24 - Wednesday, May 13, 1992 — North Shore News

North Shore
Hendry Hall: Charley's Aunt.
Brandon Thomas’ delightful
English farce. May 22-June 6. Res.:
983-2633.
Elsewhere
Vancouver Playhouse: My
Children! My Africa! South African
playwright Athol Fugard’s latest
work pits education against vio-
lence as a means for achieving
social change. To May 30 at 8
p.m. 2:30 p.m. Sat. matinee.
Special seniors tea matinee: May
20 at 2:30 p.m. Benefit for Amnes-
ty International: May 26 at 7 p.m.
Arts Club Theatre, Granville
Island Stage: Lend 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. Special tea matinee: May
20 and June 17 2/1. .
Revue Stage: A Closer Walk with
Patsy Cline. A musical revue by

_ North Shore’s Dean Regan. Closes
May 16. Mon.-Fri. 8:30 p.m.; Sat. 6
and 9:30 p.m.; Two for one: Mon.
8:30 p.m.; Wed. matinee 5 p.m.
Info: 687-1644.
Station Street Arts Cenire:
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are

’ Dead: Directed by the North
Shore’s Paul Kloegman, R&G takes
place in the wings of Hamlet and-
finds both humor and poignancy’
in the situation of ill-fated lords. To

May 16. Info: 688-3312 or 925-
2115,

Kits House: The Beggar's Opera.
Vaclav Havel’s version has created
the comic and sinister milieu of
MacHeath, Peachum, Lockit, Jen-
ny and the rest of the underworld.
To May 16 at 8:30 p.m. Tickets:
$10/8. Into.: 736-3588.

Vancouver Little Theatre: Actors
Resource Group presents The Slab
Boys. Set in the 1950s in an indus-
trial town near Glasgow, the play
is'a humorous story of three young
apprentice designers who struggle
to find love and fill their desperate
dreams of success. To May 16.
Res.: 876-4165.

Back Alley Theatre: Stop #,

You're Causing a Scene. Hilarious
mixture of improv and original
sketch comedy. To May 16 at 8
p.m, Tickets: 688-7013 or at the: -
door. .

Park and Tilford: The Player,
Leaving Normal, Beethoven, Basic
instinct, Thunderheart, White Men
Can’‘t Jump, Fern Gully, The Last
Rain forest, Year of the Comet.
985-3911.

Esplanade 6: Turtle Beach, The
Cutting Edge, Straight Talk,
Wayne's World, White Sands,
Ladybugs. 983-2762.

Park Royal: Beauty and the Beast,
JFK, Stepping Out, The Power of
One. 922-9174,

North Shore

Deep Cove Cultural Centre: Pro
Nova String Quartet. Show is a
mixed program and fundraiser for
the new cultural centre. Tickets:
$9. Res.: 929-2998.

Ferry Building: North Shore
Academy of Music hosts music
performances in the gallery every
Sunday at 2 p.m. May 17: Guitarist
Paul Schmidt.

Silk Purse: Music and Muffins
series presents violinist Mary
Sokol, pianist Miho Kuroki and
Andrew Brown, viola, members of
the Vancouver Symphony Or-
chestra. May 28 2t 19 a.m. $8.
Purchase in advance at the West
Vancouver Recreation Centre or at
the door. Info.: 925-3605.

Park Royal South Mall: North
Shore branch of the B.C. Regis-
tered Music Teachers Association
is holding a Showcase ‘92 to pro-
mote their organization and North
Shore students of piano, stringed
instruments and voice. May 23
and 24, noon-5 p.m. Info.: 987-
8565.

North Shore

Capilano College: Grad Exhib-
ition. in the Studio Art Gallery. To
May 31.

Few stars to brighten Movie Magic

THE FIRST: thing t.saw when
| entered:B.C. Place Stadium
for the Movie Magic exhib-
ition was a child with a
builet hole in her forehead.

