PST&GST VVALD0N POOLS & BILLIARDS 6 6 5 Plains Rd. E . 6 3 2 -5945 Editor: Carol Baldwin Phone: 905-845-3824 (ext. 254) Fax: 905-337-5567 e-mail: baldwin@haltonsearch.com W EDNESDAY. N O V EM B ER 1 4 . 2 ( X )1 Page 111 Can you guess whodunit? Test your detective skills and' uncover a murder at the Spruce Lane Farmhouse on Sunday. Bronte Creek Provincial Park and Burlington's Sundance Stu dios are offering a Murder Mystery, played out in the various rooms of the park's farmhouse, on Nov. 18 at 2 p.m. and at 7 p.m. This is the fourth year that volunteers from Sundance Studios have performed each scene and every year the plot gets more intricate and twisted. This year's script is focused around family and friends gathering for a Victorian Christmas Celebration. Where and when did the murder take place? Was it poison tobacco in Uncle's pipe or did the victim choke on a game piece during a parlour game? Perhaps it was an allergic reaction to holly while decorating the Christmas tree. Can you guess whodunit? Ponder the culprits as you enjoy Christmas carols while sipping hot apple cider and munching on freshly baked goodies from the wood burning stove. Refreshments will be served following the performance. Since the production involves mature subject matter, it is not suitable for children under age 14. Bronte Creek Provincial Park is located on Burloak Drive, just north of the QEW. Pre-registration and pre-payment is required. Tickets are $25 per person or $40 per couple. For tickets or more information, call 905-827-6911 ext. 271 or drop by the park office weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Erin Fahey (Dolly), right, finds the body in a Murder Mystery that visitors can help solve at Bronte Creek Provincial Park on Sunday. Colleen O'Brien (Maude Riggs), left, Randy Rigby (Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier) and Laurie Kortschak (Katurah Inglehart Smith) help set the stage for the annual whodunit. Photos by Barrie Erskine · O akville Beaver Novice actors ready to wow the audience tomorrow By Carol Baldwin ARTSCENE EDITOR "Break a leg" might be the thing to say to veteran actors and techies, but "good luck" will suit Bruce Ferrier and Susan Forde just fine. These two novice actors have passed the ingenue stage, but they are certainly as green and as enthusiastic as any beginner. And Ring Round the Moon, which opens tomorrow (Thurs day) night at the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, will be a momen tous occasion for both. For Ferrier, 62, it will be his first time on a big stage. "I've been in a couple of church, one-act plays. That's kind of what got me going," he says, explaining that his introduction to the atre began with a costume he borrowed from a friend so he could dress up for an old-fashioned church-revival one Sunday. Delighted with that `perform ance,' he decided to volunteer for a part in the church's Easter production. The theatre bug had bitten the book store owner and he was ready to take the next step - community theatre. So, he decided to visit each of Oakville's three community theatre groups. How ever, a bicycle is his only means of transportation and Oakville Players (OP) operates out of the old schoolhouse in Palermo. Undaunted, the would-be actor cycled in a rainstorm to the Oakville Players' annual meeting and. of course, arrived late and a little worse for wear. "That was my dramatic entrance to the Oakville Players," quips Ferrier, adding that two plays were on the hori zon at the time and he had decided to memorize some of the lines from both. "They (OP) were having auditions. I went out there hoping I would get a part as a walk-on.. .(But) Joshua was the part I was going for, if I were to get a speaking part." And Joshua is the part he got - all 150 lines of it. Joshua, the butler, is privy to what is going on in this "romantic charade," "I'm on at the very beginning which takes place in 1927 at a French for a very long intro. resort owned by Madame Desmortes. One of M adame's twin nephews is My longest series of lines is quite a schemer, says Ferrier with a right at the very beginning. knowing grin, reluctant to reveal too What a way to start much of the plot. "I've got quite a few appearances," your acting career." he continues, admittedly nervous about his first entrance. "I'm on at the very · Bruce Ferrier beginning for a very long intro. My longest series of lines is right at the included three speaking lines, she very beginning. W hat a way to start your acting career." began skimming the newspapers for positions as an extra. But it wasn't For Forde, tomorrow night will rep until Ring Round the Moon that she resent her first time on stage with more found what she was looking for. How than three lines to deliver - she has ever, when she arrived at the auditions, been an extra twice. Unlike Ferrier, the director convinced her to try for a most of her lines appear in the second speaking role. act, which gives her a bit of time to And tomorrow night she will deliv adjust and relax. er 43 speeches - just under 100 lines Initially, Forde entered theatre as Madame Desmortes' "faded com through the back door when her panion." daughter was performing with the "I was flabbergasted, I guess," she Fleming School of Dance. "Parents says, describing her reaction to the call had to volunteer to work back stage at declaring that she had the part. "I had recitals and I always found that excit no idea what the play was about. So, I ing," she explains, adding that she also sewed costumes. ________________ "In 1995, they were staging To Kill a Mocking bird and I took f / H ear th e to p y o u n g w in n e rs of S sJ my daughter for -h JP. two auditions for it. When we CANADIAN MUSIC COMPETITIONS S arrived the audi tions were already S trin g s, piano, voice. going on, so they SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2 p.m . handed us both ^ ___________ Call for tickets.___________ scripts...I got a non-speaking part - secretary to one Oakville C en tre for th e P erfo rm in g Arts of the lawyers," Box Office (9 0 5 ) 8 1 5 -2 0 2 1 she says, adding that she felt com v' Tickets $15, Students/Seniors $10 fortable on stage right from the Proceeds benefit CMC Scholarships beginning. Then, after a MMfcl ^ sp o n s o re d by ; part in South " -» I M eray M o to rs Ltd. Pacific, which sat down and read it. I had a tough time figuring out what was going on. There are about 12 or 13 characters." But, after a few read-throughs, she began to enjoy the play, although her apprehension about the size of her role continued. However, she admits to being able to identify with her charac ter, except for the gamut of emotions she is expected to display. "That's not me. I think I'm pretty level, pretty calm," she explains. "This has been difficult and even Larry (Marin, the director) admits that that part is hard. But it seems to be coming along okay...It evolves the more I rehearse and am told how to react." Both Ferrier and Forde were able to help create and develop their charac ters and both admit to having learned a lot in the process. "It's quite exciting," says Ferrier, explaining that the novice actors attended a few pre-rehearsals before the experienced cast members joined them. "We learned about the terms, the stage entrances, warm-up exercises, things like that...I don't think I want to stop now, because I'm having fun." Forde agrees, although she admits that theatre involves "a lot of work, a lot of time. You have to be very dedi cated to what you are doing." The only thing these two seem to disagree about is the play's genre. Fer rier refers to it as a comedy; Forde insists it's a drama that is liberally sprinkled with humour. In his notes, the director reveals very little about it. However, he does say that he chose to set the play in 1928 "to take advantage of exciting and popular jazz-age music and cos tumes. There was a sense that any thing could happen and, in France, the '20s were more than roaring. Paris was the artistic, literary and fashion centre of the world." Ring Round the Moon will play at 8 p.m. from Nov. 15 to 17 and again from Nov. 21 to 24. Tickets are $17 and are available by visiting or calling the box office at 130 Navy St., 905815-2021, weekdays from noon to 5 p.m., Saturdays from 2 to 5 p.m., or two hours prior to a performance. 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