March means theatre, jazz, choral music, literature

March is a busy month for performing
arts and literature at the College.

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Clandestine meetings, street duels, and
mistaken identities are part of the pursuit
of passion and romance at carnival time
in the Kingdom of Naples in the year
1660.

And that’s what director Douglas Newell
is reproducing on stage with the Douglas
College Theatre Department's production
of The Rover; Or The Banish’d Cavaliers
beginning March 12.

As Newell says, it’s a large-scale produc-
tion that provides a great learning
opportunity for students.

"Part of our mandate is to give challenges
to the Stagecraft people," he says. "It’s
very visual, with lots of colour and move-
ment. There’s stage combat, and there is
a master armorer in New Westminster
who’s helping make the swords."

As well, all that color and activity means
that the production lends itself well to

being interpreted into sign language for
the deaf.

The show runs March 12 & 13, 16-20 at
8pm with 2-for-1 matinees on March 13,
14 and 20 at 2pm. Signed performances
are on March 13, 16 and 17. For informa-
tions and reservations, call 527-5488.

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It has been said that the purpose of
writing is to reveal truth, but poet Anne
Michaels has a different goal.

"Personally, my desire is to have people
become more attentive to their own lives,
to just being alive. I don’t claim to know
truth," says Michaels, who teaches crea-
tive writing at the University of Toronto
and will spend a week at Douglas College
giving short readings and discussions
with creative writing students.

What Michaels does know is how to
meld diverse images into poetic repre-
sentations of humanity. Her poems are
quietly powerful and persuasive, even
sensual, and their scope is astonishing.
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The Theatre Department presents The Rover Or; the Banish’d Cavalier, the
pursuit of passion and romance in 16th century Naples, opening March 12.
Three performances (Mar. 13, 16, 17) will be signed for the deaf. (1 to r) Seen
here at rehearsal are Jason Olliver, Launi Smith, Vanessa Rooke, Thomas Large,
George Gaetano and Sara McIntyre. Call the Box Office at 527-5488 for

information.

"These are poems that go way beyond
games or fashion or politics...they repre- ee
sent the human being entire."

Michaels will read from her work at noon
on Thursday, March 11 in Room 2223.
See the Events Calendar on page 6 of this
issue for a further schedule of activities.

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Another significant event this month is
the party to celebrate the release of Blair
Fisher's compact disc called Hot Stuff on
March 20. For information on this and
many other events, see the Events
Calendar on page 6 of this issue. a

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