BS - Wednesday, September 14, 1983 - North Shore News

i

‘ :
——y

t

i

;

$f

aa

__ de.
YL)
eo

$33

TONIGHT is the opening of Skool, a new musical
by and about high school kids. Created, written
and directed by North Van’s Peter O’Rourke, the
play is an ambitious undertaking.

Although opening night
marks the beginning of the
run, it is, in many ways, the
end of the road for O'Rourke
now that his role is sub-
stantially over.

The theatrical project
began over two years ago
when O'Rourke, who has
done a great deal of kids’
theatre, began to run into

ad

conflicts with school
bureaucracy. His
frustration, and that of the
students he met, sparked the
idea of looking at high
school from a students’ point
of view.

Thousands of survey
questionnaires were mailed
to school kids ali over town
asking them to sum up
school in one word and say
what they did and didn’t like
about their particular

® 6306

——— Soocgeceses®
o€@60

OPENING TONIGHT AT PRESENTATION HOUSE

Skool tells students’ story

school. Each student was
asked for an assessment of
his or her ability in school,
and finally each was asked to
finish a sentence that began
School is “and I got
some very interesting an-
swers to that” laughs
O'Rourke.

Students were then invited
to participate in workshops
and share their opinions
about school and ideas about
Skool. They also learn about
theatre.

O’Rourke, Musical
Director Ian Schildt,and the
students then wént to work.
Schildt wrote the musical

ee

SKOOL, a acw musical by and about high school students, gives the education story from their point

tonight, Skool runs to October 8 at 8:00 p.m. every night except Sunday and Monday.

BARBER SHOP
NOW OPEN
Mens and Boys cut $6
Seniors cut $5

411 East 2nd St., N.V,
988-1412

score, the students wrote
monologues and poems, and
in January O’Rourke drafted
a rough half-hour script.

Since then, the play has
been rewritten, revised,
lengthened, edited. The
result is a 40 scene “collage
play” incorporating 20
musical numbers. ;

The cast has been pared
down to 12, seven girls and
five boys.

The opportunity to listen
to what students have to say
about school begins tonight

at 8:00 p.m. and runs until -

October 8 with no shows
Sunday or Mondays.

NEWS photo Stuart Davis

of view. Opening

FRENCH LANGUAGE TRAINING

Village Square, 1425 Marine Drive, Suite 310

West Vancouver

FALL PROGRAM - ALL LEVELS

Regqtstration:F riday, Sept. 16th, 7 9 pm
Saturday, Sept 17, 10 am-12 noon

Information Alliance Francaise 327 0201
Marie-Paule 224 7855

‘NORTH SHORE
LIGHT OPERA SOCIETY

-——— AUDITIONS for SHOWBOAT
. West Vancouver United Church
2062 Esquimalt St., W. Vancouver

Sunday, Sept. 18

1:30 - Dancers

2:30 - Black leads, chorus
- White leads, chorus

Tuesday, Sept. 20

7:30 - All positions

Phone

926-2849 or 987-9956

EN We»

687-5566 684-2944

MINS?

KER ee

ON THE WEST COAST Kk

60006060 1000008008000 00

@°70900000%99000008080808 cax

iN

TUESDAY
eA Different Show Every Week!

LADIES ADMITTED FREE MON-THURS |

LADIES NIGHT EVERY WEDNESDAY
: Bb 1ORM WITH MALE STRIPPERS

DOWNTOWN VANC. — 1136 W. GEORGIA ff