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FROM THEIR Presentation House office, Catherine Caines and Aatcay Holland have brought the Film and
Theatre School they founded there into the limelight. , “ ee

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Duo vaults NV theatre's ‘chool

“to international attention _

IN: AN unassuming attic of fice i in North Vancouver, -

~ Catherine Caines and’Antony Holland work amid the, clut-
ter of their profession — theatre publicity-posters, half-,

_ completed sets and boxes of assorted Props and costumes.

cal arts prompted by. film and tele-
vision. *‘What you lose on the sw-
ings, you gain on the roundabout,
as it were.”

‘Making his stage debut ; asa

A t
With passionate energy and
tireless dedication, this duo has
vaulted North Vancouver's Pres-
entation House over the wall of
relative obscurity, to international
tention with their Film and a

heatre work. ‘‘I know that when
*m working in 4 theatre there’s
something secure there."’
“Afflicted with a self-described
. “wonderful sickuess’’ that is their
love for theatre, they strive to” -

. .maintain artistic integrity in atime |

‘when economic realities demand
plays make a profit. ..
w+, Advice to her students: “do
. something more sensible’’ unless
‘they have that intangible’ but so
necessary, ‘passion for the stage.
- Scorning commercial — ‘‘in the
‘worst sense of the word’” —
‘ theatre, Caines has reconciled
- herself to.‘‘not making a decent
living. I’m broke, but I’ve never :
_ been happier.”’
“Between her Presentation House
work, UBC teaching/directing and
a competition adjudicating, she puts
in 100+ hours a week with virtual-
fad no vacation time.; |. '
oe guess I’m really sick with |

STEPHEN
BARRINGTON

feature writer

Getting one of those sensible
- jobs crosses her mind occasionally,
but on her rare days off she still ”
longs for the stage.

Retiring under protest from’
Vancouver Community College’s

, successful Studio 58 theatre pro-

gram, which he founded and ran

- child in a Charles Dickens play, .
Holland played’a judge, a role he.
has played in numerous other fi Ims

and television shows.
- "Talk about being acliche

. character actor,"” he jokes. *‘!’ve
only now got to the point where
I'm old cnough to play one.”’

Next week

for 20 years, Holland, 68, put his”

extensive experience to work
through the Film and Theatre
School. -

“It’s bad for ‘people’. 's health to
retire,’’ says Holland, whose |.
lengthy work week typically in-
cludes a spate of classes, rehearsals
and performances, ‘*Like
workaholics, they are made to
‘retire and within two years it’ S.,
over for them.”” :

t+ The list of Holland’s theatre and
film credits is long, with the latest
additions being We, The Under-
.., Signed at the Playhouse and a role.
‘as a judge opposite George Segal
_in the locally filmed Murphy’ S

In We, The Undersignéd, he
performs alongside two former .
students from Studio 58 and one :
from, FTS — testament to the. -
‘calibre of students under his and
Cainés’ tutelage. ' ar

Ina time when movies and tele-

“ vision are stealing audience atten- :
tion away: from live theatre, actors .

“ean still find homes for their:tal-

ents, he believes, given the parallel.’
increase in | production work i ins.
“Vancouver... '
wae “This insatiable video market .
"has to be served,’’ he notes of a

. ar change of direction i in the theatr

WITH A string of film s scores ‘and ”

a. host of ‘awards;: North. Van- ©
*. couver composer Michael Conway '
-Baker_ is’ now ‘enjoying’ the sweet.

“sounds of success.

“Read about Baker and ‘his work .

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