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joe Orton masterpiece #2

Loot opens ag lease ve

theatre a as —_ with a MEXICAN slammer tuist

PRESENTATION HOUSE Theare nr \ —fo cover chara /!
kicks off its fall season with Joe ot 3 , .

Orton's black comedy, Loot. . a Sy J ‘ wre sey .
The play, which opens tomor- . -— ON chub on ‘ P Gla sed & (2) Nee
row night (and previews tonight)is Rag  , I . Bf SECS ee
Orton’s most acclaimed work. The : x ,
Playwright knocks such sacred in- 3 ,
stitutions as the Church, the British
police and marriage with biting sa- .
tirical wit. : “ p 5
The story opens with a murder. ‘ ; “a “ek ° 2, I
A corrupt nurse kills the wife of a ? we aan ~ get ere ARLY to ovoid the like-ups!!
wealthy widower. Meanwhile, the .

son of the dead woman and his \ - “a x ' a i igt
friend rob a bank and hide the ; “ es a
money in her coffin. . : anon 7 “SASL

“Just about everything happens if

in this play -- bribery, murder, : : s ° !

coruption, “ says stage manager ; ‘ — Jour anorite gale EXOTIC entertainmnen !
ee  Brone for reservations for your Birthday, sing, ere

Dorothy Jenkins, whose last credit
includes Presentation House
Theatre’s | Ought To Be in Pic-
tures. “The only innocent char-
acter is the father, who ends up
getting arrested.”

Though the play has its dark

moments, the production will not “ & _< = " Ae 0 V
be offensive to audiences, says a . :

Jenkins, “There isn’t a lot of . P \ 4 : os
open violence,’’ she notes. me, ud ' ‘ Lo

Jenkins expects that getting the : pe a m
set just right will be complicated, ,~ Ot . : . Se .
because of the type of props the DA : re : — the Hore sr place fo pa the North SHORE
play demands, and special effects. |, . . 4 j ns ° bendy Mm.
For example, finding a corpse — NEWS photo Neil Lucente
which at the time of the interview NURSE FAY McMahon (Christie Dunlop) gets cozy with the
was still being negotiated — is widower McLeary (Jack Alouf) as an astounded Inspector Truscott
proving to be somewhat of 4a (Paul Kloegman) looks on. Joe Orton’s Loot opens tomorrow

challenge. . night at Presentation House Theatre.
Directed by Rita Weakes, the . : :
PRatCetineuraieeieee HUNT .* BATEMAN . * 5 ISAAC “| 4, COLEMAN.

spector Truscott, Christie Dunlop

as nurse Fay, and Jack, Alout, BILTON’S ART CENTRE

Winston Gratozski,
109 EAST Ist STREET, NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. VL 1B2Z

Gammie and Mark Smith.
Phone 986-1351 for reservations. TELEPHONE (604) 985-4033
At this location since 1981

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