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Hendry Hall: Jack and the Giant.
North Vancouver Community
Players brings to life the favorite
folk tale with song, dance and
special effects. Profit from ticket
sales will be donated to a North
Shore children’s charity. Jan. 4
and 5 at 1, 2, and 3 p.m. Tickets:
$6/3 at 983-2633. .

Elsewhere
Vancouver Playhouse: Love and
- Anger. Award-winning comedy by
George F. Walker. Features a
comic cast who set the scene for
one of Walker’s favorite themes:
the crippled, the lost and the lame
versus the greedy and powerful.
Jan. 7-Feb.1. Previews: Jan. 7,8
and 9, Pay What You Can Matinee
is Jan. 11 at 2:30 p.m. Res.: 873-
3311.
Arts Club Theatre, Granville ©
Island Stage: Dead Serious. Hit
psychological thriller by Doug
Greenall. Opens Jan. 3. Closes Jan.
18. Shows: Mon.-Fri. at 8 p.m.;
- Sat. at 6 and 9:30 p.m. Res: 687-
1644.
Revue Stage: A Closer Walk with
Patsy Cline. A musical revue by
North Shore’s Dean Regan. Held
over until Mid-January. 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. Infe: 687-

1644, 00
Back Alley Theatre: Vancouver
Theatresports League presents
Rookie Night, Mondays at 8 p.m.
Tuesdays at 8 p.m.: Rookies ~

” .-- Scared Scriptless; Wednesdays at 8

p.m.f Scared Scriptless. Thursdays
8 p.m.: Times of Your Life. Fri-
days and Saturdays at 7, 9 and 11
p-m.: Theatresports. Sat. and Sun.
at.1 and 3 p.m.: The Three Little

. Pigs, participatory kids’ show.

- Res.: 688-7013.

: James Cowan Theatre: First im-
pressions Theatre mounts the

* western Canadian premiere of the
musical version of Huckleberry

Finn. To Jan. 4. Matinees are at 3

. p.m.; evening performances at

| 7:30) p.m: Tickets: $12/10. Res.:

. 291-6864.

» Metro Theatre: Puss in Soots. An
Original English pantomime
adapted from the original fairy

. :tale. To Jan. 4 at 7 p.m., with 2

p.m. matinees. No performance
Christmas Day. Res.: 266-7191.
Richmond Gateway Theatre:
Fiddler On the Roof. West Van-
couver’s Don Jabour plays Tevye
in this heart-warming story. To Jan.
5. Info.: 270-1812.

Park and Tilford: Prince of Tides,
Cape Fear, My Girl, Black Robe,
An American Tale: Fievel Goes
West, Little Man Tate, For the

Boys.

Esplanade 6: /FK, Father of the
Bride, Hook, Star Trek VI, Beauty
and the Beast, The Last Bay Scout.
Park Royal: The Addams Family,
Bugsy, Hook.

Famous Players hotline: 681-
4255; Cineplex Odeon: 687-
1515.

North Shore .

Centennial Theatre: Ferry Buiid-
ing: North Shore Academy of
Music hosts musical performances
in the gallery every Sunday at 2
p.m.

North Shore
Ferry Building: Jane Coulthard
Adams: Off the Porch. Large,
richly colorful acrylics and
monotypes. Jan. 7-19.
North Vancouver City Hall
Gallery: Lenora Cairns, mixed
media. To Jan. 15. Hours: 9 a.m.
to 4:00 p.m. Monday-Friday.
North Vancouver District Hall
Gallery: Lettering Artists of the
North Shore {calligraphy and
design). To Jan. 15.
North.Vancouver Provincial
Courthouse: Pamela Holl Hunt.
To Jan. 15. Gallery hours: Mon.-
Fri. 8:30-4:30 p.m.
— All Public Places shows
sponsored by the North Van-
couver Community Arts Coun-
cil.
Presentation House: josef
Koudelka. Organized by the Cen-
tre National de la Photographie,-
Paris, in association with the In-
- ternational Centre of Photography,

WEST VANCOUVER actor Don Jabour stars as Tevye in Richmond Gateway The
tion of Fiddler On the Roof, running until Jan. 5. : -

_ New York. Also, Beyond Control:

Critical Transition in the Baltic
Republics. Photoworks by four ar-
tists. To Jan. 26. Gallery hours:
Wed.-Sun. 12-5 p.m.; Thurs. 12-9
p.m. Admission: $2. 1411.07. Info:
986-1351.

Harrison Galleries: New Work by
Juan Salvador, Daniel Izzard and
more. 2022 Park Royal South Mall.

Elsewhere

Temple Sholom: Hanukkah
Delights: Menorot of Fancy. Exhib-
ition of Hanukkah lamps. Features
the work of 17 Vancouver Jewish
artists including Linda Dayan
Frimer, Cathy Berson, Janis Diner
Brinley and Eva Zbar. To Jan. 6.
Vancouver Art Gallery: Fabled
Territories: New Asian
Photography in Britain. Work by
South Asian.photographers living
in Great Britain. To Jan. 26.

David Milne. The first major
retrospective of the David Brown
Milne (1881-1953). One hundred
and fifty oi! paintings by one of
Canada’s greatest artists.

Fringe eyes eighth year

APPLICATIONS FOR the Eighth
Annual Vancouver Fringe Festival
will be accepted beginning Jan. 8.
- Interested artists may request
: applications by calling the Fringe
Festival office at. 873-3646.
Deadline for applications is Friday,
Feb. 28.:
; Those interested ‘should apply
_ early as demand to. participate in
‘the Fringe is high. In 1991, the

main roster of participating artists
was full within four days of ap-
plications being accepted.
Committed to the artist’s right to
produce works without judgement
of a jury or fear of censure, the Fr-
inge Festival accepts - applications
on a first come first-served basis.
The first 90 applications will be
accepted into the festival. All
otheis will be placed on a waiting

list and allocated space as it
becomes available.

The Vancouver Fringe Festival
showcases innovative new works
as well as respected classics. In
1991, Vancouver artists were join-
ed by companies from as far away
as the USSR, Australia and Britain
to perform in over 550 perfor-
mances to an audience of over
30,000.

Thorsen planning several new films

From page 12

His idols are directors James
Cameron and David Cronenberg
— masters of sci-fi horror.

“For me, nothing existed be-
fore Star Wars. It’s my generation.
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that: I’m the product of an age
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suspend my disbelief for two
hours. (Ironically, Wake Linda
reminds me of a 1950s British
psychological film.)

“1 get lots of criticism for that,
but | don’t believe you should
revere something just because it’s
old.”

Sci-fi horror is the kind of film
Thorsen plans to devote himself

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to. He’s already got three horror
movies in the works, one of which
he describes as ‘‘Aliens meets the
Terminator in a mountain setting.”

He’s planning to approach
heavy metal band Metallica to
create the sound track.

After that he’ll turn Wake Linda
into a feature-length film.

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REGISTRATION FOR
Dramaworks’ winter session
begins this Saturday at Lonsdale
Quay.

Most of this year’s courses,
everything from classes for two-
year-olds to theatre for teens, are
being offered out of Klee Wyck.
Alt begin the week of Jan. 20.

* Sign-up begins at 11 a.m. both

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by. filmmaker = Glynis.” Ww
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