds a once-in- a-lifetime investment opportunity — if only his wife would agree to risk their house. And for laughs and chills, beginning July 30, the Studio Space will be at home When the Reaper Calls, a comedy thriller by Peter Colley, author of Blyth's most produced hit of all time, I'll Be Back Before Midnight. For extra sparkle on the Silver Season, the festival returns to its rural roots with a special spectacular, Death of a Hired Man, a new collective concocted by Farm Show creator Paul Thompson. The Blyth theatre will 20 years have passed - Wow! Sweet Memories HAPPY 20TH BIRTHDAY RHONDA DEC. 21 season be transformed to house a full barn threshing gang with all its old-time whirling frenzy of sinew- wrenching folly. Death of a Hired Man opens Sept. 2. Theatre patrons can purchase performance Ticket Savings Packages now at the Blyth Festival Box office and enjoy up to 50 per cent pre-season discounts on theatre performances, 1-519-523- 9300. LONG DISTANCE? CALL 1-800-255-3438 FOR TOLL FREE MOVIE INFO