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BRADY BUNCH INSCHOOL BONNIE PRUDDEN CONTEST Exc TUE PROGRAMMING SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN HERES LUCY SESAME STREET for black light actors THUR Greek Horixonn TUE THUR 915 100 TORONTO CP The bers of the audience saying as STARTED AS HOBBY 9° troupe was edgy With only five they left the club That was The 30yearold Hamilton na Exc fiéfifiggflfs MATCH days left to go until their per the greatest show Ive ever tive is the founder and driving MOM wmo1 amt Mom YOUNG AND THE NEWS formance at special Washing seen force behind the group Puppe 511555 ALL IN THE FAMILY ton dimer for US President Still Ms Dupuy admits that try was her hobby as child READALONG TODAY FROM nous HALL snow Jimmy Carter nothing seemed to be going right in dress re hearsal The scene Director Diane Dupuy angrily shouts out orders to the 12 young people who make the Torontobased blacklight theatre troupe Famous People Players It is early Saturday morning Some performers are late arriving others miss their cues Props are misplaced the timing is off Move it move it Ms Du puy shouts Youre going to have one hour to set up in Washington and if you dont move it youre not going to have time for rehearsal If you blow this Washington performance the press will be all over it The actors scurry about and somehow out of all the turmoil they manage to pull together the show that has won them glowing reviews across North America As the lights dim in their warehousetumedstudio huge fluorescent donkeys fly across the stage chickens and pea cocks dance in chorus line giant mouse pounds on grand piano and multicolored fish float weightlessly through the air The fantasy creatures are puppets propelled by the actors who crawl leap and run about the stage Clad entirely in black including their hooded faces through which the puppeteers only have small black net to see and breathe they are in visible to the audience PLAYED VEGAS The players have seen their names on marquees in Las Vegas where they have ap peared with pianist Liberace four times toured Canada sev eral times appearing with sym phony orchestras and had their own television special In review of their first Las Vegas performance critic wrote The company of 12 inspired and gifted young people is sure to be among Lees Liberace most illustrious discoveries Another reviewer reported that he heard numerous mem the troupe was scared about the early May Washington dinner presented for the presidents committee on employment of the handicapped had spec The dinner ial significance for the troupe because nine of the 12 per formers are mentally retarded fact that Ms Dupuy does not publicize because she does not feel it is significant Were not going to stay alive as group because we have label because people pity us Well only stay alive as long as the audiences want us as long as we keep on top and keep im proving she says People dont hire you be cause youre mentally retar ded They dont care about that Wed be fired if the act was no good They dont need sym pathy she says of her per formers Theyre absolutely no different than any other theatre group and Im as hard on them as would be on anybody else No Cuckoo Author Ken Kesey says he wishes high and she later went on to per form at such places as the Ca nadian National Exhibition in Toronto In 1974 while working with the mentally retarded as part of her psychology studies she decided that the handicapped had the ability to form profes sional troupe and could in tegrate themselves into the community The work was painftu slow at the beginning and the actors worked 10hour days learning dances movements and co ordination It took two years to master all the nuances and movements of lifesize Liber ace puppet lts not becausethe kids are retarded but because black light is one of the most difficult techniques theatre has Ms Dupuy says noting that it took puppeteers at the Disney Stu dios in Los Angeles four years to perfect similar Pinocchio Puppet But her performers learned through repetition and sheer doggedness Black