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THE CAST of Sex Tips for Modern Girls are (clockwise from top left) Annabel Kershaw, Kathie Ball, Frances

Flanagan and Ed Astley.

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FATHERS, BROTHERS and boyfriends — from these men

come the spectrum of influence and experiences that
weave the sexua! fabric of women’s fives.

In Sex Tips for Modern Girls, Ed
Astley is all those men — The
Men, as it says in the program —
the male objects of fear and desire
of three women exploring life,
love and modern relationships.

In an intensive two-week im-
provisation workshop putting the
play together, women contributors
bared their sexual souls; co-creator
Astley came up with the male
characterizations to match those
experiences — five-year-olds to ski
resort hunks.

“As the show progressed, |
(also) drew upon some of the in-
securities that men have with
women,” says West Vancouver's
Astley, who will not reveal his age
as he is ‘‘old enough to know
better.”

“They include those of men
who I've talked to as well as some
of my own.”

Kicked out of choir at Kitsilano
Secondary when his voice chang-
ed — “sometimes | was a tenor
and sometimes [| was a bass’’

STEPHEN
BARRINGTON

feature writer

Astley was told by his school
counsellor to take a typing class.

He refused, took drama instead
and has never regretted it.

A founding member of
Tamahnous Theatre along with
fellow UBC grads Larry Lillo, John
Gray and others, he counts among
his favorite plays Hot Ice, True
West, Bent and 18 Wheels.

‘4 like to make people laugh,
have a good time,’’ says the man
who won a Jessie Award for play-
ing The Men. ‘’On stage you get
your feedback right away, whether
you're doing a good job or not.”

Next week Astley and the rest of
the Sex Tips cast — Kathie Ball,
Frances Flanagan, Annabel Ker-
shaw and John Sereda — will be at
Presentation House for the play’s

latest stop on its B.C. tour.

Last playing at Presentation
House in Tamahnous’ the Fresh
Produce festival, Astley will add
still more performances of The
Men next week to the more than
600 already under his belt.

“4 enjoy doing it a Jot, but the
actual going to the theatre does
get a bit tiring,” he says of his
long-running role. “‘As soon as |
get the first laugh of the show
though, it’s not stale any more.”

The day he auditioned for Sex
Tips, he asked the women players
why they wanted to do the play.
The answer was, to try to change
the world through faughter.

After years of mounting the
show, he hopes they have, even a
tittle bit.

“When we can laugh at
ourselves and our differences,

maybe we can realize all of our
impossible dreams together.”

The sextipsters perform at Pres-
entation House Nov. 1 to 6, and
theatre-goers should be prepared
to hear songs such as Oh! K-Y
Corale, Penis Envoy and others
along the same lines.

For details or tickets, call 986-
1351 or 687-1644.

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