MAD HATTER Fringe _cont‘d Over 600 performances are scheduled, running from noon to midnight. 17,000 tickets were sold last year, and organizers are preparing for over 30,000 this year. The Mount Pleasant area will again host the ten day event, providing venues as varied as the works performed inside. From thirty seat galleries to halls accom- modating over 150 people, variety is a big part of Fringe fun. "The acts this year touch all bases, and then some," says Maratta. With over 60 original works in the lineup, and several companies performing their ver- sions of classic plays, the creativity is overwhelming." As the festival grows in stature, so do the names attending. Theatre buffs will be treated to a monologue by David Roches en- titled "Rotten to the Core." Anna Barry, the british actress who has dazzled audiences for years at the Edmonton Fringe Festival, will perform "Female Parts" by playwrights Dario Fo and Franca Rame. Headlines Theatre is join- ing the fun, as are local success stories Nicola Cavendish and David King with their original play "Nicodemus Meets King David on Main." Returning to the festival with original plays are Vancouver's Touchstone Theatre, Dark Horse Theatre, and the Angry Actor’s Co-op, who staged last year’s “Danny and the Deep Blue Sea." Calgary’s theatre company One Yellow Rabbit, two years after staging the 1986 Fringe success “Changing Bodies,” is back with “Tears of a Dinosaur." Musical theatre and dance are being presented by Vancouver’s Croation Folk Dancing Ensemble and The Cornocopia Brass, and Axis Mime’s staging of Canadian playwright Steve Petch’s comic reworking of H.G. Wells’ "The Invisible Man" is sure to be a Fringe highlight. So things are happening. Troupes from Europe and Mexico are on their way. Acts are coming from California, Minnesota, and Washington State. Over fifty shows are being performed by local companies: some returning favourites, others first timers to the Fringe. There’s something for everybody. And when word gets out, everybody will want to be there. The 4th Annual Vancouver Fringe Festival. Just you wait. For further information contact: Joanna Maratta and David Liebe at 873-3646. Congratulations.. We wish to announce that CARMEN MAHOOD is the suc- cessful applicant for Competition No. 88-039R. Carmen will be responsible for processing ap- plications and maintaining files for various closed enrollment programs. Her permanent ap- pointment commenced on the 20th of May, 1988. We are very pleased that Car- men has joined the staff of the Registrar’s Office on a permanent basis and we wish her every suc- cess in her new position. Trish Angus Welcome Brad... We are pleased to announce that Brad Barber has joined the Public Information Office as Publicist. Brad is taking over for Barbara MacLean who is on 6 months maternity leave. Marilyn Kristian Reminder.. The British Columbia Associa- tion of Colleges is holding its An- nual General Meeting on June 16 - 19 at the Harrison Hotel, Harrison Hot Springs. Don’t miss it! For information please call Vivian, Michelle of Barbara at 688-3571. Aitention.. Due to the frequent malfunc- tion of the women’s feminine protection dispensers in the women’s washrooms and the sub- sequent loss of quarters, those products will now be available from your friendly people at the switchboard and Women’s Centre. Open Learning Institute The new legislation creating the Open Learning Agency “Bill 58- 1987: Open Learning Agency Act" passed third reading in December of 1987. Copies of the Act and its regula- tion are now on file with the Deans, Bursar, and my office. If you would like to read the legisla- tion, please contact one of the above. Bill Day