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Number 14 proves
masks can be fun

From page 31
that reminds me of watching the
flames in a camp fire.

The production (1 hesitate te cail
ita play) combines many styles of
humor and movement ia its col-
laborative approach to life in the
big city, but it is Anderson’s masks
(which implies their use too) that
touched me, sometimes profound-

Her creations vary from partial
to complete, from smooth to
rough and from stylized to natural.

Even the simplest evokes recog-
nition and some are so warmly
human you hate to see them
leave.

And that is the one problem |
had with this show.

The bus that is the connecting
link for 2 surreal assembly line of
humanity also becomes the excuse
to pitch each component in turn
out of the door and beyond our
ken,

it’s fair enough at one level —
Buses that pass in the night and all
that.

But exploring eccentricity by
comedic anecdote creates a dan-
gerously recognizable pattern
within the production that occa-
sionaliy sabotages audience in-
volvement.

Once | was aware that there
would be 2 fresh absurdity waiting
te board the bus any minute |
became more prane to give up on
the now in expectation of the
future.

It was rather like looking for-
ward to the next comedian at a
comedy ciub.

This is, of course, a tribute to the
comic inventiveness of Peter
Anderson, Gina Bastone, Colin
Heath, David Mackay, Wayne
Specht and Beatrice Yeilinger.

They had to be funny or surpris-
ing or outrageous in the first place
for me to want more of the sare.

Take a trip on The Number 14.1
guarantee you'll laugh for much of
the journey, and maybe you can
help me convince people that
masks can be fun.

Ensemble seeks youth interest

From page 32

At one time, it held all of its
concerts in the upstairs gallery of
Presentation House, but sweltering
temperatures during the summer
and trekking up two flights of stairs
forced members to look
elsewhere.

Today it splits its concert series
between the Ferry Building in
West Vancouver and North Van-
couver’s Mount Seymour United
Church, but the Ferry Building’s
bread-box dimensions are already
proving inadequate.

An obvious home for the group
would be the Deep Cove Cultura!

Centre,

When plans for the centre were
initially proposed, the ensemble
was sugested as one of the future
tenants. That proposal, however,
was never enacted.

Another challenge facing the
group is how to lure in move
youth.

Most audience members are be-
tween the ages of 40 and 70, but
Piltz hopes that by inviting young
guest musicians (its Dec. 6 cencert
features a 14-year-old violinist) and
continuing its Music in the Schools
program, that will eventually

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