~ NEWS photo Paul McGrath

RITA WEAKES (second from right) as 8 The Fairy Queen and some of the cast of North Vancouver.

Community Player’ sold-out Hickory Dickory Dock pantomime.

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at helps to be British to appreciate

where all: this ‘vaudevillian style of:

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ack to" the : very beginnings ‘of |
: .. never seemed to worry the company.

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umans clown around beneath them

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"But the enjoyment of pantomime
is hardly intellectual...”

' Be prepared to shout.and scream

long: with your.children or risk the

wrath and personal insults of Widow
4 ‘Twanky et al.

“Mother Goose. Maggie Mason’s
Youth ‘Theatre. Company — at
Presentation House. Final perfor.
mances today, Dec. il, at. 2 p.m.

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developing ‘their show — since
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- Director. and producer Maggie
Mason says the 27 young adults irom
Deep Cove to Horseshoe Bay read
scripts, picked the play for them-

‘selves, developed character studies

and then cast the parts based oncom-

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and was impressed with the maturity
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~ displayed.

Problems with the sound system,
lighting cues and the fact that Mother
Goose had recenily fallen out of a
third floor window and was perform-
ing with a knee brace and pain killers

The show is bright and colorful
thanks to Mason's impressive cos-

tumes and Hanna Skapski's lively:

painting.
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canes.
‘Rumpelstilizkin by Norman
Robbins. Deep Cove Shaw Theatre
Dec. 16 to Jan. 7. Showtimes and
reservations: 929-3200.

Christmas. pantomime has

become such a Deep Cove tradition
that parents in the audience: recall -

being brought to the old community
hall to see their first panto when they
were children.

Director. Jim | Hebb says
Rumpelstiltzkin promises lots. of
visual humor and @ cartoon dynamic
aimed at the'kids in the seats.

He's taken “a few liberties,”
added local references and aims to
make the show.“as whacky as possi-
ble.”

“We've had a good . time ‘in

‘ehearsal. Hopefully, that fun will
come through and our audiences will: -

have a hoot,” says Hebb.

ft sounds like they are counting
on it. Many shows are already sold
out,

Hendry Hall to Dec. 18.

Christmas cheer ut‘Hendry Hall
includes -, North — .. Vancouver
Community Players donating the

profits of the Christmas production |
_ to charity. ;
This year the Special Care:

Nursery of Lions Gate Hospital will
benefit from 15 sold-out perfor-
mances of Hickory Dickory Dock.

The only way you might get in to
see this show is by queuing early it in
the hopes of a cancellation.

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