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WHITBY FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAy. NOVEMBER 14,-1979,;PAGE S5 etween..You and Me B '.IIu- members. We need new members, active members. Apart from acting, stage hands, makeup people and prop people are always ini demand. First night, traditionally is reserved for Senior Citizens, free tes and cookies are served. On the final nlght there is always a cest party for everyone wlth food and a cash bar. Tbre productions a year are given and if you subecribe you wilJ be sure of your seat on what every evenlng you choose to go. With ail our newcomers in town we should always bave a ful bouse. Ail the productions take place in the theatre at the Centenial Building. - Tbere is a youth group, eleven years to elghteen, now thrity strong. They put on two productions a year which they choose themselves and do skits whlch they bave put to- gether. They too have workshopa. Whltby- produced a well know actress who later became quite famous on Broadway. .Joan Hill a teacher by profession directs the youth group and get's the very best from them. So newcomers, help our Whitby Comniunity Theatre. Wives bring your husbands out; they'il enjoy it. If your chlldren show a flair for acting lt's ail here. Maybe we can produce a few more stars. About Bert Heaver and the *Whîiby Theatre WhltbY Community Theatre and Bert ifeaver, our Peter Perry award winner, are alinost inseperable; they need each other!1 Bert, an, engaging man« is a man of con- siderable energy;' enthusiastic and keen. He 18 a great asset toour theatre company. Bert, a native of England, came to« Canada in the fiftîes, bruuing wlth-hlm experience in acting and writing skills. As a school boy he'acted on stage, put plays to-gether and wrote sklts. Later on during the war he entertained troops, put shows on at reast areas and even on tropp ships, once while on their way to the middle east. This was generaly vaudeville entertainment, often improvised along the way. Bert has put to-getherand,4irected tbree spring musical revues. These were fund raisers and the company is in the black rather than in the red as it was at one time. lie writes scripts and is the M.C. for the Flying Club's-annual stint. Also, he does the scripts and directs skits for the Whitby Rotary Club. Bert's wife Eve is also involved. lier specialty 18 makeup, a very necessary part of the theatre which demands great expertise. She knows ail the tricks of thç' trade. The Night of the Iguana was an example. She has attended courses and seminars put on by ACT (Association of, Community Theatres). ACT sends out a buionthly newsletter inî bookiet form containing information about theatre groups across the province. Workshops information about theatre groupa, across the province. Workshops and weekendseminars are set up to update and'upgrade theatre. Ail members of the Heaver family are involved with ac- ting, the fatiier an acomplished actor, the mother has made her acting' debut, their daughter a nurse who now lives in B.C. acts and has started things movlng out there and their son wlth the armed services in Edmonton 18 an actor too. 1"There's no business like show business." Whitby Theatre won four awards given by channel il in co-operation with Mega Media - best director, Bert Heaver, best actor, Jim Cheyne, best actress, Mary Ellen Soltys. Gail Cheyne received on behaif of the Whitby- Co., the award for best overail production. An award was also received from the recreation department for their con- tribution to Community Theatre. Commitnity Theatre thrieves in England and Europe. In Canada it bas been an uphifi battie. We have-had to fight for reconition of the arts. People need to be made aware of and exposed to Theatre.' People are becoming aware of what they want and realize theatre must be supported money wise. 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