Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), November 21, 1984, p. 6

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Fane SECTION A THE November Eighth Line resident HERALD CBC actor in Prisoners of Time DAVE Herald Staff Fresh from per formance as Lord In the television series Some Honorable Gentleman rgcto Jim Rankin will be live in Toronto Ing tonight The veteran or theatre is a seasoned professional who is playing the part of a futuristic salesman in the play Prisoners of Time The month long run can be seen at the Toronto Free Theatre on Berkeley Street Mr Rankin lives on the Eighth Line just outside Georgetown in house owned by Alli son farm For past two years the much travell ed actor has settled down on the farm In a 102 year old house with his wife and retriever Kane Prisoners of Time Is a comedy about a group of baby boomers who have grown old and are put In an old age home during the year Showing sparks from their teen age years the ciders plot and scheme against their sons daughters and officers of Ihe state Written by a new play wright Mr Rankin says theres a lot of excite ment towards a new script but also a lot of tension He explains that new plays often go through a tremendous amount of scrutiny and rewriting before show time Born In Montreal Mr Rankin was raised In Port Credit and went to high school there He remembers first getting the theatre bug from a teacher who in grade seven dropped a script on my desk and said he thought I should be in the play He left high school within six weeks of gra duating to Join the Canadian Mime Theatre who arc based in Niaga ra on thcLakc He was their gofer props on and actor The troupe travelled In some far circles such as the International Childrens Festival in Bulgaria In 1372 After almost two years with the mime group Mr Rankin enrolled In the National Theatre School in Mon treal which the only one of its kind in Canada Its strictly a trade school with no academic subjects taught Just a heavy schedule of plays and JIM RANKIN courses on acting design and production The three year course docsn t turnout polished actors but It does expose people to business he says SlncelhenMr has loured many differ ent part of Canada and lived in a number of major centres while performing He and his wife have lived in Winni peg Ottawa Vancouver and Saskatoon The actor toured Saskatchewan for the Globe Theatre In for four years worked at the CBC then went to Theatre New Brunswick for a show called Equus At Ihe National Arts Centre in Ottawa he played a part In the production of Woyseck At Shaw festival he played a vat iely of roles for three seasons signing a seven month contract each time In CBC television scries Some Honorable Gentleman Mr Rank in can be seen playing the part of Lord Beaver in the segment of the scries called Sam Hughes War tonight and tomorrow The minus side of travelling is that often you have to pay two rents and theres possi of a financial loss he said A short tour is fun but living out or restaurants and hotels Isnt always rosey he boys The best payoff is to have a good audience and a good hotel he The versatile is doing more radio and television dramas now including the Judge series on the screen and a drama for radios Moral program His classes in design from school are coming in handy because he has been asked to make tin can characters far who are publici zing their recycling programs Entertainment GLTs Dorothy busy as Wizards helper Christmas concert for Choral Society Once again Georgetown Choral is pleased to present two concerts in this years Christmas celebrations These will start Nov Festival of Carols In Holy Cross Church and will be followed on the Sunday same venue with a performance of The Messiah with full orchestra Tickets SS and respectively can be obtained by calling 5815or Oxbow Books The choir will do a warm up performance in Fergus as part of that to s ing cen tennial celebrations at St Andrews an Church on Nov Once again the choir director Dale Wood has brought together a group of talented musicians from the student body and the alumni of University of Torontos Faculty of Music This Is a collection or very capable musicians several or them appear ing with the Choral Society for the fourth time The promoter and senior for the group replacing David Harding is cello 1st Paul Wldncr His credits are becoming impress ive having played with the National Ballet and Toronto Chamber Orche stras Come follow Dorothy Chris Tarragon down the yellow brick road Join In her adventure as she meets thcScarecrow Hal Porter Tin man David Tunny a Cowardly Lion Dafyi Johnson and eventually comes face to face with The Wizard of Ox Ron HUD See the wicked witch New love and her cohorts as they try to outsmart Dorothy who has been helped along the way by Fern and the lovable inhabitants of Land Dont miss the excitement and ail the fun Its all going to happen at John Elliott 7 and Tickets are and are available at the theatre box office Thursdays from to p and by phoning This Christmas show intended to entertain adults and children alike said Ron Hunt who is directing the show which is his own adaptation of the well loved movie Bateman etching An etching which wildlife artist Robert Bateman created for an exhibition of his work at the Hills Cultural Centre in June is being offered In he annual Lucky Christmas Draw sponsored by the Friends of the Hills Public Libraries The unique print of a small In a pine tree is a coveted prize and tickets are now on Acton and Georgetown libraries for just The draw will take place a few days before Christmas Herald Staff There seems lobeabit of a dangerous situation at the Hunt residence In Georgetown Ron Hunt who Is directing Georgetown Little Theatres produc tion of the Wizard of Oz has his wife Dorothy as the producer The producer of a production has lo do a lot running around and picking up of stuff director Mr Hunt explained Weve got a whole household devoted to the Wizard of he said Three weeks Into rehearsals the play opens on Dec 7 7 30 m at the John Elliott Theatre Additional per formances will be pre sented Dec and 9 at and 3 m An original adaptation from the story Mr Hunt said he has more or less written version himself Tola wont be in the production because as Mr Hunt puts it dogs on stage are very unde sirable As far as the go nowhere In the world could I find 300 flying he said Theres no place like home is what Mr Hunt said the story Is all about Although Dorothy travels to and finds it very beautiful she Is still aware of the dangers there and realizes there Is no place like home he said GLT presented the Wizard of about eight years ago at Wriggles- worth Public School Mr Hunt said this produc tion will have the added bonus of a more lavish set with more room and belter space for choreo graphy the chore and Is present ly working with small children playing the parts of the These children will double as the residents in Emerald City Haydn Evans who was musical director for lost production will once again lake that responsibility This time a new Mother System will be incorporated in the production which Is alleged to produce almost any sound from a piano Many prominent rock groups are trying to acquire the Mother System and Mr Hunt said feels very lucky to have the talent ed young man with the production team Georgetowns Ron Hill will be portraying three different characters including the wizard TAKE IT EASY TAKE THE TRAIN For TICKETS and INFORMATION Your Authorized Agent Is Barber Henley ltd While Santa Clans and his made their way down Georgetowns Main Street Saturday the Georgetown Choral Society didnt even budge to take a peek at him from their Presbyterian They were holding a four hoar rehears a lath on during which they practised song for their upcoming concerts and also to raise some money through sponsorship to boy new tuiedoe and dresses for performances DENTURE CLINIC J Kohari DT Guelph St on Hwy GEORGETOWN Phone 8778974 MILTON Cinr STARTS FRIDAY THE TERMINATOR Brutal ft SATURDAY AT BUSINESS DIRECTORY STARTS FRIDAY INDIANA JONES THE 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