LALLY CADEAU AND OWEN | FORAN in a scene from 7
. the Arts Club Theatre presentation of ‘‘The Prisoner of
Second Avenue”’ opening Thursday, January 5; at North
“Vanconver’ Ss Studio Theatre [Glen Erikson photo}

_been

_..The North Shore’s three
“mayors have been named to
serve “On eight of the 12
committees set up by the
Greater. Vancouver Regional
District for the coming’ year,
and one of them has also

‘appointed . to the

- GVRD’s 11- member execut-

Bigtown theatre comes to
North Vancouver this month
and the next three weeks are’
expected to show. whether or.

not tha

tae

North Shore can

support a professional, stage ;

company.

Starting tomorrow (Thurs-
day, January 5) Vancouver's
prestigious Arts:Club Theat-
re is presenting Neil Simon’s.

‘Broadway comedy hit. “The

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Presenta tion. House,
4th Sireet.
formances run every evening
except Mondays through
January 28.

‘‘The Prisoner of Second
Avenue”’ was first presented

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under the direction of Mike
at the

O'Neill Theatre, New York,
in November 1971

approval. The New York Post
said of Neil Simon’s writing:
“A gift for taking a grave

subject and, without losing

sight of its basic seriousness,

treating it witha hearty but
sympathetic humor. A talent
ior writing a wonderifully
funny 1 of

int telligence...fine fun.”’

RULL.

Over the past nine years
Simon himself has become a

humor.

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ven and -
‘received outstanding critical

ive.

Mayor Peter Jones of West
Vancouver has been chosen
to speak for the North Shore
on the executive and will also
serve on the — following
committees: Transportation,
Parks, Water & Waste (as

chairman) and Labor Rela-.

tions; in addition he has been

“named one of the five GVRD
representatives to the Muni- «

cipal Finance Authority.
Mayor Don Bell of North

Vancouver . District is chair-

man of the GVRD Hospital
Committee and.a member of
the Parks, Water & Waste
and Labor Relations Commit-
tees.

~ Mayor Jack Loucks of
North Vancouver City takes
his seat on the GVRD Parks,
Planning, Labor Relations

and (as deputy chairman)
Finance Committees.

There are no North Shore

representatives on the GVRD.

Housing, Housing Corpora-
tion, Electoral Areas or
Monitoring Committees.

The appointments were
announced last week by
GVRD chairman Mayor Jack
Campbell.

was performed in 14 lang-

uages. His numerous other
hits include ‘“‘The Odd
Couple."" ‘*Plaza Suite’’ and

**The. Last of the Red Hot

Lovers.’

Starring i in the North Shore
presentation of ‘‘The Pris-

. oner of Second Avenue”’ are

“

theatrical legend. His second

piay. **Barefoot in the Park”’
grossed over $9 million and

omplished .

two of Canada’s most acc-
comic .actors,

Owen Foran. and Lally

_Cadeau—both well knowr to

Vancouver audiences. Mr.
Foran recently appeared in
‘‘Comedians’”’ at the Arts
Club Theatre and Miss
Cadeau as. Beatrice —in
**Much Ado About Nothing”’
at the Freddy Wood Theatre.
Last summer they perfor-
med, resnectively, at the

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W West Van rt residents

Cthers in the cast—direc-

ted by Bill Millerd—include
Barney O'Sullivan,
Chillcott and Fran Gebhard.

‘Over 5.000 North. Shore
residents are already regular
patrons. of the Arts Club

its. downtown
Vancouver location. Until the

-end of January they will have

a chance to enjoy what
promises to be one of the
group’s most attractive pro-
ductions without crossing the
bridge. If other North and
come to
share that enthusiasm while
the Arts Club players are

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iheir guests, the future for.
professional theatre on the.

North Shore will look bright
indesd

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_ demonstrated

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page Snimary 4, 1978-NowthShore News

The B.C. Student Assis-
tance Program has_ been
expanded and improved for
1977-78 to help post-second-
ary students meet rising
costs, Education Minister
Dr. Pat McGeer has stated.

‘Our main objective has

‘been to give those students.
- with the greatest: need as

much — assistance as _ pos-
sible,’?- Dr. -McGeer said.
“Improved. __ assessment
techniques. will direct stud-
ent aid funds to where they
are: most needed. an

‘Under ‘the | 1977-78 pro-
students with a
need can
receive up to a total of $3,500
each in federal loans and
provincial grants, $200 above

- last year’s maximum.

Procedures for assessing
applications under the new

program allows for rising
tuition and accommodation

costs, the minister said.
‘Increases in the general

_ cost of living have been taken

into account with respect to
families with dependent
students. A special added
allowance is also _ being

- provided when it is necessary

for dependents to live away

from home while attending a

post-secondary institution.”’

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Performance times — for
“The Prisoner of Second
Avenue™ are 8:30 »

re m.

Tuesday through Friday, 6
p.m, and 9 p.m.
and 7:30 p.m.

Saturdays
“Sundays.

Tickets through Vancouver
Ticket Centre, Ea‘on’s or call
‘The Studio at 9846-4011.

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Also, a new assessment
formula provides funding for
low-income parents attend-
ing classes, whether married
or single.

In 1977-78, the B.C.
program offers individual
students an initial amount of
up to $600 in repayable
federal funds. Need beyond
this is being serviced
through a combination of up
to. $1,700 per student in
provincial grant and up to
$1,800 in Canada Student
Loan, making a total of
$3,500.

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