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the HERALDi Entertainment Exit The Body has stimulating story GLTplay begins Friday Herald Special Okay all you Jeopardy sharks heres one for you Category Stimulating Entertain ment Answer Exceptionally funny comedy caper ripe with Juicy grati fying visual oral and psychological stimuli tndudng involuntary out bursts of hysterical laughter Question If you answered What Is Exit the Body youre absolutely right And fast too We didnt even get to hum the theme tune Georgetown Little Theatre is delighted to present you with this delicious romp as their last show of the season and if the stage per formance la anything akin to rehear sals youre in for quite a treat Vera MacDonald veteran of theatrics plays mystery writer Crane Hammond who has rented a New England house for a month holiday Her quest for relaxation however takes a dive Into spiralling confusion as strange bodies appear and then disappear and other nonplussing circumstances combine to drive Tier into a disconcerting dither Vera plays her dithers with ab solute comic brilliance She drops her lines with Just the tempo and In location to leave you screaming and produces some sterling reactions throughout her lengthy part This is not surprising when one considers the extent of Veras ex perience Bom in London England Vera has been deeply Involved In theatre since the age of four Her scope of Involvement includes the Little Theatre Little Theatre Globe Productions Brampton Musical Society he Geneva English Drama Society American Little Theatre Geneva and Geneva Amateur Operatic Society Switzerland and Georgetown Little Theatre a rather simple maid Jenny who has been hired to attend to Crane Hammonds domestic needs Cathy has previously acted In New Brunswick and In GLTs Pack of Lies This Georgetown District High School student shows good potential for comedy and youll enjoy her gig portrayal of Jenny Another upand coming dent is Charlie who plays young crook Randolph Charlies having fun with his role and he a really very amusing His ex to dale has been mainly with the high school but were sure this will change as he gels wider recognition for his talent Yes In deed Charlie is more than Just cute dimples Steve Prevost and Arm Lillians always got a playful up her sleeve for friend Crane and poor Lyle gets suck ed into her present escapade to add to the confusion Steve has never acted before but states Im a ham at heart has been involved extensively in theatre both in acting rotes and in the costume department Just a sprinkling of her achievements in clude successful roles in The Tom or row Box Confusions and Your Flake Or Mine Both Steve and Adele per form admirably in their roles for Ex it the Body and we cant wait to see how Steves going to manage stopp ing that rush of stampeding people without keeling over in the process Larry Scott spouse of Shirley tackles his small rote as Cranes husband with charm Richard Ham mond arrives at the bouse back early from a con ference in Chicago only to be squashed in a door hit on the head and locked In a closet Now thats a welcome We know Lorry does some serious homework In researching his role but really He didnt have to Vera get a helping hand with her part In the GLT Exit the Body The hand by the way belongs to cast She won an award for Best Actress as Madame In Oh Dad Poor Dad and was nominated Best Supporting Actress for Mammy Yokum LFl Vera has also directed plays Including GLTs How the Other Half Loves In 19W Vera says she loves the excite ment of achievement and this is evident not only in her past suc cesses but also in the energy she pumps Into her role as Crane Ham mond Her performance wont disappoint you Shirley Scott plays Crane Ham mends secretary Kate who has ac companied her on this pursuit of leisure Shirley isnt new to the theatre either and she finds mining before an audience fun supporting role with graceful strength especially when she lets go her screaml Frank McKie Is also a veteran of the stage who labels himself egotistical and he la a total knockout as local New England Vernon Cookley Frank has performed in such plays as Mousetrap Lovers Leap and Catch Me If You Can and one glimp se of his rendition of Veme will be enough to convince anyone that comedy is Franks forte This character will have you In fits par ticularly when he does his Pontiac Impression Franks the he gives Vernon Cookley will appeal to the funny bone In virtually everyone Another face to watch for Is Pat Balls who plays real estate agent Helen Toole This is Pats first performance for GLT and she says she loves which Is evident in the spunk with which she executes her part Like Frank Pats facial expres sions are priceless as are her comic moves It goes without saying Pat Is funny We are curious to know if Pat makes her Georgetown District High School students laugh as much as she makes her audience Cathy Harris Is back for another performance with this time f- go all the way to that conference in Chicago Just for Exit the Body 1 Greg Marsh who previously Stayed King Philip in Lion In inter takes on the role of amnesic Philip Smith Greg manages to milk your sympathy for poor befuddled Philip only to you In the last moments of the Produced by David Clifton and directed by Ron Hunt whose in comedy timing is awesome Exit the Body is guaranteed to become one of your favorite GLT productions It will be presented at the John Elliott Theatre on April and 3a April is a benefit per formance and tickets may be ob tained In person at Royal LePage Real Estate Ltd If you enjoy a good laugh youll appreciate Exit the Body AFTER FIVE THINGS TO DO PLACES TO GO FOR YOUR LISTENING AND DANCING PLEASURE MAIN ST S SECTION HERALD All together now of the Globe Theatre have been tuning up company productions The same evening the vocal chords In preparation for the Art Alive 88 Georgetown Little Theatre and Acton Citizens Band will presentation of The Entertainers on Friday May at also be performing port of the week long Arts Alive the John Elliott Theatre The Globe will present SSfesUvlUei lleraldphoto a rendition of broad way tunes they have performed In MC for entertainers Dillon Other shows which Mike has directed produced stage managed or acted In arc