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Page 10, Whltby Free Press, We dnesday, November 8,1995 KAREN DUFFY works with muppets Brenda (teft) and Nam -during a Kids on the Block workshop in preparation for the 1995-96 They are a group of life-sizod puppets with a message. iIde on the Block, begun 18 year. ago lu the U.S. by teacher Barbara Moello, i. now lu its lth yearC Durham Region. Th3 form of puppeteening, bunraku lu Japanese, educates3 cildron about what it.i. like ta b. different, says ICide public reations, director Katherine Henderson, season otf presentations that begins later this month. To book the Kids, cai Mary at 721-0670. Photo by Jeremy Dresar. Whitby Free Pross lelier message The troupe i. made up of bath disabled and non-disabled puppets, hand-controlled lu Sesame Street fashion by puppeteer. dreesed lu black. The onergetic, .40-minute presentations about social issues are geared taward elementary or Sunday echool studenta aged sevon ta il. The positive messages given, on sucli tapics as -divorce, cerebràl MAUTU LAWENCE WILL SMITI Martin Lawrence and Witt Smith prove why BAD BOYS finish firsti n this hit action comedy about two tough cops who heat up the streets of Miarn. -.. 91 9 I.-d IKMC .95.T'MMH99VdeAU,MSR- ý lýAg lRUR MCOU IM AW * * * * * * * * * Otter Creek Video 900 BONACORD AVE. Reservation Hotline 666-9280 West Lyride Video 273 MICHAEL BLVD. fr,'nt th- ,ý Reservation Hotline 430-0992 palsy, leukemia, learning disabilities, diabeteS and fire safety, helpe children ua~derstand and cope with their clifferences. Day and evening troupes ýwiII perform, on Wednesdays, starting Nov. 22 and continuing until June 12. ide on the Block have reached about 50,000 children over the past 10 years in Durham. The Arthritis Society, which oversees the program, is seeking volunteers interested in working on any aspect of the program, including puppeteers. For more information about volunteerLflg, cail Dianne at 434- 7221. To book the Kide, eaU Mary at 721-0670. tfte he 1fer ré file haîf pu»ttLd. Pub & Restaurant 101 Mary *t. W., Whltby, 4»072M0 ENTER TA INMEN T Fri. Nov. 1lOth, Sat. Nov. 11lth " 9pm - laan Nicki B., & The Jammers Sunday Night Jam Night 9pm - lam wîth Andrew Heathcote Tuesday Night JUMO Wings *2(X Thursday Night. Jug & Quesidila Special with ail Leaf Games on TV Book For Christms Now! Private room available (up to 70 peopte) Break Weekend NO GAMES Saturday Nov. i 8th -i1 Oam Tottenhamn vs. Arsenal $5. cover / $4. breakfast British farce o pens Thursda y at Whitb y Courthouse theatre By Mark Reesor Don't look for hidden meanig or profound messages Mi Whitby Courthouse Theatre's newest production, the Britishi farce, It Rune ini the Family. rYou've got to park your braine at -the door... there's nothing logecai in farce," says director Frank Kuiglit. -Everythig' one-dimensional characters larger than life. "It'. flot like a drama or other theatre where you ait down and analyze the motives and whats behind the whole thing. "ThiEs play is sheerly for the enjoyment and for the laughe." Aithough - understandably reluctant to give many. plot details - "if you try and explain a far-ce, you're ini trouble!" - Knight wil sy it'. set in the doctors' common room of a large London hospital, juet a few days before Christmas. A neurologist i. preparing a lecture for an international gathering, which means a big career boost, when "who should corne back into the picture but the pretty littie nurse of 18 years ago who he used to chase around as, a Young intern," Knight explains. "And, of course, she comes to break the great news that after -18 years, theyve got a son - and he's married and worried that the scandai will hurt hi. career. "The rest of it is a typical farce cover-up;- one thing leade to another... this is what happons lu ail farces. "Someone tries to cover up and then you have to- do a cover-up to caver up and the whole thing develope into a rip-roaring laugh-along." Farces may look easy but are actually quite tough to perform, says Knight. "You must have that pacing, you muet have that sense of comedy timiing... it' hard work." And while some may refer ta them' as low brow, "it's not, it's actuafily classical theatre. You can 2885 Altona Rd., Pickering MAGICAL MUSICAL COMEDY "IF THE Now playing tilt Dec. 31/95 TICKETS SELLING FAST. inn r. so . altxsi. ldd-, For tickets & information, please cati (905) 472-3085 trace the elements of some of the characters in this show back 200 years. f Knight i. no newcomer ta the theatre. A specialist lu farces and other camedies, the Toronto resident ha. been iuvolved lu both professonal and community theatre for more than 40 years and has done "just about evorything. 1 "Theatre isin lumy blood. rve done weil over 100 productions, acting and producing."', Jim Benshaw, Paul -Love, Jean Renshaw, Jim Neilly, Alexandra Savage-Ferr, Robert- Wikinson, Joyc e MCready, Sheila Jones, Adam W. Smith, Erie Newton, Harry McKew and Barb Farrow mae Up the cast. It Ruzinl the Family opens Nov. 9 at the Courthouee Theatre, locatod in the Centennial Building on Centre Street South, and runs weekends t.hrough ta Nov. 25, with a "seniors preview" Nov. 7 when admission i. just $1. Tickets are available- at Lafontaine Trading Post Thnnels of 1ight, shapes. in caves An exhibition' of work by Canaqdian artist Ursalina McPhee Stepan will open at the Robert MeLaugshlin Gallery on Thursday, Nov. 9. Made with handmade paper, Stepan'. caves are meant to ho walked luta, behind or under. Stepan says: "I want ta give the viewer the opportunity to make some choices. of their own so I offer two distinct tunnels ta the cave." Pattrsw of liglit, blurred shapes seen through tranelucent walls, and coloured layer. of paper m ake the caves a spectacular siglit. Stepan was born lu New Glasgow,. but now resides lu Rogna, Sask 'The public i. luvited ta jolu the artiét on a walkabout of lier work on Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. Tho exhibition continues until Dec. 31.