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THE HERALD Wednesday March 1989 Page One woman show highlights Arts Alive Herald Special Halton Hills is a rich community culturally speaking There are interesting exhibits at the gallery we have two polished theatre groups in town several fine dance studios excellent music I programs in our local high schools and a very experienced Choral Society just to name a few So it was a tough job to pick entertainment for the 1989 Arts Alive festival with such a variety of potential acts to choose from and audiences who are used to fine performances We decided that an evening of comedy was in order since Georgetown Little Theatres comedies are a big hit with au diences Our theatre manager Hank attends a conference every year where artists perform excerpts of their work for theatre managers from across Ontario This years big hit was a one woman comedy show written and played by Heather Esdon of Ot tawa called Big Girls Cry and Hank joined the crowd who were trying to book her We were sue cessful and Heather Esdon will be performing here on Friday May as part of the Arts Alive festival Heather gives us minutes of hilarity as Faith Monaghan and at the same time makes us think about how the world pressures us toconform to the ideal image As the lights come up Faith Monaghan is sitting on her toilet weanng a Saran wrap turban facial mask and rubber gloves while reading a recent issue of Cosmopolitan magazine The radio announces that it is 2 m and Faith is galvanized action She Local flavor to Jekyll and Hyde By MARY JANE Herald Special The Esquesing Travelling Players are coming to town WHAT Youve never heard of them I suppose thats understandable They are actually the Georgetown Little Theatre in disguise GLTs next play Jekyll and Hyde will be presented as a play within a play The Esquesing Travelling Players are a travelling theatre troupe working in England in the time around Under the management of Ethelred Stubbs Esq and through the financial auspices of Lady Ives they are able to put on a most contem porary play The Strange Case of and Hyde as retold by Leonard H Caddy Apparently in the 1800s popular books would be printed first in the newspapers as serial pieces and as each part of the book came out it would be adapted for better or for worse and put on the stage by a theatre company The laws of copyright did not exist as they do now This practice led to some Costume dance The Ballinafad Ladles Baseball Team is hosting a fifties and sixties costume dance Satur day April 8 at the Ballinafad Community Centre The evening will include spot prizes and door prizes and a dinner Music will be pro vided by Mike Reed Prizes will also be awarded for the best dressed male and female Dancing will be from 9 m to a m and tickets are 50 per per son very individualistic adaptations since each actor was responsible for fleshing out their own character Each actor thought that they had the most important role Although we dont have these kinds of problems at GLT ft is hard to tell how the Travelling Players will behave We trust that they will both behave well and act well Jekyll and Hyde opens at the John Elliott Theatre in Georgetown on April 21 and con tinues through April 26 28 and The curtain goes up at 8 pm and tickets are each You can call the box office at 877 3700 or drop into Royal Real Estate at 170 Guelph St for tickets There will be a benefit per formance on April 20 organized by the Chamber of Commerce and proceeds from the performance will go to charities as designated by the Chamber Contact the Chamber of Commerce for tickets If you think that you know the story of and Hyde then come see the Esquesing Travelling Players do it and gain a whole new insight BOMB SYSTEMS ACCESSORIES FOR AUTOMOTIVE informs the audience that she must leave for a crucial audition no later than 3 30 and firmly establishes her credo in life that first impres sions can make or break you The audience quickly learns that the major obstacle Faith perceives in her search for acceptance is that last 30 pounds shes never quite been able to lose However other obstacles arise to complicate mat ters further a telephone call inter rupts her shower she shaves her legs and plucks her eyebrows before realizing she will be audi tioning for feminists who may perceive body hair as an asset but still feels naked not wearing make up her hair gives it body at the roots but relaxes the natural curls she wants to achieve and when all those ap pliances blow a fuse things are bound to go bump in the dark spilling onto the new blouse that Faith has purchased to go with those rather tight new blue jeans Faiths realization that too great an obsession with appearances can be dangerous allows her to gain some perspective on herself and Your Choice the world She leaves on time in clothes pulled from her laundry hamper with hair tied back and cold cream residue on her face but she exits laughing with her best face forward Big Girls Cry has received outstanding praise wherever it has played Ninety minutes of firstrate theatre Touching funny in telligent paints a portrait This moving rau ti- onewoman show should not be missed Mairi MacLean The Edmonton Journal BIG GIRLS CRY Highly recommended for a good script a sparkling performance and for anyone whos tried on bathing suits in a department store dressing room Moreen Murphy The Strathcona Free Press Through the eyes of Faith Monaghan a woman who wants to see chocolate made the sixth of ficial food group the theme of self acceptance and physically fitting in is explored with witty chatter hilarious visual comedy and sensitivity Please join us on May for a very funny evening that we can all relate to Note this show is suitable for adult au diences Tickets are each and are available at the Halton Hills Library or at Royal Real Estate 170 Guelph Street Georgetown AFTER FIVE THINGS TO 00 PLACES TO GO FOR YOUR LISTENING AND DANCING PLEASURE MAIN ST S 8773388 DBs PICK OF THE WEEK toneilSc OVER 2000000 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