34 — Wednesday, July 1, 1992 ~- North Shore News

North Shore

Presentation House: Haunted
House Hamlet. Peter Eliot Weiss”
highly successtul, innovative com-
edy. To July 4. Tues.-Sat. at 8 p.m.
Tickets: $14/10. Two-tor-one
Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Res,:
986-1351.

Elsewhere

Arts Club Theatre, Granville
toland Stage: Lead me a Tenor. Set
in the 1930s, this farce centres on
the theme of mistaken identity.
Directed by Ken Ludwig and starr-
ing North Shore actor Gillian
Barber.

Revue Stage: Maltby and Shire’s
Closer Than Ever. A moving
musical journey starring Ruth
Nichol and Diane Stapley. Mon,-
Fri. at 8:30 p.m.; Sat. 6 and 9:30
p.m. Two-for-one Wednesday 5
p.m. and Monday 8:30 p.m. Res.:
687-1644.

Dorothy Sommerset Theatre:
Summer stock theatre opens with
the musical Cabaret. Wed.-Sun.
until July 4 at 8 p.m. Cabaret then
alternates with The House of Blue
Leaves, a black comedy about life,
love and art by American play-
wright John Guare. Tickets: $10/8.
Info.: 822-2678.

Back Alley Theatre: In a tribute

to Ray Michal, lunchbox theatre is
back. A Phoenix Too Frequent
runs to July 3, Moliere’s Les
Precieuses Ridicules, to July 31;
Graceland and Asleep on the
Wind runs in the repertory, Aug.
4-28, All performances run Tues.-
Fri from 12:15 to 1 p.m. Tickets:
$5. 688-7013 or at the door.
Malkin Bow!: Theatre Under the
Stars opens its season with two
plays, La Cage Aux Folles and
Sandy Wilson's The Boyfriend.

Next Weiss
project an
adaptation

From page 29

good training for the reviews I've
gotten,”’ he says breaking into
laughter.

Weiss was old enough to know
good theatre from bad by the time
he was 14.

He saw a bad amateur produc-
tion at Camp Wakonda in Upper
New York State (the same summer
camp that got a mention in
Ghostbusters), and decided then
he'd better start writing his own
plays.

One of his biggest inspirations
was his older brother Eric, a gifted
visual artist who died this year of
AIDS at the age of 40.

Weiss says he was constantly
trying to emulate him, but with no
talent for drawing, ‘! decided on
the next best thing: writing.”

His brother's death hit his family
hard.

“lt was very difficult,’ says
Weiss. My mom didn’t even-know
he was gay. The doctors tried
everything, but his Russian peasant
body, which up to that point had
held up to everything else, just
packed it in.”

“1 flew back for the funeral ~
act ally Eric had two funerals —
he .: 5a very extravagant person.
And | felt i'd spent some time with
him.”

Av the moment, Weiss is work-
ing on a new adaptation of The
Pacchi, and he says he wants to
do more directing.

One of the reasons he got into
directing was because there wasn't
enough money in playwriting.

“Joan MacLeod is probably
making a living as a playwright
and maybe Tom Cone and Brad
Fraser. Every other playwright is
working for film and TV, but | hate
it and can't do it.”

Runs allernate evenings, July 15-
Aug. 15 at 8:30 p.m. Tickets: $15/9
from 280-3311 of 687-0174,
Metro Theatre: Where's Charley?
Pat Waldron produced this popu-
lar musical by Frank Loesser and
George Abbott based on Brandon
Thomas’ Charley's Aunt. Pres-
ented by The Singin’ Dancin’ Ac-
tin’ Studio, with musical direction
by Lloyd Nicholson. July 4-Aug. 1.
Wed.-Sat. at 8 p.m. Tickets: 266-

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North Shore

Ferry Building: North shore
Academy of Music hosts music
performances in the gallery every
Sunday at 2 p.m.

Concerts by the Sea: Every Sun-

day and Wednesday at 7 p.m, at
Ambleside Plaza, and at Horse-
shoe Bay Plaza Sundays at 1:30.

North Shore

Sitk Purse: The Beaux Art Studio.
Children’s art exhibit. tlosted by
Wrest Vancouver Community Arts
Council. To July 6.

Celebration of Life by the Group
of Eight. Sponsored by the West
Vancouver Community Arts
Council. July 7-9. Opening recep-
tion, july 7, 7-9 p.m.

West Vancouver Memorial

Library: Alan Reynolds. President
of West Vancouver Sketch Club
will exhibit Jandscapes, portraits
and still lifes. July 2-31.

North Vancouver District

Library, Capilano Branch:
Photographs by Art Sewel. My
World. Mainly North Shore scenes
and buildings.

North Vancouver City Hall
Gallery: Forrest Johnson. The ar-
tists strong interest in Northwest
Indian art is depicted in this body
of work, which includes a collec-
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