NORMAN SLACK (left) and Earl Harrison in a scene

Pinafore production was not impressive, but the Mikado

(Eric Eggertson photo)

Cleaning the streets

PARIS (UPI) - As _ every
Parisian walking down the
Champs Elysees knows,
there is trouble underfoot.
Tons of dog excrement litter
the streets of the City of
Lights.

But Parisians, ever
creative, have decided to
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Mechanical]

way. “pooper
scoopers” attached to the
back of slow moving

scooters will take to the
streets in full force by Sept.
1.

Attached to the back of
the scooper is a brush and
hydraulic lift which deposits
each excrement neatly in a
bag.

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B7 - Wednesday, August 25, 1982 - North Shore News

GILBERT AND SULLIVAN GALA

By NANCY WEATHERLEY

AN ABBREVIATED
romp through some of
the best known Gilbert
and Sullivan musicals
might be the best way
to describe the Gala

being staged at
Presentation House
until Saturday.

The three vignettes are
held together by the
direction and_— starring
performances of Norman

Slack, a well known local
entertainer. But he starts off
slow, as does the whole
production.

The first part is a scene
from H.M.S._ Pinafore,
which its memorable mainly
for a solo by Cheryle
Madeley as Josephine.

An amusing between
scenes performace with John
Thomas as the Pirate King
and David Irving as the
Policeman who's “lot is not
an ‘appy one” smooths the
passage from on _ board
H.M.S. Pinafore to Venice,
scene of the Gondoliers.

The audience is required
to participate in the entr’act,
which is performed in the
aisles while the scene change
is going on. so that by the

ini Mikado a hit

time Slack pops up again as
the delightful but im-
poverished Duke of Plaza-
Toro, everybody is in the
appropriate silly mood.

Although the tempo picks
up in this act, it is not until
the hour long mini-Mikado
that the show really gets
going.

The full cast comes
together then to give a very
enjoyable performance.
Slack, who plays a sort of
Basil Fawlty version of Ko-
Ko the Lord Chief High
Executioner, is at his best.

But he is almost upstaged
by fine performances from
Diane Rex Turkington as
Yum-Yum and Bob Wadden
as Nanki-Poo. ©

For Gilbert and Sullivan
fans, the G and S Gala is a

chance for a quick flip
through some of the
favorites.

But be warned. If the night
is as hot as opening Monday.
you'd be well advised to
wear something cool.

Tickets for the 8:00 p.m.
show are available through
VTC, CBO or at the door of
Presentation House.

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