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THEATRE REVIEW

HEATRE PRODUC-

TIONS at Vancouver’s

Fringe Festival must be
driven by the enthusiasm of
the participants.

Without a sure and certain
belief in the worth of the endeavor
to sustain the artists there can be a
very harsh lesson in economics
waiting to smack the smiles off
aspiring actors. directors and play-
wrights.

Four prod ctions held over

PRESENTATION HOUSE has
put together four solid nights of
Fringe festival holdovers for
North Shore theatre-lovers.

An added bonus is that there
are no gratuitous naughty bits in
any of the titles.

Each night features separate
admission to two shows at the
cost of $8 each (Fringe tickets
were generally $9), or you can
see both shows for $14.

A better deal yet is four shows
for $20.

Joan Macleod’s jewel, ari
affecting tale of love, grief and
letting go, kicks off tonight at 7
p.m., followed at 9 p.m. by The
Only Living Father, a one-person
show based on the life of Newfie
premier Joey Smallwood.

Thursday is office day. At the

Watercooler (7 p.m.) features
some of the funny folk who
brought us The World's Greatest
Guy, while Girls in The Office (9
p.m.) contrasts office, union and
feminist politics.

Regular Theatre B.C. goers
will remember that Joanna M.
Glass’ poignant play (Friday at 7
p.m) was a regular at many festi-
vals.

Nevertheless it is a powerful
play done weil and, by all
accounts, Novus Theatre do very
weil.

Pinter‘s The Lover (see
review) plays Friday at 9 p.m.
and Saturday at 7 p.m. while
Charles Ludlum’‘s campy Stage
Blood should be an interesting
close to a varied and challenging
four days of theatre.

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other shows are competing fer a
share of the same audience.

Sa a life after the Fringe is a
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Even without the economic fac-
tor, there is a sense of attaining
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A hold-over can also afford the
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While the shows selected to
run at the Vancouver East Cultural
Centre are all worthy of support if
you missed them, North Shore

theatre-gcers can get a taste of the
Fringe experience without crossing
the waiter this year courtesy of
Presentation House.

This pro-active programming
by the new theatre administration
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the standards set by The Lover,
can be confidently recommended.
@ The Lover: This taut and torrid
tale by Harold Pinter receives an
immensely intelligent production
from actors Gerard Plunkett, Lee
Van Paassen and director
Nicholas Tattersall.

Van Paassen will always live in
my memory for another Fringe
moment — her brave and stun-
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