By Tina Gilbertson —
Contributing Writer

Before | could faint, another one
walked by with his throat slit from
ear’ te - ear, enjoying his cotton
candy: Mutilated children were
everywhere May 1 to 3 thanks to
the movie make-up artists on hand
at the exhibition. .

‘Children also enjoyed the regu-
lar. explosions of fire, smoke and
noise from the special effects trail-
er:.the FX2000 Motion Simulator,
which looks like a Star Trek shut-
tlecraft and tosses its occupants
about like the last eight peanuts in
a jumbo tin; and cowboys
simulating a fist-fight in the Lone
Star saloon, followed by the hero
(Peter Breck of Big Valley fame)
picking children out of the au-
dience and, with their enthusiastic
assent, beating them up in front of
their parents.

Two movie sets, one a dungeon
in ancient Rome, were alive with
cameras ard crew all weekend as
demo scenes were filmed.

Actors dressed as barefooted
slaves, covered in dirt and fake
blood, could be seen nipping into

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the concession area tor a quick
smoke before returning to the
dungeon to be flayed for the 18th
time.

Ah, show biz!

Aside from these events, many
visitors were disappointed with the
show.

For 14 bucks, there was just too
much empty space and not
enough action.

As for the magic promised in the
title, perhaps if there had been
more actors there signing
autographs, peaple may have
gone home with stars in their eyes
instead of just holes in their
veallets.

After George Kennedy and
Bruno Gerussi went home on Fri-
day, Peter Breck (cf North Van's
Breck Academy Actor's

Workshop) was the oniy real
draw, apart from a brief appear.
ance by Winston Reckert of the
Neon Rider TV series and some
actors from CBC's Northwood.

Rumor has it that the exhibition
will not happen next year because
it’s too darned expensive, but it
may come together for 1994.

Many exhibitors apparently
backed out at the fast minute this
time, accounting for the empty
space.

But if the people behind it solicit
feedback from this year’s exhib-
itors, as well as some heip and
participation from our more expe-
tienced neighbors down south,
Movie Magic could turn into
something truly magical in the
future.

Northwood holding auditions

CBC PUBLICIST Joan Athey says
the producers of the teen series
Northwood are holding an open
extras audition Tuesday May 19
between 3 and 6 p.m.
_ Anyone aged 15-40 is invited
to audition, especially North
Shore sesidents. Northwood is
about to start filming for their
new fall season. Sixteen new
episodes will be shot beginning
May 26.

“They really want to build up

their extras files in that age
range. So people could find
themselves in a variety of loca-
tions from a mall to a street
scene.”

The address is 1256 Lynn
Valley Road. Don’t be fooled by
the premises: auditions are being
held in the Oasis Cafe, a familiar
fixture on Northwood. ‘‘Al-
though no hamburgers will be
served, there will be pienty of
opportunities,’”’ said Athey.

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Paintings by Janet Holburn. A
member of West Vancouver's
Sketch Club, Holburn works in oils
and acrylics and is currently paint-
ing a new series of florals. To May
30.

North Vancouver City Hall
Gallery: Reg Watts’ watercolors,
oils and pastels reflect his love of
the B.C. coast, Mexico and the
San Juan Islands. To Mav 20.
Hours: Mon.-Fri. from 8:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m.

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Gallery: Anita Fagerlund. Sensitive
renderings of patterns and shapes
found in nature. To May 20.
Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m.

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seymour Art Galery: Grand
Opening Exhibition. Paintings by
Gordon Smith. To June 13.

Ferry Building: Ruth Leithal, Afri-
can Series. Drawings, ails, and
mixed media depicting the
richness of the Serengeti Plain. To
May 24.

West Vancouver Legion Show.
Features a history of the Women’s
Auxiliary Corps of the Armed
Forces. .

Gallery hours: Tues.-Sun., 11
a.m. to 5 p.m.

Silk Purse: Demonstrations: For-
rest Johnson gives a shadow box
demonstration. May 13 at 2 p.m.
Traditional Persian music with
Ramin Bahrami and Moheem
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