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THERE’S AN old man sam-
pling the sticky green grapes
piled in front of the produce —

. Store.

One at @ time he selecis the. best
of a bunch and slowly sucks the
sweetness of remembered |”
Mediterranean summers.

Anywhere else and somebody ina

‘green apron would point out the “No
Sampling” sign. But this is

Jusn Marcus |

TONY: KUSHNER’S. Pulitzer Prize and two-time Tony ‘Award
winning Angels in America toured into town last week over
two’ years. after its . triumphant. opening ‘on. Broadway.

Comprising two separate plays that run well over six hours,’

Kushner’s work is nothing less than a passionate “State of the
Union”. address ‘in: dramatic terms. if. this masterwork. can
‘command ‘an. audience, perhaps. theatre is ‘still, relevant in

ferms greater than entertainment.

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Commercial Drive. Grape sampling
is serious business.

Breathe deeply anywhere between
Parker and East Ist Avenue and you
could be back at the corner of 4th and
Burrard some 20 years ago. Organic
produce and aroma oils are as big a
business as Halian meats and cheeses.
You can still get your shoes shined on
a box that says “Thank-you for Pot;
Smoking” and the essential ingredient
in that carbonated fruit juice is likely

to be ginseng.

The wonder of it is that 7he
Fringe took so long to get here.

Ten years on the withered vine
of the optimistically named Mount
Pleasant was five years more than it
took to convince most participants
that Main Street's locals just didn’t
care about Vancouver's Theatre
Festival.

. Grandview Park feels like party

° central. Now if The Fringe can just
” find'a' way to cool off some of the
hotter venucs, Vancouver muight yet
“rival Edmonton as the site of the
best summer theatsc festive al in
Canada. ;
There arg seven theatre locations
_Scattered ulong the Drive between

Adamuc and E. fst.-and three major

off-site venues that aren't hard to
“reach by transit.

. | Everything you need to know
about The Fringe and its plays is
contained in the Program Guide,
available at any venue, and once
your choice is made you can even

._ book tickets in advance through
“ Community Box Offices.”

‘But the fun of The Fringe i is last

* minute decisions and the sprint for

 the’show you heard about inthe *.
beer line-up. Word of mouth counts

* for more than clever publicity and |

trendy titles.
Here are some notes S from my:

cog”) Bhotot Robert Kenney”

> MYLENE AVA Pitutik is ‘the the icve-obsessed Julia who needs”
, to see herself more clearly in { Think im Failing in Love With,

You at The Fringe.
first three days on The Drive in a i
suit of shows with (mostly) North. 7
Shore connections.

EP Think I'm Falling In Love Wi th

. You by Mylene Ava Pilutik. ©.”

The Fringe in microcosm. Write.

* produce and star in your own play, ”
* then get nude on the poster but not in

performance — thus continuing The
Fringe’s tradition of titillation.

CRITICS’
AVERAGE

MPAA
RATING

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Pilutik may be a‘screen writer but .

“she needs dramaturgical help with -:

this, her first play, to pull some sort -
of focus out of what presently feels ©
like a lot of navel gazing. .
There is solid acting from Pilutik
and Robert Saunders under the clear
and careful eye of director Catherine:

See Fringe page 17

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