18 — Wednesday, January 24, 1996 — North Shore News

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“HI HONEY, I’m home” has a

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Van actor Jay Brazeau. By Layne Christensen Community Reporter

Brazeau is directing The Passion of Dracula at Arts Club Theatre. His wife, Suzanne Ristic, plays an accused witch in The Crucible at the Vancouver Playhouse.

_ So when the couple retum home from their day jobs, “things get inter- - esting at night,” quips Brazeau.

. He's only joking. There is no sor- cery or devil-worship at play during

theif off-hours — unless purely. for.

_) research.

4... That research may include surfing ithe "Net (A North Vancouver-based

. web site for vampire fiends is the

"largest in’ North America, says

~ Brazeau), watching vampire flicks, leafing through a ~ -Mancouver man's collection (the world’s largest) of vam- ‘-- pire books, and reading Bram Stocker’s play version of

» The Arts Club version of the classic Gothic thriller is -by Bob > Hall an and David Richmond, and adapted from

}.. compared to the “-Californian, Australian or even

CHARDONNAY TUFETO 1991-CASTELLO BANE, $11.30 (Italy) |

: This'i is one’ of several chardon- nays I've tried that make me wonder

“why. Italians bother with the grape at all, . :

: Not that they’ re not nice reason-, : ably priced wines, but ue they" re as dif- .

JAY BRAZEAU... North Van actor directs The Passion of Dracula at Arts Club Theatre.

Stoker's original. Set in a smali English village after the turn of the century, the play stars Eric McCormack as the Transylvanian nobleman.

The = devilishly handsome McCormack, who plays Clay Mosby on the TV series Lonesome Dove, was Brazeau’s No. | choice for the role.

“He’s perfect,” says Brazeau, who had McCormack pegged for the role even before he was cast as director.

~The last time the Arts Club mounted Dracula was 16 years ago with Brent Carver, and later Winston Reckert, in the title role. That pro- duction was a hit then.

Brazeau is hoping it will be again now. {n defiance of any suggestions that the Gothic revival might be dead, he insists that “vampires are very hot right now.”

Besides, as any vampire knows,

even the dead can be revitalized with a little lifeblood. Brazeau is hoping that his production is the tonic. The Passion of Dracula plays the Arts Club Theatre

until Feb, 24, Mondays through Saturdays at 8 p.m.

"ferent as chalk from cheese when popular

Chilean style of “fat” oaky wallop or ripe apple-scented fruitiness. ~ Instead, wines like this aim for the other end of the scale; a sharp citrus astringency that’s a perfect accompaniment to sauced seafood or spicy afternoon appetizers. in short, they take chardonnay and

make distinctively Italian wine out - of it.

NEDERBURG CABERNET

SAUVIGNON 1991, $10.95

(South Africa)

Like it’s chardonnay, proved an instant hit

which locally,

-Nederburg’s cabernet is quickly” becoming a bestseller in the LDB’

lists.

This is certainly among the best:

Matinees are at 4 p.m. on Wednesdays and Samondays. For tickets, phone the box office at 687-1644.

(especially at the price) of the South

African cabernets I've tried so far; none of the slightly boiled over jam- miness that mars some of them. This is nicely balanced, subtle cherry accents behind the grape, with a clean dry tannic finish. A good red for the rand. :

The 1983, also available for $18.95, would certainly be worth trying if just to see how a case of this might stand up with a 10-year time out.

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