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iweekgnper januarymt994 p entertainment ku photoalan shackleton little shop of horrors at markville secondary simeon tse left as seymour tim watkinson centre as mr mush- little shop of horrors the musical runs jan 1215 at the school nike and kelly hamilton as audrey examine a quaint little plant tickets are 9 for adults and 5 for seniors and children to order while rehearseing for markville secondary schools production of call the school at 9408840 and ask for the music department broken up on stage at champagne dinner theatre the champagne dinner theatres latest produc tion broken up is now on stage the nick hall comedy tells the story of meg and tom owens who are in the process of ending their marriage megs in the middle of moving out but tom isnt quite sure he wants to sign the final papers further adding to the confusion are the advances of an amorous landlord and a fasttalking divorce lawyer regular dinnertheatre packages at champagne are 3295 while tickets for the show only are 1250 for more information on tickets and reservations please call 4758895 the champagne dinner theatre is located in the hojo inn at 555 cochrane dr in markham new manager wants to raise theatres profile alan shackleton and that doesnt just mean for the she admitted that when she h weekender staff actors on the stage but for our applied for the job of publicity co- m tlnnnln pirr io lnnbinn fnonrn1 i anrlipnrps as wpll thats flip rnlp of nrrlinatnr sho aiant knnw a int immsniflbbmbinbhr alan shackleton weekender staff bonnie craig is looking forward to the many challenges of her new job as manager of markham theatre its very exciting im chomping at the bit to get at it she said dur ing an interview recently at the the atre craig 31 will ultimately be responsible for the acts the theatre books for its professional season in 199495 and since 95 is markham theatres 10th anniversary season craig said its the perfect opportu- nity to make the theatre more well known this is one of the most beautiful busy and successful municipal arts centres in canada and this is a great chance to blow our own horn she explained the theatres publicity co-ordina- tor for the last 15 months craig became manager after the depar ture of marc quinn who has gone on to manage the ottawa ballet quinn had been with markham theatre for eight years owned by the town of markham the 528seat theatre is run by the towns department of culture and recreation and its mandate is to split stage time equally between professional community and school productions part of our role is to nurture the arts in the community said craig and that doesnt just mean for the actors on the stage but for our audiences as well thats the role of the arts to stimulate peoples imag inations craig has a wealth of experience in the the atre partic ipating in high school productions while grow ing up in etobicoke then going on to study arts admin istration at york uni versity from uni versity she went right to a two- year stint with the stratford festival stratford was a lucky break and i learned so much in my two years there it was an unbelievable place after stratford craig was with waterwood productions and then the canadian stage company which operates out of torontos st lawrence centre i 1w she admitted that when she applied for the job of publicity co ordinator she didnt know a lot about markham theatre the buzz around toronto was that it was a beautiful facility with great audience support but that was all i knew i would real ly like to raise the theatres profile downtown craig said ticket sales indicate people are coming from as far away as oakville and oshawa to attend markham theatre shows and the reputation is growing however the bulk of the audience is still from markham and immedi ately surrounding communities such as scarborough richmond hill and stouffville in order to ensure a 10th anniver sary professional season that pleas- this is one of the most beautiful busy and successful municipal arts centres in canada and fhis is a great chance to blow our own horn bonnie craig es the community the theatre has been conducting surveys of audi ence members this year were asking people what theyve seen and what they want to see here said craig after 10 years we want to make sure were doing the right things she added that as the community changes so must the theatre wed like to connect the professional artists to the community more craig added that the support of markham theatre chair of the board of management karen mug- ford has been invaluable recently as has the help of program commit tee members david scott dorothy moore dorothy gravel and bonnie v y