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- STRONG CHARACTERS hightight First impressions’ production of Norm Foster's Opening Night

"NEWS photo Paul McGrath

at Deap Cove’s Shaw Theatre to July 29. Brooke Burgess (ef) | is the director whose worst night-
mares are not helped by David 1 Kaye (rear), 1 Kate Unger :

- and Don Mackay.

t'sa ute s someone e who worked his
way up the bidder. Seewart Fuller.
“started his career as a busbay at ea
back in 1982. He worked his way
through the ranks asa dishwasher,
line and prep cook, apprentice chet
- and finally Kitchen Manager in, 1986.
“Stewart spent the next three yeurs

helping to successfully open several

earls restaurants throughout BC and
. Alberta. During this time, he also
trained for and received his Ca

“Red Seal Chef Certification, He then

“put his training‘and chef expertise to
work opening earls first US restaurant,
in San Francisco before moving back

tw Vancouveras General Mi mayer of

earls on Fir Street, ‘

: Photo Michaet De Sadeleer

“THE LINE’S been
cut!i”’ North
! Vancouver . actor
‘Brad Wattum (cen-
tre) gets the unwel-
come news from
‘his director during
“rehearsals for

:. Agatha Christie's.

The... Mousetrap.
Patricia’ ~ Andrew
(left) and Michael
- Gall are left

speechiess.

Most recently. Srewar has sperit

>. considerable time researching culinary’

trends throughout America and the:

Pacific Rini. Backed by this wealth of

experience and his proven expertise as

-achef Stewart ivits the log ‘al choice

“for the newly created position of
Culinary Operations Leader at earls
head office. In'this role, Stewart will
have direct responsibility for Produce
Development aval earls restaurants.

Great food. Great ci fs. .

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CKING PEOPLE
into Vancouver the-
atres, 2 challenging cul-

tural exercise at the best of
limes, becomes an even
tougher proposition when
summer-like weather hits our
Jecal beaches,

_: So iis oot surprising that the-
atnical fare becomes Jighter as the
dress code becomes more casual,

Veteran North Van actor Don
Mackay attempted to put nie
straight ou audience requirements at
the opening night of Opening Night
as Lcomplained about a Jack of con-
tent.

Mackay shines in First
Impressions® production of this
Norm Foster comedy but he didn’t
quite convince me that Foster is one
of Canada’s great playwrights,

On the other hand. Mackay v
quite right in his rtion abou
what an audience wants from at
sununer evening at Deep Cove's

Shaw Theatre.

Entertainment!
_ And thats what the sold-out

crowd got on opening night.

“The: play-within-a-play
format is filled -
with zany the-
atrical charac-
ters and

curtain

call

humor that ranges from the cory .
“Have you got un escort?” “No, |
drive a Toyota” to a biting put-down
of theatre critics.

If the pace was not quite manic
enough to work on opening night,
there was plenty to enjoy in the g gen-
Ue crassness of Mackay’s theatre-
challenged character, David Kaye's
faded actor reduced to commercials
as Handy Randy the socket wrench.
Kasper Michaels’ insecure wannabe
and. Brooke Burgess’ arrogantly
caustic director. :

ooo.

See Tux page 16

Fhoto bavi Cooper ta,

IMMOEBILITY! THE high-energy’ cast ‘of: Five guys Named Moe

are rarely still in the Arts Club’s finger-poppin’ preduction. |