2% - Wednesday, April 19, 1989 - North Shore News House to produce own plays From page 25 you’re a professional bag person,’”” This revitalization will reach its apex with a coming Australian photographic works and film ex- hibit this fall, which Stringer predicts will be “the most ex- citing show of the past five years.’” But the biggest change and Str- inger’s pet project is an ambitious plan that will see Presentation House producing its own theatre — for the first time. When Anthony Holland's Film and Theatre School (FTS) an- nounced it was closing its opera- tion in Presentation House, the board of directors decided last fall to work towards developing a summer season. Although West Vancouver Little Theatre and other focal groups still rent Presentation House’s stage, the board of directors decided it was not enough to keep the 160- seat theatre financially viable. “We thought that with FTS leav- ing it would leave great gaps of unused time in the theatre,” says Stringer. Don Williams, who has directed and produced the Beachcombers, and two University of B.C. MFA students have been hired to work on the centre's first three plays to tun this summer. The first play, Frederick Knott's Wait Until Dark, opens May 5. “We're putting all our hearts and souls into this,’’ says Stringer, but admits that ‘‘we’re not put- ting enough money into it for anyone to rationally launch a theatre season.” “Most of us here will work 10-hour days for the next three months,” she says. Money is a big concern for Str- inger, who spends 90 per cent of her time chasing corporate donors and the Canada Council for grants. She says, “You start to feel like after awhile. Another problem Stringer faces is how to build a reputation for consistently high quality theatre. “Because Presentation House has never produced its own theatre, the quality of the produc- tion has not always been the same. Some past audiences remember that they saw a real stinker here and that's all they remember.” Stringer hopes that a sweeter scent will be recalled by future audiences who sample her theatre. i WEDNESDAY S EVENING WH MUSICHALL ahhh! capella. | Party Fever | f Wednesday, April 26, 1989 § at 7:30 pm. A Tickets available at recCentre Lonsdale, & fy 123 East 23rd Street in North Vancouver, J phone 987-PLAY, ’ or TICKETMASTER 280-4444. Aiso at J the door one hour before showtime. Centennial Theatre Centre : 2300 Lonsdale Ave.,North Van. 984-4484 § eS NEWS photo Neil Lucente CONRAD BIRDIE (left) played by Andrew Janz, gets a talking to by Mr. MacAfee, played by Brian Latta, as his shocked daughter Kim MacAfee (Janele Woodley) looks on. West Vancouver Secondary School is presenting a production of the ‘50s musical Bye Bye Birdie starting tomorrow, April 20 at the school. The show begins at 7:30 and runs from April 20 to 22, April 27 to 29. Phone 922-3931 for tickets, which are $8 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. cslols is th +e Adopter alalclalizh ge eT yea, wlTedzdno sired seins deo fit clalat stulee bid SLoie Sloge sl a IV: ab bor el Sey shea Ural > ate rags Ls Salle : LL aISb hol o\ted te piled gh Lite THE SPORTS NETWORK Sizzling Competition and Spectacular Feats! Hockey, football, basketball, baseball PLUS golf, tennis; boxing, tack & fiel, ligure skating, skiing, rodeo, soccer, Ww, cable surfing, curling and ing! ioday’s selective viewser. dev lend pole wrtlers pes Salat bos re cegeee uit ol eae QS ive aele 5! cul PAS AJ m2e3.9 645 5.5 $99 Marine Drive, North Vancouver ntortainment nightly. L Belle Sole RESTAURANT 235 - 15th Street, West Van 926-6861 Lunch Monday-Friday Dinner Monday-Saturday 11:00-3pm 5:30-11pm