30 — Wednesday, May 4, 1994 —

Martin Millerchip
THEATRE REVIEW

%, EEP COVE Stage will
8 be representing the
A North Shore at the the
Theatre B.C.-sponsored
Mainstage ‘94 this year.

“ The club swept the major
awards at the zone festival held
all last week at the attractive
Shaw Theatre in Deep Cove and,
as a result, will be competing
against the best of B.C.’s commu-
nity theatre groups at Cranbrook
in the first week of July.

Theatre B.C. is an umbrella
‘organization for community the-
atre groups across the province
and besides the annual play festi-
val, sponsors a national playwrit-
ing competition and workshops
in all aspects of theatrecraft.

“This: year’s showcase of plays
features approximately 80 pro-
ductions competing in 10 region-
al zones.

Each zone is adjudicated by a
well-recognized theatre profes-
‘sional,,who besides selecting the
regional: winner, also recom-
mends productions for special
workshopping aswell as recog-
nizing individual acting, direct-
ing and design talents.

While the festival is competi-
tive;in the sense that. there aré
“Best”. awards, both zone and
“provincial festivals are a time of
renewing old thespian friend-
‘ships forged in the heat of previ-

‘ous rivalries,

In fact,
‘players attend Mainstage finals as
an‘annual vacation whether or

_ not they are involved in a show.
... Despite the disappointment of
‘not being selected Best Overall

Production, members of North
Vancouver Community Players,

Customer
service a
concern

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had time to develop the social
warmth that is such a big draw
for any good Greek restaurant.
+ [ts customer service needs
work, too.

. Kostakis’ initial opening, for
example, was far from auspi-.
cious. Readers reported clisorga-
‘nization and botched reserva-
tions.

The restaurant also abides by
the odd policy of not accepting
reservations for two, and on the
Friday. night that Table Hopping
visited Kostakis,
waiting at the door for extended
periods even though tables
inside were empty.

’ But the instant popularity of
the small taverna reflects the
appetite of local residents for
good neighborhood restaurants.

With a little more neighborli-
ness, Kostakis could become an
enduring Seymour Boulevard
dining fixture.

many community :

patrons were left -

North Shore News

who plan on attending
Cranbrook anyway, immediately
offered their help in any capacity
to Deep Cove Stage.

This sense of camaraderie and
shared commitment was much in
evidence the night | dropped into
zone festival last week.

Following the sold-out perfor-
mance of three very different
one-acts from Howe Sound
Players, audience and players
mingled over wine and pate in
the green room to share their
impressions of the evening and
the week so far.

“It's one of the nicest weeks
we've had. There wasn't the

sense of this group against that

group. Maybe we're all growing
old together,” laughed long-time
Deep Cove member Ann Booth.

Festival chairman Maureen
Robinson said as we listened to
the excited chatter: “They're just
giving the plays a rood cdiagnos-
tic.”

In fact , the man charged with
that ultimate responsibility was
adjudicator Michael McLaughlin,

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roup wins competition

Artistic Producer of the Nanaimo
Festival.

McLaughlin told the News
that he had really enjoyed the
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He, too, commented on the

66 Maybe we are
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friendly spirit of cooperation and
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And now, the envelopes
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The Don Marsh Award (for
promoting harmony among the
North Shore groups)....Deep
Cove Cultural Society

MW Backstage Cooperation &
Professionalism....Howe Sound
Players

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