From Page 16 . ' $16/810. Tickets: 822-2678. Gateway Theatre: Brigadoon "; presented by the Greater _ -Mancouver Operatic Society. March 17-18, 22-25 at 8 “p.m., March 19 at 2 p.m. Box - office: 270-1812. ; Hfavana Theatre: The Dreamer Examines His Pillow by John Patrick Shanley. March 17-19 at 8 p.m. $12. Reservations: 734-7341. Metro Theatre: The Curious Savage. John Patrick’s classic ~ American comedy. To April 1 at 8 p.m. Box office: 266- 7191. Norman Rothstein Theatre: God’s Favourite. Neil Simon’s comedic, modern-day retelling of the biblical story of Job. March 18 at 8 p.m., March 19 at 4 and 7:30 p.m. $10/$8. Tickets: 257-5111. Pacific Theatre: Lonely Planet by award-winning Seattle play- wright Steven Dietz. To March 25 (Wed-Sat), at 8 p.m., matinees Saturday at 2 p.m. Box office: 731-5518. 1420 W. 12th Ave., Van. Performance. Works Theatre: Thunderstruck or Song of the See Calendar Page 31 * Kohler white tollet reg $279 © Millennium Frameless Trackless Shower Doors * Supergrit R. Tub Filler Faucet c/w hand heid sprayer chrome reg $539 1395 Pemberton Ave, N. Van NEWS photo Cindy Goodman JOHN McGie reads from Monologues. Sunday afternoons through March at Deep Cove Shaw Theatre are reserved for cold readings of the playwright’s work. I days a week. WWW.NSHeWS.COM John McGie fes AUDIENCES have a love-hate rela- tionship with John Robert McGie. “It's like when you get a bunch of people together to look at abstract art,” says Eileen Smith of First Impressions Theatre, which presents the work of McGie all this month at Deep Cove Shaw Theatre. “People either love abstract art or they hate it, and the peo- ple who don't like it, they get really angry.” Smith is decidedly in the “love it” camp of McGie followers. “I’m a fan and I have been since I first read it (the play- wright’s work) and said: ‘This is weir Local audiences may know McGie as the creator of Xing, last year’s Theatre BC North Shore Zone festival winner starring Anne Marsh and Bill Elliotr, and Blandiloquence, a Pick of the Vancouver Fringe last vear. Both one-act plays will be performed March 24, 25, 31 and April 1 at the theatre. Sundays from | to 4 p.m. are reserved for cold reading of McGie’s Monologues (audience members are invited to take the stage and read from his works, with McGie providing feedback); Mondays at 8 p.m., for audio recording of McGie’s new musical Thomas T., written with Carl Craig. Passes to activities throughout the month are $20. Individual performances are admission by donation, with proceeds going to help send Blandiloguence to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August. O00 North Shore Community Cone Society will present the Vancouver Chamber Choir in concert next Wednesday, March 22, at Centennial Theatre. The concert is a rare appearance on the North Shore by the choir which performs under the baton of Jon Washburn. The theme of the evening is Heartsongs. Joining the choir in perfor- mance will be duo pianists Terence Dawson and Linda Lee Thomas, Washburn’s wife and a performer in her own right. Thomas is principal! pianist with the Vancouver Symphony and CBC Sell your stuff. 14 hours a day. + Radio orchestras. Dawson is former artistic director of Vancouver's Masterpiece Chamber Music Series. Tickets for Wednesday’s concerts are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and $15 for students, through the Centennial Theatre box office, Monday to Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. or by calling 984-4484. g00 Mojdeh Shahriari, who established her Atash Dance Group as the first Persian dance company in Western Canada, has achieved another first. Shahriari’s recent certification with the Canadian Dance Teachers Association makes her the only Persian dance instruc- tor registered with the association. Shahniari’s membership also means that the association new has a Persian chapter in its B.C. division. Atash Dance offers classes to all ages and levels throughout the year. Classes are currently held at North Shore Fun and Fitness Centre, 1172 W. 14th St., North Van. For inforraation on upcom- ing, sessions and performances, call 984- 0412. Qoaqg Vancouver Opera’s next production is Don Giovanni. Mozart’s masterwork opens Saturday, March 25, at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. But for fans who like their opera served up with a steaming hot latte, there is “opera cafe,” 2 p.m. this Sunday, March19, at Chapters on Robson and Howe. Soloists from the Vancouver Opera touring ensemble will perform excerpts from the opera. Members of the cast and production team will shed insight at a relaxed inter- active forum. Also on Sunday, 7 p.m., at Vancouver’s Christ Church Cathedral, the opera's general director James Wright will share his perspective on Don Giovanui. Wright will be joined by mem- bers of the Vancouver Opera Ensembie who will sing excerpts from the opera. Admission is free to both events. 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