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Nov. 27, 1986. Page 10

Before, during, and_ since Expo
you may have heard, in between
your CIS classes and the 7-
the faint
of the performing arts
brought to you by the 6:00 news.
Well it’s a real problem in Van-
couver. You know, all those

- buildings you saw on the outside

of Expo’s barbed wire fences.
Some of those buildings happen
to be theatres, and some of those
theatres have- plays now and
then. Can you say P-L-A-Y? I
knew you could. It’s like a 3-D
movie, only there are real people
in front of you. That’s right, real
people. Scary isn’t it?

One of those theatres, The
Firehall Theatre, has opened
their °86-’87 season with “Life

Skills” , a comedy by David King.
And comedy it is, hilarious as a
matter of fact.

Besides being entertaining, a
good play reflects and builds up-
on or exposes and destroys social

roles and myths. “Life Skills”
concentrates on the latter, and
sometimes you'll find you’re

laughing at yourself as well as the
majority of this society’s mind-

less sheep who, if given half a
glimpse at themselves, would be

_ immediately thrown face to face
with their absurd realities.

; “Life Skills” begins with some

The Other Press

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——Orher Entertainment —
After Expo Life Skills

very silly, absurd cartoons which
are very funny. These cartoons
prepare the audience for a play
which is somewhat silly, absurd
and very funny BUT _ there
are subtle sarcastic — overtones.
The victim is society. “Life Skills”
makes fun of people and _ their
‘reality’, the roles we play in ev-
eryday life. What is life? Life is a
series of vignettes, funny, sad,
scary, emotional, embarrassing,
etc... “The obstacles in life are not
meant to be overcome, rather
they prevent us from going
where we are not supposed to
be.” “Life Skills” is basically clips
of a very long community TV talk
show. Hosted by a nerdy inter-
viewer who becomes enlighten-
ed. The guest is an artsy, philos-

‘ophical woman who is going to

be holding “Life Skills” work-
shops - you know, “How to cope
with life.” “It’s all about connect-
ing. Survival and adapting”.

In between clips of the inter-
view there are short vignettes -
“How to talk to children’,
“Avoiding religion”, “When to
stop eating’’, etc...

The set is simple but versatile
(a major key word in this play).
Consisting of 5 TV’s, steel bars
(almost like a sculpture) and a
center stage platform. Through-
out the show, the stage is trans-

Gore, downtown.

ing to the spirit of the dead ani-

 

formed into suitable settings for
each vignette - the bosses office,
a trendy city diner, and a Theatre
lobby.

The whole play is carried by
Nicola Cavendish, an incredible, |
versatile actress and the superb
actor David King. Nicola and
David portray many _ different
people. People you and I know,
some unique, some _ stereotypi-
cal: a Jehova’s Witness, a gay
male, a wealthy eccentric wom-
an, etc...

The situations are familiar,
which means when we _ laugh,
we’re laughing at ourselves, our
friends or maybe just a fellow
human being. Who would of
thought that our lives, which at
the times seemed Ohhh so ser-
iously important are actually
comical. Whew! What awe. I
must say I haven’t been so en-
lightened since Lister Sinclair’s
lecture. :

Anyways, “Life Skills” is really
great and I highly recommend
that everyone runs down to the
Firehall theatre at Cordova and

And remember, “when and if
you say grace before a meal, un-
less you are a vegetarian, what
you are really doing is apologiz-

 

mal on your plate.”

The Douglas College Choral -
Society has openings in. tenor
and bass sections for the spring
term. The society is open to sing-
es with previous choral exper
ence and is offered under the
Douglas College Community
Programs and Services. Choir
fees are $30.00 per term,

The April concerts will see the
ensemble performing Beetho-

ven's “Choral Fantasia” Op. 80

and “Calm Sea and Prosperous
Voyage” and Cherubini’s “Re-
quiem in C-minor” with orches-
tral accompaniment. |

For a brief auditions, call the
director, Tatsuo Hoshina at 520-
5400, local 3225.

 

 

 

 

 
 

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Certain individuals have understandibly misunderstood the

—— function (if any) of page 14 in the last issue. “Teknékal

Overload” is a reaction/montage of style, thought and

life in general in London, 1987.

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