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Theatre- THE HERALD Wednesday May 8 1991 Page Forum presentation inspired lunacy challenging as A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum This very challenge the bright sparkle of characterisation in the songs and lyrics visibly delighted the most young amateur performers The result is inspired lunacy I enjoyed the opening night of Forum last week at the John Elliott Theatre in Georgetown and hope that the performances scheduled for Thursday Friday and Saturday this week at the John Elliott Theatre will be packed It is a large production Ac cording to the program about people on and behind the stage and in the pit made it possible Aside from the producers Maureen Walker and Keith Mills four talented women the artistic director Vesta the musical director Debbie the Choreographers Tanya Abulnar and Diane Atkinson have shaped the performances as well as they could The set design by Gerry An drew has its own builtin comedy and the costumes by Carolyn Hooper are attractive and at times truly ingenious There are so many stones crisscrossing each other in Forum and accordingly so many performers with big parts that it is difficult for me to decide whom to mention first I will start with Philia who is at the centre of all the plots Elisabeth Griffin is charming as Philia She is tossed around by the sudden turns of the story like a plump shiny balloon in the wind and she relishes her vie timisation Closest to her is Vince Staltans Hero a moony upper- class kid love with He looks and acts the part of the spindly legged adolescent in the torment of his first infatuation Around them are joe Del Guidice and Mcleod as Pseudolus and Hystenum the household slaves who set the story in motion and it at fever pitch Bnggs and Margaret Kaye as Senex and Domina the snooty parents of Hero the former an aging playboy the latter a domineering lady secretly love with her own husband Dave Atkinson is Lycus a dealer in courtesans The lovely and tempestuous females he offers for sale are Christine Ford as Sarah Mills as Panacea and Kim as the Summer School of Arts Sheridan College will expand its summer offerings with the in troduction of the new Summer School of the Arts The Summer School of the Arts will offer workshops from May to August in the following areas life drawing pain ting calligraphy book arts photography photographic theory art history fibresculpture digital recor ding clay painting glass blow ing MIDI visual arts orientation textile design visual arts retreat wood turning woodfired ceramics pnntmak- ing figure painting and wood working Lead by wellrespected tidng artists who are committed to sharing their knowledge ex perience and expertise each workshop will focus on handson applications Demonstrations slide lectures critiques and group discussions will also be an integral part of the workshop structure Gemmae Shannon Marshall as Vibrata and Mary Bilik as Gym nasia These six have no lines to speak but the choreographers have given them each dance routines that satirize standard male fantasies We are given the dominatnx the wild cat the erotic belly dancer and so on Jack Ferguson is Erromus an almost blind old man who is seen shuffling across the stage sear ching for his children that were stolen from him in their infancy Last but not least I must men tion Roderick Macintosh as Miles Glonosus a great and pompous warrior a wonderfully vain fellow with a bellowing voice an abiding passion for himself and amazingly smooth thighs He marches in with three of the daftest soldiers you have ever seen convincingly played by Paul dEntremont Doug Dougall and Marshall Did I write people on and behind the stage At times it seems that there are a lot more than that milling around There ore eunuchs and bird sellers and several big ladies in silks that look as if they just cam over from Spain maybe to have a good shopping day in the greatest city of the ancient world The time is 200 years before the Christian era it is a day in spr ing and the notion of sin foreign to everybody present Wonderful entertainment OTHERS DAY With our best wishes and utmost admiration on your special day the HERALD THE HOTEL MAIN ST S GEORGETOWN COME AND WATCH ALL THE GAMES ON OUR TV Famous Buffet Thursday Friday SPECIAL MOTHERS DAY BUFFET WITH FLOWERS FOR THE LADIES Roast Beef Cannelloni Roast Pork Swedish Meat Balls 1 2 Garden Fresh Salads and Fresh Baked Pies English Trifle Assorted Goodies 00 AM 200 PM THIS THURS FRI SAT IN OUR MAIN LOUNGE The Country Sounds CHEYENNE Country Western and CountryRock A Place far Special GRILLED SALMON STEAK ATLANTIC SI FRESH DILL SAUCE AND POMMERY LOBSTER THERMIDOR WITH SAFFRON RICE ROAST PRIME RIB AU JUS SERVED WITH YORKSHIRE PUDDING APPETIZER SPECIAL ASPARAGUS SPEARS TOPPED WITH SMOKED KING SALMON FILLET AND HOLLANDAISE SAUCE main