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The Citizen, 2003-02-26, Page 27THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2003. PAGE 27. Entertainment & Leisure Stratford Festival announces passing of designer Tanya Moiseiwitsch, designer of the groundbreaking Stratford Festival stage and more than 40 Stratford Festival productions, has died in London, England, at the age of 88. Moiseiwitsch was bom in London in 1914, the daughter of pianist Benno Moiseiwitsch and violinist Daisy Kennedy. She attended London’s Central School of Arts and Avail t-garde/Kiibiiki prod, comes to Blyth Coming to town Ryunzanji and Company are appearing at the Blyth Festival, March 25 in Educating Mad Persons. Using a vari­ ety of traditional and avant-garde styles the show tells the story of a family witchhunt. (Photo submitted) Crafts and apprenticed in scene­ painting at the Old Vic. She then worked at the Westminster Theatre, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, the Abbey Theatre in Dublin and the Duchess Theatre in London’s West End before her first collaboration with the Stratford Festival’s found­ ing Artistic Director, Tyrone Guthrie, at the Old Vic in Liverpool in 1945. When Tyrone Guthrie accepted the directorship of the Stratford Festival before its first season in 1953, he engaged Moiseiwitsch to design a stage for the Festival that would break away from the convention of the proscenium-arch or “picture­ frame” theatre and return to the “thrust” style of stage on which Shakespeare’s own company played. The Blyth Festival proudly pres­ ents Ryunzanji & Company’s Educating Mad Persons for one night only on March 25 at 8 p.m. at Blyth Memorial Hall. Using a variety of traditional and avant-garde styles, Educating Mad Persons tells the story of a family witch-hunt. Told by a doctor that one member is mad and must be rooted out, they all begin to mimic each other’s behavior to avoid being singled out as the ‘mad one’. Only the youngest child resists the lure of conformity and continues to sing her own song. The design incorporates elements of traditional Kabuki theatre as well as Japanese ceremonial garb com­ bined with a ‘western thrift shop aesthetic’. The actors are all manip­ ulated as puppets by a chorus of Ninja puppeteers who oversee the action both literally and figuratively. The Blyth Festival’s unique rela­ tionship with Japanese theatre con­ tinues to flourish. Tickets are only Her design, first housed in the the­ atre tent and now covered by the per­ manent building, was revolutionary and has since been widely imitated. Moiseiwitsch herself created varia­ tions on the Stratford stage for the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis and the Crucible Theatre in England; and her designs influenced the stages of the Vivian Beaumont Theatre in New York, the Olivier Theatre at the $20 per person, $15 per youth, $65 per family of four, and are available through the Blyth Festival Box Office by calling 1-877-862-5984 or 1-877-TO-BLYTH. Birthday OPEN HOUSE for Josephine MacGregor at the Betty Cardno Centre Sunday, March 9 2 - 4 pm National Theatre in * England, the Swan Theatre at Stratford-upon- Avon, the Chichester Festival Theatre and countless university auditoria. For her beautiful and innovative work on the stage, Moiseiwitsch was awarded honorary doctorates by the University of Toronto (1988) and the University of Minnesota (1994). She was named an Honorary Officer of the Order of Canada earlier this year. jisaisninamisiQimmmK | 3tappy. 50* g 6 (Lnnittvt&aiy 3 k Gordon & Ruth * & » g Shiell g g February 28, 2003 g *• N,H. council waits for Superbuild Doing her stuff Nicole Meier takes a spin on the ice as she performs solo during Under the Big Top this year’s Blyth Skating Club car­ nival held at the arena on Friday night. (Vicky Bremner photo) ing was all good news. Layton noted that he had received a cheque on the township’s behalf from Wescast in the amount of $2,000. This went towards use of the arena during the company’s 100th anniversary celebration. A cheque was also presented in the amount of $31,230.11 from the Fantasy Auction II to pay off the complex debt. *** A watermain, which broke under Hwy 4 in Blyth was to be repaired last Wednesday. The work needed to be done immediately, before a thaw, Clerk-Administrator John Stewart said as the gravel beneath had washed away and the pavement was being held up by frost. *** A land use planning and develop­ ment questionnaire was reviewed. It will be mailed with the interim tax bills. *** . John Stewart said that the town­ ship was still waiting for payment from SuperBuild for the third mile­ stone. The amount was in the neigh­ bourhood of $700,000. *** A letter was received from Palliative Care Services urging council to continue the Wheels Away program. *** Council had no objections to the application for a severance at Lots 34 and 35, Cone. 6, East Wawanosh. *** Two resolutions were endorsed. The first, from the County of Grey opposed the Ministry of Agriculture and Food proceeding with regula­ tions affecting category one, two, three and four farms until a financial analysis is completed. The second was from the Town of Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands. It advised the federal minis­ ter of transportation that it’s opposed to the province’s provision of fund­ ing to United States Army Corps engineers. *** Stewart informed council that nomination forms are available for the November election. Reeve Doug Layton stated that he is considering running for re-elec­ tion. Stewart said there would be an advance poll in Blyth and Wingham but not Belgrave. However, there would be a regular poll in the ham­ let. Also, he explained that anyone owning property in more than one ward of the municipality could only vote in the ward in which they reside. Check out The Citizen's WEBSITE at www.northhuron.on.ca 5Oh jflnniverscm I Love, < i Mom, Paul, Terry, Jennifer & Brendan Ir TmT AO 3 and Tinie Benjamins invite you to an Open House to celebrate their 5(jh Wedding Anniversary D. V. on March 1 from 3-5 pm at the fellow­ ship hall of the Clinton Christian Reformed Church. Best wishes only please. ’To?/’