C7 - Friday, April 27, 1984 - North Shore News

LAUTREC ON STAGE

N Van. director brings painter to life

THIS SERIOUS young ac-
tor Paul Beckett plays the
part of Toulouse Lautrec,
the French painter, acting
out the ups and downs of his
interesting life, including his

21st Anniversary Sale

NORTH VANCOUVER director Martin Miller-

eccentricities, wit) and
chip, has found an intriguing and fascinating vehi- YUnerability. .
The evocative musical

cle in Harvey Ostroff’s new play Lautrec.

The text, like Ostroff’s By CATHERINE McGHEE

play, Yossel’s Music, has
been developed by the New
Play Centre.

score 1s by local composer,
Chantal Morin. It provides a
fluidity between the spoken
work and mouon of the play.

Lautrec runs for seven per-

sense the demons that lurk formances only. from Tues-
This one-man show beneath the surface and d Ye
2 . . ay, May | to Sunday, May

follows Lautrec onadrinking — realize how vulnerable is the 6, at 8 p.m., at the Water-
spree as he waits at Le man. front Theatre, Granville
Moulin de la Gallette for the The second act moves Island. Saturday perfor-
reviews of a major London ahead tothe year 1900, where mances are at 6:30 p.m. and
exhibition. We meet his we meet a Lautrec who is 9.39 p.m for information
friends and some of the sub- ‘‘cured’’ after a major col- and reservations call
jects that he immortalized on lapse. But is he any happier? 685-6217
canvas and paper.:He regales Director Millerchip = suc- ,
us and them with anecdotes cessfully captures the com- Y_——-—_——
and snippets of ‘‘artificial plexity and inner struggle of
biographical information”’ the man, with humor and CLASSIFIED
We experience the wit for compassion. Paul Beckett 986-6222
which he was renowned, but — gives a credible performance

as the absinthe takes hold we as _Lautrec, focusing on his

The art of working

“WORKING — we spend
half our lives on the job. Is
work a joy, a curse, or both?
Poets Phil Hall, Tom

couver Vocational Institute,
Wednesday, May 2. This Na-
uonal Book Festival = pre-
sentation 1s in the mall at

Wayman and Kirsten Em- VVI. Enter at’ Hamilton and
mott, along with folk musi- Dunsmuir, just across from
cian Tom Hawken, look at the Queen Elizabeth
the subject of work in a Playhouse. That's noon to
lunchtime event at Van- 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, May

ATTENTION!
* MODEL RAILROADERS

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burlt by well-known hobbyist Eugene Daly

Sessions started Saturday Api 15 and will
run every Saturday from 9 30 1 30 until May 15

So please drop by
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In addition to toys. we
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matenals~ to painting |

supplies. double easels

& art

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provide creative

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