2" Terrace Review - —_— = Wednesday, February 12, 1992 ; a - Me wag Lab Living j Together audience: shows ‘mixed reactions ~Run-extended: for - Character interaction is ‘the fundamental element in pulling off Alan Ayckbourn’s ‘Norman | another weekend _ ‘Gonquests segment Living Together. Audience seaction would indicate the Terrace Little” Theatre production had a Successful experience with it Saturday night. Northwest Arts And - Entertainment Calendar Tel RE. M. Lee Theatre| | | fe “Feb. 18, 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. — school performances ||. :“Hot Timés" socio-musical theatre with Axis Mime ee ||» “March 5 — Eugene Ballet present Romeo and Juliet, hosted by the. oe I Terrace Concert Society ~~ eMarch 7.— Terrace Community Band and Northwest Singers concert — 4. Caledonia Sr. Secondary School . «Feb, 22 —. 16th annual Big Band Dance, sponsored. by Terrace and Thornhill. Band Parents’ Associations _ The Terrace Inn : - sGigi’s - until Feb. 22 — Dirrenger _ Northern Motor Inn, George’s Pub — 1 sThru to Feb.15 — Long Gone | AP. “Thornhill Neighbourhood Pub _/*Feb. 14 and 15 — Joker's Wild | i --Sundays, 7 p.m. — Crib tourneys — 2 Bavarian Inn | ee “Feb. 29 — Fasching and Leap Year Dine & Dance. Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 13 | _ “Feb. 15.and 16 — Range Rockers featuring Peter Tumer ° a *Feb..21 and 22 — Dart tournament and entertainment by dirnmy L Larkin a McColl Playhouse . Feb. 13,14, and 15 — Norman Conquests’ Living Together, _ Arena Banquet Room | ‘Feb. 15 — Low Budget Blooze Band, sponsored “by Northwest _ “Development Education and Terrace District Teachers Union Elks Hall ae a Feb. 16, 4:30 p.m. — Sweetheart Dinner and Dance for seniors, | | Sponsored by Terrace Kinsmen and Kinettes, free admission. had’ . "gh" poutspatticulatly well..."A ” ‘good actor --consistent... I liked . what. she : ‘did: Her character seemed in another world." su wie - visually. “The beard-was good, — : put he should have ‘been more ‘Reviews | were. mixed after - Saturday night’s performance. of “the Terrace. Little | Theatre's -” current production Norman Con- quests Living: Together. The: . following are ‘observations made ~~ by - Terrace! Review. staff and: " members.of the theatre audience, “Acting. newcomer ° Ray: Mor- - dan’s:. _ performance -as Reg, Sarah's. ‘browbeaten but philo- sophical . “husband, was well * received, His: ‘character "breaks open the, play “keeps it going” ‘said one’ audience member, Tom, played by: John McGowan, added a counterpoint: ‘to: Reg’ 8. lines | in a’ demure role...) - The: play: ‘got. off : to a ‘slow “ start,: “with: a: few: misplaced lines and: the: timing: slightly. off. But . the. flow. ‘improved. ag the cast . | wanted : up. An energetic con- : frontation between Annie, played “by. Alison Thomson, and Sarab, played’ by. ‘Karla Hennig, brought out the ‘Jatters character, Com- “ments inéluded, "It ‘was success- ~ full Tdidn't like her... "Superb - ‘characterization!”... : "She was ; pushy, ‘overbearing and uptight." OF Annie, people said, "She great - facial expressions... Norman, . the. lead character played by. Alan Weston, "didn’t : : get, more, inside ‘the character... J /He did‘an. ‘excellent job of his dnjinken: ‘scéne.:, His best part > was,.the Scene, in which he'sang with, the: "gramophone... I liked > his’ relationship to Tom -the . most..." He’ played with Tom ! “nicely.:— he- could have shown more . of. that. with: he other = characters,”: seem, quite ‘the: devil the poster made - him: Out to: ‘be... ‘WAS melodramatic... ‘7 wanted to . One ‘observer : thought Nor- : ‘man’s costuming was wrong for -& ‘librarian,’ "His clothing por-- \ ‘rayed 109 “strong a character, his part. ‘tweedy; a.cardigan sweater with . leather elbow patches." a Ruth, played © by. Marianne ~Brorup ‘Weston, came.in for the second half of the play after 7 intermission. : member. observed, she. was too good looking for .- One | audience In a way, Norman, and too young at times. There was a vibrancy in. ‘her ‘actions and the light in her eyes belied her role... She-could have looked older, harder in her‘role as - the cold, business- oriented wife... [liked her facial express- ions." Oneaudience member was especially impressed by “Ruth’s* "right. hook" when she slapped - Norman’s face in a heated atgu- ment. . ‘The set was drab and unre- markable, ‘in keeping with the time and place of the play, re- quiring lights to “be placed at many levels to accommodate the. actors’ -different . heights . and sitting or standing positions. Sound in the play was well” done. The. gramophone to which . Norman sang "Girls were made to love" worked beautifully;. or appeared to. The voices through “the jelephone ‘recelver were very realistic and the musical prelude to Acts 1 and 2 set the mood nicely. One audience member * commented . that since the cat . played such a large, although | invisible part of the play, he — would have liked: to hear it ‘meow. “The net result of the actors’ interaction was enjoyable. It all relied on the characters’ rela- tionships being equal ‘and bal-' anced, The resolution of the plot appeared to work well, with the audience discovering, it at the same time Reg did. Living Together will be show- ing this weekend. and, due to “popular demand, will also be showing next weekend, Visit Jeans. North or the Bank of ‘Montreal for ‘tickets and more -details.. os era peste ese HA PTSD PEE MEINE Cy soma I Ee.