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PAGE 10, WIITBYFRENPIrESgWEDNEDYoM&Y 18,13lm l 21 . Workman -Theatre Prqect (WTP), a Toronto-based theatre company thiat intogrates pole ýwho ,- receive mental health, services with 1the. prof4eosIonal thoaàteconununity', willpresent ite second major theatrical proect ý'Worlds Awy?"on May 20, 8 pamn, at the recreation* hall, Whitby Psychiatric Hospital. WTP. integrates* people who receive1 ongoing menital ý health ser »vices with the professignal. theatre conxunt.The cast will be cSomrmise of .theatre professionala and individuals who receive mental health services. Worlds, Away?'is* a play about people from 'both aides of the fonce- consumer of mental health s Êervces .and\thieir famiies. It speàka diroctly té many ise facing'the cagigworld of mental health today. In the basement of a drop-in centre for individuals. receiving mental health srvces, Irene, an ox-actrosa whose sister has been diagnoeed with schizophrenia, attempts ta et a group,of, people: who.suiferfromserious. mental heath probleme ta, putý on, a play about thofr own experiences. They become actors in their own lives and'each one of themn begins ta transform their life in some way, including Irene. OLT' Comanyon May6,16 S.ene from .'World Away?.' Stairways: NigÈhtýspot. ByNMaro Boucher - StairWays utilize its unique architectuire and tradition to succeed in providing entertain- ment andfun to area residents.. "Here, ;You feel ike you are partyingat home becauie of the way the buildingl astructured.- You don't feel 11kL you are at a big club where you don't kùow anybody, » aays co-owner Ida Stairways is i an old houe built by Thomas Deverell i We are now Siocated in DOWNTOWNý WHUTBY, " Full Line of Hockey and Lac rosse Equipment "Skate Repair & Sharpening * Specîalizing in Figure Skates *G loves Repalmed & Leather, Repairs SUMMER HOURS:ý Mon.-F. 5 pm to 9pm Saturday 9 arn to 6 pm, 1902, and featurea four sets of staira for people to go '.UR and down during bar hours, and visit other people on'any of the other floo0rs, she mays. Aibis says moet bars only havýe on. mam* floor, which- cam b. boring after a while. At Stair- ways tho'erfe rgmore rock «n'rofl "te -'othsounds on the main loowile a varxety of musici ncludihg ,dance songé,. la played on the upper three floors, she saye. Ida and husband Togny put the emnphasis in five areas -- superb sounid ystem, good dise jockeys, vast- seoction of music, -great -HEUNTCORN FridyMay th'ý& Saturdaýy,'May 6th ALEXý McGINNESS PATIO NOW OPENII 112- Coiborne St. E.' Whitby * 666-3034 G NOTES Thursday, May 14 DISC JOCKEY wlth LIF-SYNO no cover charge Friday, May 15 VAMPIRE CLUB cover charge $5.00-Ladiés no cover Saturday, May 16 NO JACKET REQ'D <PHIL COLUNS COVER BAND) cover charge $500ý 114 Dundas St. E. (Off Perry St.) Tickets are stili available for the last two prosentations oôf the musical- comedy 'Company,' -by the Oshawa Little Theatre, on M~y 15 and 16. Esentially about mamrrige Company.,also -explores the 'alononeas of each porson and what hapons when one trie ta lose thatl painful independence by m igacomtent - some makeit ork'soo 1dn' - has 'pat staff and mangeetadph unique atmoaphere - 4L attract, new and- old clientele ta their arnightspot.< Éal aand Tony -on al pur chased the buildig fn1979 and Written by George Furth, with, music and lyrica by Ste phon Sonidheim, the Oshawa Liàttie Theatre production je directed by Bryan Stanish. Carol McGrath 113 musical diroctor. Tickets, $12 for, adulte and $10 for atudonts, -are available» at.' Saywells BookÎtare, hi Oshawa. and at the box office on the night, of performance. curtain time is 8 P.m. at home' tmosphe re created> a restaurant called 'Mxthony's.' In 1984, they conver- te tit'8tairwýya.' >They, returned -te *the res- taurant business, again urider the. name- of Anthony's, for a CO-OWNER LDA ALUIS Of Stairways, 'the nightsp ot with four floors' and five bars buit into..the house, which was constructed i 190Z., 158 Brock St. N. (Pearson Lanes) Whitby 666-5092 ONLY $299 Starting May 1/92 - 8am - 1l:3Oam Icue:2 eggs, bacon, hamn or sausage, hoefetoast & coffee. WATCH FOR OUR NEW LUNCH MENU SandWicheSalaS SanJ tight Lundies brief poriod over 1989-90, before re-est-ablishing Stairways. Ida sy the>bsiess je, a family affair with thleirtwo -sons involved i the operation of the bar. safi locn The entire oàfis cn sidered as part of the "family" and.that makes them fool good and positive tôwards the custa- algs-trying ta im- prove and renovate the place,»' ah. saya. Sundays are now 'TeenNights' at Stairways, p roviding' fun, without liquor, for ayone bet,- ,ween ages 13 and 18. Albis says s he and'her hue- tbnd as well as. the" staff, take tIr «jossriously whon «it comes to lookg after clients. 'If, someone has hlad, too much to drinkStairwaya makes sure there'ije a designated.driver or a cab.for'that person. 'Ida.says they are alse very careful With identification- at, the There a re 15 doormen and two paid police officera every night, she Bays' "W. want the people te have a Rood time but we aléo want them. bbehave I a respectful man- ner » she says. Wewon t tolerate fights or abuse and *we have thing under control quickly. Aibis says management and staff g out of their way te holp people have as much fuan as they can6 as long as'they try .t o roate Stairwaya usually has ýlino-upa on, the woeend, ,and hai. boon very succesaful both as -business and as 'a personallyý satisfing ience eh. mayo. .,,buiding used te b. "the residence _of&a pharmarc!iat Arthus AMin, who Ïlived -i ýthe buildinmgfor 47 -oas'A p laque in theý foyer. is dedicatodte hie The building thon became the site of a dental office whon ,Dr. Theodoro 'Falaise bought the houa. in 1949. In 1968 the. building was uold to the Wells