DANY! DEEP BLUE SEA by Matt Fisher What d’ya want from me? Ya think ya can get inside me, huh?’ Well don’t bother tryin’ cuz ya won't findnothin’. Back off! Ya get any closer an IH smack ya. I dont care if yer a woman. I" smack ya. Don‘t look at me like that. And don’t bother smilin’. You aint happy ya met me an J aint happy neither. Sure J get in a lot of fights. So what? Nobody ever gets hurt... “cept... “cept... “cept you if ve don’t get off my ass right now! Aint nobody ever cared about me before and your sure as hell won't be the first. Danny. M* name's Danny, okay? You happy? An I don’t wanna talk. You sit there and drink your beer an I"1] drink mine. As if it matters... Asif it... hell, you wouldn't understand anyways. You got nothin doin in my life an I got nothin doin in yers. An you talk about pain? Yer pain is nothin. D'ya know what | hafta live with? Do ya? Sure. Ya. well, as if 1 give a shit about you. I don’t. You have a hard time believin’ that? Shit. But what if I did? So what? Huh? So what? Nobody ever gave a shit about me. All they ever do is piss me off. I tell ya. ya cross me up, I'll kill ya. That's it. I'm tired explainin’. If ya don’t get it now. ya won't get itever. Ya don't get it, do ya? It's my life. my godforsaken life. What it is, is nothin. That's what it means to me... and it can't mean nothin to you... Jay Brazeau and Suzanne Ris- lic star in Danny and the Deep Blue Sea. Written by John Patrick Shanley (Moonstruck), directed by Kathryn Shaw. At the Arts Club Theatre on Seymour, Tues- days thru Sundays. Presented by the "Angry Actors.” ADMISSION IS **A REMINDER-MICHAEL STRUTT WILL BE IN CONCERT THURSDAY FEBRUARY 25TH AT 8:00 PM IN THE PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE AT ‘(DOUGLAS OrTher ENTERTAINMENT Shields On Writing CarolShields, nominee for the 1988 GovenorGeneral’s Literary Award, was the writer in residence at Douglas College from Feb.1 to Feb.6. A writer in residence is a person who is available to the public to answer questions about writing, to give advice on manuscripts and to give readings from their works. “A writer in residence provides new blood to an institution,” Carol said, "They are to look at people's writing and try to be of assistance." This was the first time that Carol has been to Douglas College. She found it to be "lively" and was "real- ly quite pleased" at the response she received. She first started writing in highschool, where she worked on the school paper and dabbled in Carol had her first sucess when the CBC published her short story, "Stories with John Drainie". With this encouraging sign, she continued to write. She submitted seven poems to a CBC contest and’ was surprised when all seven won. These early successes led to the Carol considers the highlight of her career to be the writing and publishing of her first book, Others, in 1972. Her writing, especially in the last few years, has been influenced by the post-modern movement. She also finds the human condition and the human mind fascinating, and this tums up in some of her works. “The mysteries of human per- sonality, especially the unpre- dictable, interest me right now I’m thinking a great deal about memory and how it selects and modifies and re-imagines our lives.” Her advice to begining wniters is “to read a lot." Also, never save any of your ideas, you should use them right away.” For those fans of Carol Shields, you can look forward to a book of poetry. In her 20's, she wrote a little, mainly in between trying to raise 5 children. Hope for Symphony by Ron "Scooter" Gordon First Estapiished in 1897, the VSO's (Vancouver Symphony Or- chestra) history was uncertain until 1930, when it was revived out of dire Straits. The Orpheum Theatre has been the home of the VSO since Oct 5, 1930. It would certainly be a ter- rible loss if after fifty-eight years the walls of the Orpheum suddenly lay dormant. The VSO has experienced a his- tory of financial difficulty since its founding and had to fold before but always managed to come back. After the 1949/50 season the sym- phony was $40,000 in debt. This is not uncommon. New Orleans & Oakland and more than a dozen other orchestras preceded the VSO. Financial hardships are synonymous with this business. Even the MSO (Montreal Symphony Orchestra), thought to be the strongest Orchestra in Canada and a contender in the North America Regime, has its hardships. Although the MSO’s supscription base is eighty percent and ninety percent of the concerts are sold out, these still has an occu- lated deficit of $600,000 (small compared to the VSO's 1.7 million but still not healthy). Attributing factors to this finan- cial stress are many, from organization of the board, to the market, to the programming...to the audience falling off." (Mayor Gordon Campbell as announced in Feb 9th press conference). For those of you who are not cer- tain what is happening, the VSO has suspended operation Jan. 26, 1988 and laid off all employees and for- warded a holding proposition to it’s ceditors etc., under chapter | | of the bankruptcy act and now has three month's to restructure. They are in the process of an in-depth marketing survey and a task force, headed by Walter Hombuger of the Canada Council, to do a study and make recommendations. Also a trust fund is being established with Max Beck ot Vancouver City Council as co-or- dinator. A fundraising drive is un- derway and groups or corporate “everything ’ sponsorships are welcome (call the VSO or Vancouver City hall for. more info). Other than that all we can do is wait for the administration to find out what course of action is possible. You can write city hall and the Premier or your MLA. "There is hope... I believe there will be a Van- couver Symphony.” (Ed Oseapela VSO administration) Tourism and Culture Minister Bill Ried said the VSO may qualify for a government- backed loan, if it develops a sound business plan for the future. Reid said: "There is a cultural requirement in B.C. for the symphony... but in order to found them, they have a business plan that flies and my min- istry has made business plans with all the major arts groups in the province on a three year basis." Mayor Gordon Campbell said: “We have enough enthusiasm in the community that its important we provide some focus for all of the separate groups that are trying to help the symphony." I will keep you apprised of the details as théy become apparent; look for updates. Look for our petitioning in sup- port of the VSO on the bulletin boards. publishing of several books of Short stories called “Dressing up for. poetry. Now, Carol considers her- the Carnival”, due for release next self "mainly a novelist." ane by Mike Roth co douglas college SEXUAL ASSAULT FORUM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1988 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. ROOM 2203 (Small Lecture Theatre) PROGRAM: FILM: “NOT A SANCTUARY" PANEL: Constable Dickson, New Westminster Police Department, Community Services Section Karen Leitch and Shirley Masuda, Women Against Violence Against Women Bob Lee, Security Plus (Douglas College Security) Moderator - Marian Exmann, Coordinator, Douglas College Women's Centre AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION AND DISCUSSION SPONSORED BY: Douglas College Personnel Department Douglas College Health & Safety Committee Douglas College Women's Centre EVERYONE WELCOME