Don t Start Without Me Not Now Darling The tastlcs Cam dot The Merry Widow Quiet Wedding Patience Me and My Girl Youre a Good Man Charlie Brown La Harle quinade Blue Goose and several others His next venture wilt be directing Noel Cowards Private Lives for Milton Players this fall A man with so much talent wit charm and theatrical skill is sure to provide a lively and memorable Master of Ceremonies for The Entertainers Herald Special The Entertainers which Arts Alive aa will be presenting at the John Elliott Theatre on May fl will have as its Master of Ceremonies Geometowns own Michael might ty for last years talent showcase Michael is not at all new to responsibilities having accepted this role for Halton Hills at the CNEs Heritage Days Festival In and 1965 and at the draw in the CNE As a member of the Rotary Club he has also at he Rotary Club an nual Senior CI liens Dinner In addition his flair and en thuslasm as Master or Ceremonies Mr talents abound in the theatre Currently he and his wife Maureen are appearing In Not Now Darling for Gemini Dinner Theatre Productions in Aurora which opened on March for an in definite run and is continuing to play to packed houses Because this run has been extended the Burgoyncs are grateful to Gemini for releasing them temporarily from their com so as to enable Mike to MC The Entertainers for Arts Alive S3 It also enables Mike to produce and the Rotary Clubs fun- draislng event the hit musical Youre A Good Man Charlie Brown Mikes extensive theatrical ex perience dates back to IBM In England but he will doubtless be best known in Hall on Hills for his work as assistant artistic director for Globe Productions Anything Goes and as artistic director for Mameond On the professional stage Mikes roles have included Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest Jack Tanner in Man and Superman the twin brothers Hugo and Frederick in Ring Round the Moon Koko in The Mikado and the title role in Epitaph for George Tickets Tor this exciting event arc 50 each and can be obtained person at Royal Real further information regarding Arts Alive BB please call act Lion at Rotary show With less than a month to go before the fund raising Rotary Presents show at the John Elliott Theatre May 13 and 14 the organizers have landed a bonus for the Saturday afternoon matinee per formance All along Rotary has announced that this show Is suitable for au diences of all ages and as if to prove this point Rotary announced this week that as an added feature they will bring to the local stage none other than the Lion has been performing for the delight of children and adults alike for over years In lng made show business his career choice he put out a call for a part nor After auditioning several times Jo Hubbard was chosen as Aloysius stooge He claims that he has to rehearse her for several hours before every performance because she can never remember her lines However since good stooges are hard to find he tolerates tier and even allowed her to tag along when he was asked to appear on the Mr Whoodinl Show and Bozo the Clown show on CBETTV In WJndsor Ontario He Is thrilled to be appearing at the John Elliott Theatre in Georgetown Of course stooge has a few credits of her own which are worth mentioning here In fact Jo Hubbard has been active in many aspects of theatre for over years She has performed In directed and theatre pro ductions In Toronto Windsor and Detroit the most recent being her direction of Not Now Darling currently playing at the Hotel Aurora Students in tune for Calgary By BELINDA Herald Special Georgetown District High Schools Stage Band and Jan Choir will be performing in this years MusicFest in Calgary May High school music teachers Anita Blake and Katie Ortolan organizers of the event have been busy getting ready for this festival since the first day of school The 35 students participating In this years MusicFest will par ticipate in a series of performances clinics and workshops and are guaranteed to be busy throughout the entire trip Mrs Blake who has been teaching music at the high school for three years now is responsible for the suc cess of the Stage Band while Mrs manages the Jazz Choir In February of this year the Stage Band put on an Impressive per formance at Mohawk College In Hamilton and succeeded in walking off stage with a Silver Standard Likewise the Jazz Choir also receiv ed a Silver Standard as well as an in vitation to compete in MusicFest 88 when they performed at Mohawk in February and in March at the provincial finals Ontario Vocal Festival in Oshawa It was at these finals that Georgetown District High School student Adam rough ton was presented with the Rising Star Award which goes to the individual with the most outstanding per formance Not only did play drums for the Jazz Choir but he also dazzled his audience and lbe Judges by performing two vocal solos during his appearance The trip to Calgary Is going to cost an estimated overall Students however are expected to pay only half of this fee providing that they hold a number of fund raisers order to receive the re maining amount of monev Included In the fund raisers will be a cheese sale several public per formances and a balloon race Chris- tianes boutique located In town Georgetown helped sup port this trip to Calgary by holding a fashion show at the high school on Wednesday and donating all the pro ceeds toward MusicFest 88 which she f is a worthwhile two music teachers will be ac companied on their trip to Calgary by high school teacher Mr and his wife in order to ensure that the students adhere to the set of rules and regulations that they have been given CI CENTRE Or 7NFTES90 DABBER INFORMATION LINE 8730666 JACKPOT SUNDAY BRUNCH Starting April 10th All You Can Eat 95 Children Under 12 3 DAILY LUNCHEON SPECIALS FROM New Chef Out Of Province 395 GEORGETOWN lOMounlainviewRd S Georgetown 8774166 GEORGETOWN CINEMAS STREET 877 I Strwt NEW PHONE No 8772418 1 YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED to attend Georgetown District High Schools Restoration Ceremonies 700730 pm Open House Activities 700900 pm Reception To Follow Thursday April 21 1 988 GDHS Caf etorlum Gnat Weak BEErUEJUiCE Evenings Evening at 700 WARNING MATINEES ataSunrtMOpJTi