light isan ingenious theatrical technique which can make puppets seem to move appear and disappear on their own It was first performed in Czechoslovakia On darkened stage fluor escent props and puppets are lit by ultraviolet light which al though invisible to the human eye makes the puppets and props glow while the manipula tors dressed entirely in black remain unseen One of the acts the group took to Washington was Las Vegasstyle cabaret featuring lifelike puppets of Elvis Pres ley gyrating through the song Viva Las Vegas Barbra Strei sand singing torch song and Liberace grinning his way through tune on his cande labraadorned grand piano Up to four players must work SChOOl the feet hands and mouths of teachers would take his the puppets which cost from book One Flew Over the 3000055000 Cuckoos Nest out of the classroom and replace it with Shakespeare or the Bible The Famous People Players are currently rehearsing new show in Toronto The Sorcerer Apprentice which they hope to take on tour later this year 930 CARD SHARKS ficable BARRIES COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING STATION May 2024 Sunday May 20 200 pm Church Service 300 The Bible And How It Came To Us part 330 KeepOn Movin teen dance show 400 AlIonsY French 430 Salvation Army infor on Armies work 500 Church Service 600 Employment Barrie Student Employment Cen tre 630 Talent Gallery 700 Quota Club Noise Pollu tion 730 Its Your Business Family Law Pt 800 Quilting info on the Art Eastview Tuesday May 22 130 pm Salvation Army briefs PLAY WORLD PREMIERE CHARLOTTETOWN CP The Charlottetown Festival will open on June 25 with the world premiere of On Summers Night musical comedy by Jim Betts The play based on the characters and predica ments of Shakespeares Mid summer Nights Dream is di rected by Pat Armstrong and features Doug Chamberlain in the role of King Oberon SINGERS PERFORM TORONTO CP Irmadian pop singers Alma Faye Brooks Lisa Ile Hello and Bob Mc Bride were signed to perform at this years Metropolitan Toronto Police Association ben cfit concert at Maple Leaf Gar dens Proceeds from the can cert go to the Ontario rippled Childrens Centre III ALL MY CHILDREN JOYCE DAVIDSON SHOW 200 pm Gryphon Theatre 10th anniversary look 230 Performance House folk music and poetry 600 Round Up On The Moon Guthrie Play 700 Celebrity Billiards Guest Joe Battaglia Public School 830 How The Bible Came To UsPartl Wednesday May 23 1230 pm Barrie Police Dept look at our local force 100 Quilting 200 Sports Forum 600 Iim Cross and Friends Red Skeleton 630 KeepOn Movin 700 Talent Gallery 730 Talk to City Council DICK VAN DYKE SHOW FAMILY FEUD MON THRU FRI STRIKES SPARES AND PAUL BERNARD MISSES CITY LIGHTS gt MORNING VARIOUS PROGRAMMING 130 558 exc MON MOIRA HUNT FOCUS ROWE 00 an As THE WORLD TURNS 600 PROGRAMMING INSCHOOL ALAN HAMEL SHOW 22 STAY TUNED amen CLUBTLK AND 100 HUNTLEY STREET 153 II umvflsm THE VARIOUS SIEGRAMMING we NEWSBREF 200 at gngégLAIPEAGE FRIENDLY GIANT DOCTORS 625 MOM 1000 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SHERLOCK HOLMES NATIONAL FILM BOARD VARIOUS FROGRAMMMG TROUBLE WITH TRACY ED ALLEN TIME VARIOUS PROGRAMMING IE EDSUCATION OF MIKE Tina HAMMY HAMSTER MCMANU 79 GET SMART THE CANADIANs NEWS 430 The Torontobased black light theatre company Famous People Players 845 LEAVE IT To BEAVER HOGANs HEROES will premiere their newest work The Sorcerers Apprentice June 22 in FRIENDLY GIANT EXC ME FOR You MERV GRIFFIN UNCLE BOBBY SHOW OUS PROGRAM ING Toronto CP Photo 900 TODAY MIKE DOUGLAS PASSWORD PLUS MISTER ROGERS LUCY SHOW TIC OMPANY Re VI ews are ra ves ea MON NEWS MY THREE SONS PHIL DONAHUE SHOW SEARCH FOR 500 TORONTO TODAY OORROW GET SMART 100 rows DE CENTOUR RYAN HOPE PARTRIDGE FAMILY In Live Phoneln Show 830 How The Bible Came To Us Part Thursday May 24 100 pm The Bible andHow It Came To Us Part 130 Quota Club Noise pollu tion 200 Talk to City Council see Wed at 730 pm Channel proudly announces that they have two new members to their programming staff They are JoAnne Buckley and Steve Mosley 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