Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 26, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba B2 saturday free july simple group simply intriguing continued from b1 the master and Margarita theatre simple Mac Rupert and Lily five stars for three simple the successful adaptation of a russian novel to a Canadian stage by the Seattle troupe that co produced Mother courage and her Chil the Fine work of the ensemble of All play two or More characters at lightening with detailed every move is and 100 per cent Monique Kleinhans brings a full rounded Dev Ilish figure to charming Andrew Litzky and James Cowan turn out two perfect As there is always a mad Man or two in a russian and the cast is completed just right by Amy Augustine and Illysa its hard to believe these Are five separate they work together As though they were one living the direction is Crisp and there is nothing extraneous on the As far As the Story its a Little too complicated to get into without writing an which attests All the More to the skills of the ensemble they make it make warning there is but its equal Opportunity and not at All a play for the Fringer on the prowl for Michelle Tourneau super de unlimited those terrible children Mac up the 174 Market this Oneman Blitzkrieg of comedy from Edmonton has landed with a superhuman show that is guaranteed to yank you out of your fringed out Chris writer and is a boy on his Way to becom Fig a Man without knowing what exactly it is to be a with an hallucination at the local Safeway where a bum in a dirty Trench coat draws him into another super de is a superhero unlike any he leaps from escapade to desperately wanting to save lives and fulfil his playing a Bevy of bizarre and absolutely human Craddock Dis plays a exemplary array of and bittersweet from one moment to the the audience is at his and happily every comic Book has sound effects and so Craddock has musician Andy Northrup joining him to throw in All the zaps and not to mention the right ambiance for flying and leap ing that every hero this is one of the Best Comingo Fage stories youre Likely to dont Michelle Tourneau Phil free press kids should learn about canoes As Early As possible to enjoy the great tiny canoeists get flood lesson sleepy Little River not quite the same the Lasalle beckoned last Only to Surprise our sleepy Little Canoe River had changed dimensions since last the flood of the still flexing its had raised the Lasalles level at least five feet Over what we had the River hid the Small Weir at the water lapped a Good 10 feet up the sloped Bank of our usual Putin near the Entrance of la Barriere the Landing itself was rugged with bulldozed Earth and but what surprised us most Lay another 15 feet above our Heads along the River perched in the limbs of overhanging Trees were logs of no Small scraps of tangled branches and Odd hunks of excoriated the sight raised All sorts of questions from the two smallest could the River really have been that High apparently what happened to the animals in sure there All will those chunks fall on our Heads our usual Bank hugging route gave Way to a dedicated paddle up the As natural history 101 its easy to share the great outdoors with Chil Dren from the Bottom of a its that get Ting into the Canoe that sometimes can be we have been taking our two Ages six and on Daylong Canoe trips for the past three one would think that experience would build and in no time at the youngsters would be humming Voyageur songs As they mastered the biceps our reality is less each Outing requires an adjustment punctuated by such com Mon refrains in not getting into that this life jackets or this boat is too Tippy and if anybody in getting once the paddles or More Likely Clunk along the sides of our aluminium the key to canoeing happiness with children Lay in Confidence building the ear Lier the according to Pat Barker and Perry the couple operates paddling Pur a canoeing adventure company that also teaches Handson courses at fort Whyte nature for a province full of self taught a special course May seem a bit unnecessary until that 10yearold balks at anything else mom or dad May have to say on the its really for for your spouse to be teaching you How to do said who had just returned from a trip on the bl6odvein River with a family from Childs play Martha Helgerson kids Are More eager if mom and dad Are not teaching them so they get the right skills from the she Correct skills make a longer Canoe trip More efficient and and less Mcgregor pointed regardless of children ideally should be introduced to As Early As possible so it seems a natural Way to he dont just drop the experience in their based on their Here Are some More ideas for family canoeing plan routes if time walk around the site before you launch the outfit the child with appropriately sized gear a paddle of a proper and a life jacket that think if you have no canoeing expert enrol in a course to see if this pastime is for you and set the Rule that even must Wear a personal flotation device while in the if it gives you added bring along a cellular phone for dress appropriately for the Sun Protection is essential through Sun screen or Long sleeved do a test run at a Small like fort where you can rent talk about trim and explain balance that Why everyone cant stand up real fast in a Canoe or lean if a Standard Canoe seems too try the larger Voyageur Avail Able for rental at Oak Hammock keep the inaugural trip 60 minutes or dont be Picky about focus on having resist the urge to let younger children paddle from their Duffer positions in the Middle of the for real buy some foldout seats to fit along the boats bring along fresh drinking water and a Shore Side picnic makes a Good Halfway 9 dont forget to enjoy your canoeing provides a ringside seat to the unfold ing Panorama of natures and sometimes its a terrific Way to be out in the environment and to show that to your Mcgregor tit for Tat or boycotting cocktail favours the conspiracy network Ace 290 Mcdermot and 8 this ones the real the kind of show adventuresome theatregoers Hope to find at the the Winnipeg troupe wowed audiences last year with a similarly inventive in Vitro at Mother this year Treyve brought their own the Ace Art which Treyve used to full audience members sit on tumbling Mats in the Centre of the the action takes places on the four White Clad actors Jonas Sarah Tannis Kohut and Grimard Are hilarious in their impersonations of Vari Ous members of three class differentiated fam they serve ice Tea in paper cups before the show they unfurl White sheets from the gallery ceiling which form a kind of Sundial that ticks off the plays writer Michelle director Phillip Duncan and designer Eric Bosse employ visual symmetries in the most arresting they appear to be working on a whole other level from Runof Hemill fringe but whats it about they quote Oscar Wilde in a society governed by empty conventions and false it is necessary to cultivate an elegant personal Morley Walker Gertrude Stein and a companion Naomi Cooke productions Mac Rupert at Lily in literary legend Gertrude Stein met a woman named Alice Toklas and their lives were transformed by each other Gertrude Stein and a companion is a scintillating drama about two extraordinary women who became lovers and but the focus is on the woman in steins Toklas was steins biggest supporter and even became her Selling paintings Given to them by their Friend Picasso to subsidize printing but she was eclipsed by the larger Hanife who was friends with literary figures such As Ernest powerfully acted by fringe favourites Naomi Cooke As Toklas and Lisa Harrison As this funny and emotionally gripping play makes you forget youve been in your seat for 90 much of the credit for this production goes to the script by win Wells and the direction by Brent a Winnipeg modern dance the final moments of the play Are hauntingly Garth Buchholz i Trieve pm tou too Arpir be opened 1 Ufa baby blues l Fhate it my crankshaft 8 wow Taftt next 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