. page 12 January 31, 1986

ONLY IN VANCOUVER

Dear Na! Get away from the hustle
and bustle of Toronto! Book yourself a
flight on C.P. Air and COME OUT
WEST!!! Where else in the world do
‘‘Mountains meet the sea, buses
float, and trains fly?’’ I’m telling you
it’s Only in Vancouver!

_ Just because the sunshine dis-
appears for over half the year is no
reason to avoid lotus land&LOOK—
we have mountains! The Ocean!
Gardens! AND we’re NUMBER ONE,
we have the Grey Cup, Ha Ha Ha!

Toronto may have the CN Tower
and Eaton’s Centre, Edmonton may
have The West Edmonton Mall BUT
Vancouver has B.C. Place and Expo
‘86! | mean...like WOW!

If you don’t like the city, the Lower
Mainland has many districts. Surrey,
complete with tough guys The West:
End, where you don’t need red hot
video if you have binoculars, unless
you want to watch without them
watching you! Kitsilano, home of the
fitness fanatic. You too can look like
the girl in the Ron Zalco ad!!

Be a bit reserved when thinking of
getting involved with the stocks, in
Vancouver they are a bit risky. You
may not lose your shirt but you could
very well lose (almost) everything

The Other Press

else—who needs Chippendales! Yow!
Expo ‘86 may turn into Sexpo ‘86.

“Life ain’t given the prostitutes what
they are owed.’’ They just KEEP
MOVIN from Davie to Mt. Pleasant to

» warehouse.

Nevertheless, B.C. is inviting the
World! and you can be sure everyone
will ‘“HAVE A NICE DAY!!’’ Can’t
you just picture the Rah Rah’s? At the

P.N.E., the side show is A Salute to

Expo, complete with a pavillion hat

show, the glowing golfball, Dome

sweet Dome, Canada Place, and The

History of ‘Transportation from the

Indian canoe to the airplane—all the
way up the transportation evolUtion
scale to Grace McCarthy and the
Skytrain, ‘‘a technological miracle!’’

So Na, Only in Vancouver has
music, singing, neato costumes and
lots of laughs. It is well worth ex-
periencing for yourself! !

P.S. B.C. is not just a play- ground
for Jim Pattison and Mike Harcourt!!

Lyrics are by Daphne Goldrick.
Music by Bruce Kellet, and the cast
(in alphabetical order) are: Lynda
Boyd (seen as Magenta in The Rocky
Horror Pictur Show), Babs Chula
(seen in Cheap Sentiment,
Tina, and Grace!), John Payne (nice

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

By Paul Pilon

Have you ever been concerned
about the effects of unemployment
brought on by computers? How peo-
ple let their work define who they are
and what they do? Curious about how
these factors affect the family, love,
caring and dignity? Well, that’s what
Frank Moher’s new play, Odd Jobs is
about.

In this sense, Odd Jobs is by no
means new, since conflicts between
the ‘‘working man’’ and technology
have been going on for centuries.
Where this play excells above many of
the books, plays and movies that work
within this theme is the hope it offers.
It does not deal with the redundant
theme. of personal tragedy.

Tim (John Ormerod), a welder who
has been replaced by an ‘’automatic
welding arm’’, finds himself raking
leaves for Mrs. Phipps (Mary Monks),
a slightly senile but feisty - retired

math professor.

While Tim’s wife, Ginette (Crystal
Fralick), studies computering at night
while working at a job she despises
during the day. Eventually Tim is
domesticated, taking care of Phipps
and her yard, as well as cooking at
home. When Ginette is offered a good
job in another city, Tim is torn be-
tween the two women and all -three
are faced with some very difficult

choices.

Odd Jobs is running until February
Ist, after which Destiny will begin

February 5th. .

HUMAN SEX

This is a show in which a highly
physical dance evolves in a musical
frame as researched as the dance.
The two worlds create an anarchy on
stage which does not obey the rules of
polite co-existence. Each medium
attracts the audience’s attention
which duplicates the anarchy and
pleasure of anarchy in our society.

The dance in itself is highly com-
plex and risk-oriented. Risk creates
passion because it stimulates hope.
The greater the risk, the greater the
hope it encourages, and when it is
stylized on stage it reaches for the
same fundamental response.

Finally, the perceived sex roles are

erased. The women move, carry,
jump and are as physical as the men.
This is another fundamental risk.

Performances at Vancouver East
Cultural Centre (1895 Venables at Vic-
toria Dr.) February 6 to 8 at 8:30 p.m.
Tickets at VTC/CBO, 254-9578 and
280-4444.

The dance, performance art and
musical spheres interact continuously
through the use of light beam musical
machines which use white and laser
light. These beams, when interrupted
by movement such as hand dances,
trigger percussive sounds, thus clari-
fying movement by creating a direct
relationship between it and sound.

Great -

 

 

 

legs!), Dean Regan (are your horses
winners?) and Ann Warn Pegg. Great
cast, fantastic show. But Please do
not smoke (cough) during the show.
Just Enjoy!

For a madcap look at the city we
love, Only in Vancouver is now live on

Therefore, a portion of the musical
content is directly linked to the visual
complexity of the dance. The dancer
accompanies himself without having
to change artistic mediums.

Though this is not necessarily new,
the musical integrity to which it is
applied creates a contemporary sup-
port to an imaginative and ‘‘actual’’
musical style created by Randall Kay
and Louis Seize, two young Canadian
composers.

Electric guitar, synthesizer, drum
machines, live vocals, sound effects
and technicians are all ingredients in
the piece.

 

 

JORN CAME POD 4 MARY MONKS

stage at The Revue Theatre Stage,
Granville Island. Showtimes are Mon-
day to Friday at 8:30 p.m.; Saturday
at 6:30 and 9:30 p.m.; also Wednes-
day at 5:30 p.m. For tix, call the Arts
Club Box office at 687-1644 or VTC/
CBO at 280-3311.

by KIRSTIN SHAW

 

SUPPORT LOCAL THEATRE

TALENT

Burwestcofest (Burnaby, Westmin-
ster, Coquitlam, Port Moody Festival)
will be in the Douglas College theatre
on Feb. 12, 13, and 14. The local high
schools will be performing one act
plays which will be critically ad-
judicated. Tickets are $1.00 for stu-
dents and $2.00 for adults. Curtain is