Fe arm nS OE Se I NTE Pr ererremnnnes es TT Wednesday April 11th, 1984 THE OTHER PRESS page 15 .-. afone of course. With summer approaching, the Other Press will no~ longer be available, and its fantastic entertain- ment section will be missed by its faithful readet’s. To make sure that you don’t die of withdrawal symp- toms, the O.P. entertainment staff will outline some of the upcoming events in the music world. ae ST = a =f An evening of two One Act plays will be presented in the Douglasf College Performance theatre, Aprilt’ 17 at 7:30 and 8:00 P.M. An ad of One by ROB!N ROBERTSON The two plays: New Canadian Kid,} a childrens’s play by Dennis Foon;}*: and Rites, an adult play by Maureenf ,*’ Duffy will be performed by Douglas} ..-’ College’s Performing Arts students}: with direction by PascaleBest andj;-< Warren Johnson. » ee New Canadian Kid was originally}. <” written for Green Thumb Produc-{*:. tions from interviews with young]. - Canadian immigrants from suchp ” countries as China, Russia, Spain'** and Vietnam. Green Thumb toured}, +: the play in over 115 B.C., Alberta,|:; and Ontario schools in the Fall of}*-® 1981 and later booked it for another|* + 60 performances, including a week at] London, England’s Newham Inter- , national Festival of Theatre in Edu- 2 cation. ; By merging many of the children’s interviews, Dennis Foon developed the character of a ‘new Canadian kid’. In order to have the audience identify with the immigrant child's Albums worth checking. out this spring include David Gilmeurs solo effort, About +Face; Queen’s The Works, and Ammoria Avenue from the Alan Parsons Project. Dire Straits have finally released a follow up to their highly. successful Love Over Gold L.P. It’s a double live album called Alchemy, and hope- fully Dire Straits will tour North America to support its release. Those of you who follow the ‘“‘New Music’’ scene will be pleased to know that Rank and File’s new record, Long Gone Dead, will be available in May. 12 inch singles and e.p.’s, currently the rage, have been released by X and Art of Noise respectively. And R.E.M., big win- ners with the critics in 1983, will release Reckoning soon. Concerts Some of the bands who will swing through Vancouver on tour this summer include Saga, Rush and Duran Duran. On the maybe list are some real blockbusters, like the Clash and Bruce Springsteen. Probably the most worthwhile concert this summer will be the Vancouver Folk Music Festival ex- travaganza. For three solid days, July 13-15, musicians from Canada, the United States, Latin America, and England will put on a fantastic show for a very reasonable cost. On the Music Front. New Releases Other News We have received news that the federal government, due to_ in- creased pressure from: the public, will be establishing a Loverboy Help/Relief Hot-line. {f you really hate Loverboy, as a true Canadian should, this Hotline will help cool you down when the band invades the airwaves. Religious authorities in Paducah, Kentucky have recently, banned the recordings of Nana Mouskouri, cit- ing the preoccupation with Satan in - her lyrics. This move follows closely on the heels of the banning of Air Supply, Zamfir, Anne Murray, and Kenny Rogers. ‘Said Reverend Peter Pulpit, Paducah’s reigning minister, ‘these musicians are corrupting our your, and must be stopped at any cost!’’ Why am I here, you ask? fo read the Book / ‘dilemma, the ‘new Canadian kid’, Act Plays =t7- speaks English, while all the Can- ‘ladians speak an invented language 4 ¢, Jof gibberish. =| “New Canadian Kid focuses on the + [confusion and alienation experienced jby many second language students in. our Canadian schools. Says Best, ‘‘The play is about © Jimmigrants that move to a new %, % |country called ‘Homeland’. It is a “a moral comedy.’’ : Best also adds_ that the Douglas ‘| College students have already been | performing the play in elemantary <:| schools around the area. Following New Canadian Kid is ites, a Women’s Black eteeey ¢Jand human ahi and is a ftright- eningly heavy social drama. -} Says Warren Johnson, ‘Rites deals with the affects that prejudice . and dehumanization can have on people.’’ Posters warn that the play is directed towards an adult audience Ma and is not recommended for child- ren. Rites will be entered to compete in- Sthe Theatre BC Festival of Perform- ing Arts.