PAGE 16. WmmfY FmEBpÈîgES8 EDEDÀ FEiAI(, Riil Foir You.re Wife Comedy farce begins Thursday TEEWHtBYj£ju Courthouse Theatre snd show this seaon 'Run For Tour Wife' opens Thuruday night. ByMike Kowalskl The Whitby Courthouse Theatre has the perfect remedy to relieve the tensions and stress associated with today's hectic lifestyle -- a good dose of laughter. The WCT performs its second show of the 1990-91 season with 'Run For Your Wife,' a fast-paced comedy farce b Ray Cooney. Dieted by Joan Hill and pro- duced by Garvin Farr, the play has been a resounding success on the professional star K-ow that ama ur theatre groupa are allowed to perfoýrm it Hill is. confident the show will receive similar accolades locally (A play cannot beperfrmedby* non-professionals while it is stil being staged professionally.) Itfs been a lot of fun. We've got a great cast and a good Wkatage crew,", said Hill. 'Tm looking forward to, opening ni*ght.» iU appreciates the effort put forward by cast and crew, e cially in i light of the real e Blues Plus at Star Club Blues Plus, an Oshawa 'rockin' blues band,' will performi at the. Star Club, il Bruce St., Oshawa, on Saturday, Feb. 9. Tickets, for $6, are available at Rob's Records in Whitby. For more information call 723-0040. incidents which affected some miembers. «A lot of little different things happened,» explained Hill. «One person had sommoe ini their farnily who was ill, a couple were touched by the war and Bert's (Heaver) daughter had a baWhen you count up ail these things it makes me feel ail the more proud." SEE PAGE 18 Auditions for 'Gas Light' Whitbhy Courthouse Theatre has announced audition dates for itë spring. production of the classic Victorian thriller, « Cs ig htty by Patrick Hamilton. Tesupenseful, amoeheric play~ is set in London at the turn ofecentury. Ittells the story of a young woman slowly being driven out of her mndb~y her husband, who wants ber out of bis way. An enigmatic detective who appears on the scene see te only further complicate inatters. 'Gaz iaght' production dates are April 25 te 27, May 2 té 4, and May 9 te 11. Rehearsals wil begin the last week of Februa There are three principal rles: the wife, who shud appear te be in her mid-thireties; ber husband, who is a little older, and the detective, who can appear te b. any age over 40. There are also two stror gupprting robesý rZquirin women: a housemaid,' wh mus appear about age> 19, anid an older cook. I addition, two men are required for non-speaking roles as policemen who appear in the final scenes only. -The onpy requirem ent for these two 'bbidis that the actors be reasonably fit-, no previous experience is necesSary. Audition times are Sunday, Feb. 10* from 2 te 5 p.m., and, from 7 te, 9 p.m.; and Tuesday, Feb. 12 from 7 te 9 p.m.Al auditions wiil be held at Whitby Courthouse Theatre, 416 Centre St. S. in the Centenmial Building, 'via the stage door at the rear. British accents are required for ail speaking roles. Newcomers are welcome. For further information on auditions, oeM 428-3,795 evenings and weekends. Anyone interested in helping out behind the scenes can oeil 683-1744. For more information about Whitby Courthouse Theatre, including tickets, memberahips, and Youth, Group information, cRM 668-1171 anlime are now. on sale for. WCT's current production, 'Run For Your Wife,' which opens Feb.. 7 and ruma weekends thro h Feb. 23. Tickets for alWCT shows are available from La Fontaine rTradingP3oat, 122 Brock -St. ?Ç., telephont 3-74 Jazz Society ma y be forme d When well-travelled jazz musi- clan John Deehan plays with a local quartet at the Wihitby Pub- lic Library on Feb. 81 it not only will help promote jazz i the commumtyr but it will measure th micspu luty locally. Deehan is looktngte form a jazz soity* Duham Region but hasn't%ad a chance to mea- sure the popularity of this music i this area. Ellington Charlie Parker Sonny Rollinis, bile Porter and many other standard tunes. Admission is free. «Anytime rve played i localW clubs with bands the ownersW didn't promote it. They expected pepe ust to materialize An if there is one tbing Dee- han knows, it's jazz. Deehan has worked ail over Canada and the United States with artistesuscb as Tony BennetShirley Bassey, Dustýy Springield and the orchestras of -Brr James and Lionel Hampton. Bon i orthern freland, De.- ban who now lives i Whitby, studm*ea saxophone i, England. In 1965he moved toCalifornia and worked with Dick Clark Bandstand road tours and the Beachboys. When he later moved te New York h. played with some of thebi jazz names Kaii Windin Nat erce and Ii4onty Alexanier. Most gige Deehan Iý pla s are on the Toronto circuit. B eean hope that itrs in jazz sparks for formation of a club, ike those formed pre- viously in Cobourg and Peter- borough. 'Once you cari get your group established you attract theébig names in Toronto,» Deehan said. eýý m a ý h b Wt # f pe OILN DAILYYLAR ROUND VOR LUNCII &, DINNLR 1