16 — Wednesday, April 30, 1997 — North Shore News north shore news Gt ARTS Barefoot In The Park MERCEDES BENZ OWNERS - If you wish to sell your vehicle directly to Mercedes Benz or if you would like a current .. evaluation of your vehicle, please contact the Sales Manager at your convenience. MERCEDES BENZ CANADA, ING. | T3627 “AL. 984-9351.» What can you do te make your world a safer place? You can protect your loved ones, your home, and your valuables from unexpected - events with Total Family Security™ from CanGuard™. For a one-time only activa- tion fee, CanGuard will provide you with Total Family Security against: * Flooding ® Medical Emergencies » Carbon Monoxide * Frozen Pipes * Burglaries * Fires A CanGuard Total Family Security Service gives you a state-of-the-art, customized security service monitored 24 hours a day with instant dispatching of the appropriate authorities. And, CanGuard guarantees the low activation fee regardless of the size of your home. Monitoring starts at $19.95! a month. [If vou awn a non-CanGuard sysiem, we can provide cost savings for monitoring only packages. Call now for more information. Make Your World a Safer Place. Discover the World of CanGuard, 1-800-CANGUARD = cancuarp’ 1-800-226-4821 epee ecereeses Call us today for a fast, free Total Family Security” Assessment. Or, visit a participating Radio Sinack store near you. A ROGERS Company Veit ue at Qu? wOgST wad (OGers 70% CaNguars. “Grer erds dure 21. 1997 “Anpncabe tures eats a Charming comedy From page 15 clash of acting stvles as Little’s calm and delib- erate approach to Henry creates a naturalism that seems outside the world of this produc- tion. Pm not saying it's wrong, just wondering whether he should step it up, or whether Gash, Poppi Reiner (Joanna) and Katherine Warkins (Linda) need to relax more until things start to fly apart. Check your political sensibilities at the door and have fun with this one. In contrast, the Jaughs in Neil Simon’s Barefoor In The Park have less to do with absurd plot manipulations than finely observed commentary on the human condition. This being a play that dates from the early sixties, the human condition retlects the new- lywed wife who stays home and makes the new apartment attractive while her husband suc- ceeds at his job. However, it is possible to fil- ter the unconscious sexism that is implicit in playwright Simon’s script through the concept of theatre history and enjoy this play for the sweetness it contains. Certainly, that sweetness is exemplified by the work of Caroline Heisler as Corie Bratter, the newlywed who sees the stars through the skylight, as opposed to her dghtly-buttoned IT’S alf laughs for (from left) Poppi Reiner, Katherine Watkins and Jackie Bowyer, in Presentation House Productions’ Move Over, Mrs. Markham. husband who sees the broken giass and feels the cold. Heisler fulfills every starry-eved momeut as the romantic who wants the most life has to offer, not just for herself but for everybody else as well. The reclamation of her husband’s imagination and spirit is a lille problematical in this production, but only because Tim Cadeny as Paul Bratter has such an easy-going stage presence. Simon's sub-plot has Corie paring her all- alone-and-sleeping-on-a-backboard mother with the unusual and, note, still romantic Victor Velasco. Grahame Andrews proves yet again what a chameleon of an actor he is as Velasco, providing much of the energy that dnves the fizz in this delicate glass of sparkling Wi ine. Mention too, must be made of Ben ~- Cotton’s Telephone Repair Man — another asygoing, natural creation. Director Barry Duffus must take a lot of the credit for resisting any tem mpration to play the laugh and helping to craft a show with characters and not cartoons. Thar said, I did wondered whether the kooky-quotient could stand being revved up a notch and Cadeny needs a genuine song to SING at the play's end — or the play loses it’s final punctuation point. There is one other play in contention for the privilege of representing the North Shore at the provincial Finals Festival that has not been reviewed — Noel Coward’s Private Lives, from the excellent Between Shifts Theatre, Squamish. Uncie Randy Productions Presents | NDREW LLOYD WEBBER a -May em 2nd and 3rd at. 8 pm. Centennial Theatre, North Vancouver Tickets/information - 984-4484 Groups - 980-7950