North Shore

Presentation House: Haunted
House Hamlet. Peter Eliot Weiss’
highly successtul, innovative com-
edy. To Aug. 1. Tues.-Sat. at 8
p.m. Tickets: $14/10, Two-tor-one
Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Res.:
986-1351.

Breck Academy presents its popu-
lar annual showcase. June 29 at
7:30 p.m. Early booking is
recommended. For tickets and in-
formation call Diane Breck at
980-3501.

Elsewhere

Arts Club Theatre, Granville
Island Stage: Lend me a Tenor. Set
in the, 1930s, this farce centres on
the theme of mistaken identity.
Directed by Ken Ludwig and starr-
ing Novth Shore actor Gillian
Barber.

Revue Stage: Maltby and Shire’s
Closer Than Ever. A moving
musi¢a! journey starring Ruth
Nichol and Diane Stapley. Mon.-
Fri. at 8:30 p.m: Sat. 6 and 9:30
p.m. Two-for-one Wednesday 5
p.m. and Monday 8:30 p.m. Res.:
687-1644.

Dorothy Summerset Theatre:
Summer stock theatre opens with

the musical Cabaret. Wed.-Sun.
until July 4 at 8 p.m. Cabaret then
alternates with The House of Blue
Leaves, a black comedy about life,
love and art by American play-
wright John Guare. Tickets: $10/8.
Info.: 822-2678.

Back Aliey Theatre: Jn a tribute

to Ray Michal, lunchbox theatre is
back. A Phoenix Tao Frequent
runs to July 3, Moliere’s Les
Precieuses Ridicules, to July 31;
Graceland and Asleep on the
Wind runs in the repertory, Aug.
4-28. All performances run Tues.-
Fri from 12:15 to 1 p.m. Tickets:
$5. 688-7013 or at the door.
Malkin Bowl: Theatre Under the
Stars opens its season with two
plays, La Cage Aux Folles and
Sandy Wilson's The Boyfriend.
Runs alternate evenings, July 15-
Aug.15 at 8:30 p.m. Tickets: $15/9,
from 280-3311 or 687-0174.
Metro Theatre: Where’s Charley?
Pat Waldron produced this popu-
lar musical by Frank Loesser and
George Abbott based on Brandon
Thomas’ Charley's Aunt, Pres-
ented by The Singin’ Dancin’ Ac-
tin’ Studio, with musical direction
by Lloyd Nicholson. July 4-Aug. 1.
Wed.-Sat. at 8 p.m. Tickets: 266-
7191,

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Documenting after dark

From page 26

ly significant esthetic value — is a
kind of swan song that perfectly
embodies the documentary spirit
of her work,

Ultimately, Saralee James was a
social crusader who championed -
the plight of the disenfranchised
and the dispossessed by preserving
it for posterity. And like many of
the great photographers of our
times, she did so with an in-
genious and forthright simplicity.

Documentation of another sort
is the order of Neon Magic, an.
exhibition of 30 cibachrome
photographs of vintage and con-
temperary neon signs by West
Vancouver's Bryan Melvin.

it is not kumanity that is the
central focus here but the
iconography of the night. On.
display at the Gateway Gallery un-
til July 7, this is an exhibit that
clearly merits attention if only for
the obvious technical ac-
complishment it reflects.

These nocturnal studies focus on
noteworthy West Ceast examples

of a popular “art form’ that saw
its heyday in the ‘20s and ’30s and
after a period of sad decline is only
beginning to undergo a revival.
Over the past decade Bryan
Melvin has built an international
repuiation documenting the shif-
ting moads, patterns and colors of
the world after dark. These
photographs are more than mere
future archival records of
vanishing landmarks; they are in
themselves careful and perceptive
creations no less artful than the
subjects they preserve.

The keynote of both these ex-

-hibiis is their seemingly guileless

preoccupation with documenta-
tion. ™
What both exhibits have in
commion is a relentless concern
for salvaging vestiges of personally
relevant reality from the garbage
heap of insatiable progress. Both
these shows bring the relevance of
the past to bear on the immediacy
of the present.

And as Orwell observed, if we
fose our links with the past, we
lose our bearings in the future.

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North Shore News

NEWS photo Brad Lodwidga

BRECK ACADEMY Actors’ Workshop student Wade Flett performs a monologue in front of his
classmates. Wade and other advanced students will perform scenes and monologues in the
Academy's annual showcase at the Presentation House on Monday, June 29 at 7:30 p.m. For
tickets and information, call Diane Breck at 980-3501.

The 11th Annual Ambleside Par 3 Tournament

The 1982 edition of the popular tocal
tournament is set for Sunday, July 12. Sponsored
by the North Shore News and Park Hoyal
Shopping Centre, this tournament is open to all
golfers, regardless of club affiliation or
membership.

Again this year, there are four divisions: men,
women, seniors and youth (16 years and under),
each with plenty of prizes.

Qualifying Rounds

May be played between June & and duly 4
Place your scorecards in the tournament box in
the clubhouse. .

Entry fee ... $5.00 a
Green fee ticket $5.75 (Seniors and - ~
youth — under 18, $3.75 — weekends $5.75) ~

Finals
Sunday, July 12 — weather permitting. (No
green fees for finalists.)

For information
Call Trygg Wynn, Tournament Director, at.
921-7353.

You can win

Trophies for the winners in each of the four
divisions, men, women, seniors and juniors,
and for the winner overall.

Gift Certificates, redeemable at stores in Park
Royal, for the top three finishers in each of the
four divisions.

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Sponsored by the North Shore News and Park Royal Shopping Centre.

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