Cross a group of cash-desperate housewives with a punk-rock contest and you get something like actress Croena McDonald’s character in the Arts Club Theatre production of Angry Housewives. The play is to be staged at the R.E.M. Lee Theatre April 117.

Glen Erickson photo,

Arts club’s big one to hit Terrace —§

The Arts Club Theatre returns to Terrace next month with “Angry Housewives’’. April 11th at the R.E.M. Lee, the cur- tains will open on ‘‘a nice bun- cha gals who can’t make money any way besides winning a punk rock contest’,

_ Angry Housewives, the Arts, “Club Theatre’s most frequently

requested production, will be reaching its 1,000th perform-

ance while on tour. It’s on the.

road from Surrey to Victoria, Prince George, Smithers, Ter- race and rocking into Prince Rupert for a grand finale.

In the play Bev, Carol, Jetta and Wendi (played by Karin Konoval, whom we saw recently as the wacky maid in Noel

Coward’s ‘‘Hay Fever’’), are four friends. with contemporary lifestyles and related problems. Bev is a widow with a teenage son, Tim, Her husband died when she showed him the bills . one evening before dinner. She is having great financial dif- ficulties and is not coping well. with her life. Carol is a’ high school teacher, divorced and very self-sufficient. Jetta is the

“perfect housewife” married to ‘an oppressive

“perfect hus- band’’, Larry, a social-climbing lawyer. Wendi is a disc jockey;

full of energy and life, she is the

youngest of the group. _

_ Tickets are now on sale at Er- win's in the Skeena Mall. Re-. served seating, so book early.

Festival gala on CBC

Musicians from all over the Pacific Northwest are gathering in Terrace to compete in the Pacific Northwest Music Festi- val. For 25 years. this annual contest has been showcasing the area’s amateur musicians. In celebration of this silver anniver- sary event, CBC Radio is broad- casting the festival’s gala perfor- mance Saturday, March 24 be- ginning at 7 p.m.

The evening will feature the

WORD OF MOUTH

winners from many of the festi- val’s categories. The program

will be hosted by Marylin

Davies, who sits on the festival’s executive committee. The gala will be recorded by David French and Don Genova, the hosts of Daybreak in Prince Rupert, as well as by music engineer Richard Campagne. The program is produced by Lin Moody.

On the small screen

Video reviews by Harriett Fjaagesund

Young Einstein

Starring Yahoo Serious, Odile Le Clezio, John Howard. Produced by Yahoo Serious. Directed by Yahoo Serious. Rating: PG. Running Time: 90 minutes. |

Albert Einstein, portrayed by Yahoo Serious, leaves the fami- ly apple orchard back in ‘Fasmania to solve the riddle of the universe.

_ Enduring hardships that would make a smarter man turn around and go home,

_’ Albert finally makes it to the

-’"Faainland and into the big city. There he meets and falls in love with Marie Curie (Odile Le

- Clezio). | ’ He is.all set to patent his ideas about splitting atoms, Ex- cept you can’t patent ideas. He has to come up with an inven- tion first. This blows the wind out ‘of his-sails, but Albert Finstein isn’t ready to give up

just yel.— | —_ “And. from.there the movie

runs amok. Einstein invests everything from electric guitars (in case you’re scratching your head and wondering, this is 1906) to all those little bubbles found in beer. .

I’m not really sure what to say about Young Einstein. It’s probably one of the silliest movies I’ve ever had to endure, But it is funny in a rather corn- ball way,

There is one scene in the

‘lunatic asylum I objected

strongly to. Live kittens are put into a pie and baked in the

~ oven. Albert manages to rescue

them at the last possible mo- ment. I guess this scene was meant to be funny, but the humor was lost on me.

The Last Warrlor

Starring Gary Graham, | Maria Holvoe, Cary-Hiroyuki Tazawa. Produced by Keith Watkins. Directed by Martin Wragee. Rating: R. Running Time; 94 minutes,

It is the spring of 1945, just after Pearl Harbor. The ~ Japanese empire has all but crumbled. The last great battle- ship, the Yamato, is desperate- ly seeking a safe harbor.

There is one island that is

‘suitable, But there is a pro-

blem. C41, a: spotter on the island for the allied forces, refuses to surrender.

A small task. force swarms

the island, taking the islanders - —

hostage. But Gibbs and a. Catholic sister (Gary Graham

and Maria Holvoe) manage to

escape.

Gibbs is fighting to keep them.alive until an allied ship can pick them up. So far luck

has been on his side. But he

still has to face the last war- rior. — | 7

I thought this movie was rather good even though it did drag in some spots. But if you're looking for big battles

_and big guns, this isn’t the movie for you. I couldn’t find arating, so I give it an R,

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