46 — Wednesday, July 19, 1995 — North Shore News

ARTS EVENTS Compiled by Layne Christensen

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: One of the more “inusual theatri-

cal events to hit Vancouver in a long.

- time is the Hoarse Raven’ production of Tony al-Tina's Wedding. / Artistic directors Michael Fera' : and Tanja Dixon- Warren will be © “remembered locally for their active invelvement with theatre at’: . Presentation House for z a number of. years. : They saw the show i in New York’ : and are gambling that their co-op company. of 43 or'so can recreate what was a huge hit back east. ~ Your ticket to the wedding puts -

you right in the church, in this case“? ""

St. Andrew’s Wesley, where North “. Vancouver actor Cavan Cunningham as Father Mark ties the papey(: “ Knote sce ‘The walk to the reception at” : Chardomnay’s Restaurant i is. absolutely hilarious,"”:

The happy(?). couple, pregnant - maid of honor, assorted John .. ' Travolta look-alikes’ and their older relatives: draw cheers;’jeers and

“stares in approximately equal pro- portions.

| Depending” where! you are seated. :

at the reception you might be’. “involved in Uncie Louie's catering ° smistake or Sister Albert Maria's . adventures with alcohol.: ‘ : The action’centre’s on the dance « floor and head table but swirls all Over the restaurant throughout the: evening so there i is always some- a thing to'see. 7 Full of rough vigor, Tony n n’

' Tina’ 's Wedding is not exactly theatre ;

«but i is definitely a happening. - Participation i is likely to increase - ‘your enjoyment so get up a party, break out the tux, invent an italian. * connection and decide whether you - Want to sit on the bride or groom’ s ~ side. ; > } e re always associated the song ts You Is or ts Yow Ain't My Baby? “with Deep Cove Stage's pantomime without ever wondering where it

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WEST VAN pianist ‘Karen Wong will perform : as a “Young Artist Apprentice” at the Vancouver Chamber Music Festival Monday,

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came from. Now I know. It's one of the many tunes from ‘prolific jazzman Louis Jordan. As a singer, alto sax player and leader of the Tympany" Five.

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’ Jordan’s career spanned four

decades from the *30s.to the “60s. Jordan’s music is the subject of Clarke Peters’ show Five Guys

Named Moe. held over at the Arts»

Club Theatre until Aug. 12. This is one hot musical with col- orful costumes (Philip Clarkson)

’ and an energetic cast of Alexander

Boynton, Mike Desire, Chancz Perry, Tom Pickett, Alvin Sanders . and Denis Simpson. :

-If your tastes run to the origins of j jive and boogie it’s hard to imag- ine why. your toes wouldn’ tyat the very least, be tapping...

And chances are, you'll be up on

“'s stage doing the conga while singing

incomprehensible gibberish. » Held over with good reason! rn a ee _ When, as a teenager, | began stepping out in London the maga-

- zine Time Out was my biblé for _music ‘and theatre.

“In its capsule review listings for

_ West End theatres it used to carry ™

one line for Agatha Christie's The . - Mousetrap 5 They told you who did it! ; Having just seen the opening |

ner at neta fs

July 24, through Friday, Aug. 4, at various locations in Vancouver.

ix to

night of Coconut Theatre's produc: tion at Granville {sland’s Waterfront Theatre | am tempted to-tell you too, o. After all, there’s’ for secing the show. ~ But [know Um in the minority when il comes to not caring who- dunnit.so (Il refrain from spoiling the pleasures that await any sleuths who have not yet seen, or heard, who perpetrates the mayhem at Monkswell Manor. . North Vancouver grad Brad

ho other reason

. Wattum is the detective sergeant

charged with preventing another

- murder and unravelling the clues.

Perhaps frustration at the fact that Ms. Christie keeps most of her cards to the end of the play explains. Wattum's lack of an English accent.

And he’s not the only culprit.

’ On the other hand, Brendan McClarty. Doris Chilcott and Alec: Burden are lots of fun.”

Production values are uneven, too.

Set painting. the lack ofa floor’ . treatment, and what's (not) outside“. the window all detract from a feel for;

time and place that Christine Hatfull's

‘costumes sel up quite nicely.

Paul Tessier’s sound design'i is effective and decasionally amusing - if a little over-used. *

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