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GL T caps o season with best production in years SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday May 1KB Page I Earnest sets provide visual treat The luteal feature from Georgetown Little Theatre car Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest is a two fold for the company Which up another drama season this Saturday night Of course there s recognit Ion due the cast for performances in this tart poke at the British upper class of the late Victorian era But the play which opened at he John Elliott Theatre Friday night was also an enormously successful for GLTs backstage crew Never before had worked with so many differ elaborate seta on such a large stage Combined with a great deal ot attention paid costuming down to ha mlnut detail was genuinely breathtaking every time the stage lights opened on a new Much of the credit for the magic In the sets goes to David a professional stage designer missioned by thanks to a grant from May 19 Mark that date on your calendar Wednesday May 19 at 30 m In the multi purpose room of the Cultural Centre Hills Arts Council will hold their Annual General Meeting This Is your opportunity to discover Just what the Arts Council Is about You are welcome You do not have to be a paid up member You may renew your membership or take out a new one at he meeting Perhaps you are not sure whether you wish lojotn or not come anyway This is your chance to hear what we have been up to for the past year It will give you a look at the inner workings of the Council and help you decide if you wish to support us TheArtaCouncilisnotjustforartlsts performers and crafts people It la for anyone who has ever enjoyed the music of the Choral Society or admired the work of a local artisan The Arts Council role Is to promote the arts In The larger our membership the easier our job Come on out and be a part of It What do t get out of It There are many benefits enjoyed by council members Among them are advance book and discounts on Musical Tri light series tickets special programs such as the new Members Lecture Series and most Importantly our quarterly Calendar of the Arts No home in Hal ton Hills should be without this comprehensive guide to artistic and entertainment cs available In our area The membership fees arc K for individuals and for families Come to he meeting See the slide display our post achievements and hear our plans for future endeavors CONTINUING Georgetown Little Theatre May and The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde 30 p at the John Elliott Theatre Gallery House Sol Until May 13 George Etchings to Kafka Metamorphosis and related works COMING SOON Heritage Weavers May 7 and An Exhibition of Weaving at the Georgetown Public Library En the lower foyer during library hours Some articles will be for sale Georgetown Public Library May 10 Right Out of History The Making of Judy Chicago Dinner Party will 30pm Tickets aretlandmaybeobUdned in advance from the Acton and Georgetown libraries j CANADIAN THEATRES A GEORGETOWN 3 Theatre Ontario His Instruct ion and handson management over three weekends last month Immensely to what Is GLT finest pro duction rec ntnomory Tic lessons learned In build and using flats will prove it able In future productions During lie course of the play skillfully directed by Derek he audience moves from a London drawing room to a country garden lo the morning at Manor House Woolton Earnest s considered one of most perfect plays In English theatre ranking with Shakes penre Midsummer Nisi Dream and As You Like It Wilde delights in Victorian social Ions In Earnest using as his dynamite the problems these customs cause for lovers con man- The most explosive of all the person who regards herself a bastion of proper conduct Is also tl e most comical Lady Brack statements about etiquette arc outrageous but when she steams into a room like a massive creaking dreadnought her verbal fire power gives others cause to Aptly picked for the role is Vera MacDonnld She plays the character perfectly filing her with a great of British Imperial might Through her wire rimmed glasses Lady Bracknell scrutiny can strip pa Fill enough she Is dressed In black throughout the play knees defiantly proposes marriage to Gwcn despite Lady Bracknell disapproval Worthing like Algernon has Invented a character as an excuse to visit the The misuse of these fictitious people gets him and Algernon In a heap of trouble GLT newcomers fill female roles In the play and do so admirably Cecity Susan Stevens and Gwendolen Jill Evans are classic as cattish yet Innocent women who have stirred Algic and Jack o love Timing Is extremely important in their roles be cause their characters ims seem to change from passage to passage adding to the anxiety of their baited sailors GLT veterans flit smaller roles comic extras In he play who continually delight he audience Pat Joy Is the air headed and and en I Miss Prism a governess with some thing to hide Ron Hill plays Rev Canon Chasuble an old timer who is proud of his celibacy has mustered a works In a drawer sermon from which he can remove and replace parts as he wishes culling down on his workload every Sunday and has caught 1c eye of Miss Meanwhile do tiering about Manor House is Merrlman played by Bill a popular young member of Is merry as the household servant and he provides Iho play slapstick elements clumsily serving lea and guests with as much effort as his bancs can muster Earnest Is a very light play without toomany moving parts ax the Intellect It e kind of production which keeps you chuckling while allow frequent outbursts of laughter And its not just a visual delight it s a visual miracle The sets arc outstanding and the costuming organized by Barbel Schrim Joyce Holland and Connie yearend production is delightfully unsettling There ore only odd seats remaining for Thursday night a tomorrows ma nee and the Friday and Saturday shows are complete ly booked However there are tickets available for tho Delia Beta sorority benefit performance tonight Wed nesday You can purchase benefit performance tickets at the theatre box office which will be open today from to m or call 8774093 In the new season which opens in October will be presenting such nils as Ab surd Person Singular tho annual Christmas show Nurse Jane Goes o Hawaii and Death Trap HILLS ELKS LODGE BINGO EVERY MONDAY LEGION BINGO TONIGHT And Every Wednesday at 745 pm ttu Start your evening of TV entertainment with Cable Presenting your community nights a week Tuesday to Call us or details at or John and Gwendolen like thundercloud which passes Ashley Windsor plays an old fashioned Dudley Moore ur who clowns his way through his lavish social position and has per a device used to avoid bor appointments If per formance is also rate and te Algernon hes the type of person who would think hand tuners terrific novelties the audience can help liking the fellow slays a character who takes more serious Seven extra channels at NO extra monthly charge THE TV CONVERTER OF YOUR CHOICE London 12 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