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"I wanted to populate the play with real people from real towns," reveals Kerâ€" nohan, "so although Northâ€" em Hope is a fictional town with fictional characters. it‘s all a composite of real towns and people that I know and love. It‘s important to me that it feels honest, that the audience feels the familiar bittersweet moments that everyone has felt. that they Consider Northern Hope as a Canadian homage to Thornton Wilder‘s legendary stage masterpiece, Our Town, but with a quirky and contemporary flavour. "A lot of plays that I see don‘t really speak to my realâ€" ity," admits Kernohan. "They‘re abstract, not what everyday people are dealing with. 1 wanted to write something that was fun, real, honest, and true, without being cynical." Penned by Next Level‘s artistic director, William Kerâ€" nohan, Northern Hope is a collection of quirky vignettes that reflect the often humorâ€" ous and always touching interactions between men and women in a small Ontario townâ€"not unlike any small town in the rural regions outside the glossy urban centres. As this winter wanes, Next Level Theatre brings that hope onto the stage in a premiere production of the original romantic comedy, Northern Hope. uring the long, cold D\\'in!cr\. every Canaâ€" dian hopes for comâ€" fort through the warmth of love and laughter. Next Level Theatre brings smallâ€"town spirit tfl t|lfl suburban stage in ‘Northern Hope‘ W.A. Mozart : â€"â€" Tickets $33 $36 $39 Michael Colvin, temor _ Gregory Dahl, bass baritone Masi in C Minor _ _ Derek Holman Centre In ) vet Centre Mours Monday . Stiny N0AW . WMW i Sevurday Soae . one k w p h il h ar laugh at how much fun it can be to live in a simpler place, and that they are touched by the love that fills the streets of every small town." m(mwm&amawmommmnuummflmxmm ern Hone Northern Hope is the ARTS FOCUS fourth play that Kernohan has writien. produced. and directed with the Wateriooâ€" based Next Level Theatre. "The circumstances in It‘s his most romantic when people fall in love. lhn’sal-.z;sw‘ and that‘s what 1 wamed 10 present on stage. kemnohan the play are things that we ve all deakt with. the ordimar Bring a bag of nanperishable food stems between FEERUARY 27 and MARCH 11 to either Waterlco Curzes and join with no sign up fee. All groceries will be donated to local feod banks. 8th ANNUAL FOOD DRIVE Curves TD amnth CD program. thst stt wiith any «itiee: «i. Tliih elly t Wistertine iatiines. deccares. "I s hasscalh 2 lacutr. Shoncumme :s # gorm. warmâ€"heared souch <«f magâ€" Tackens are S25 eaact acal realism for a frosm m Onder mokens im premsem t rers eve_" the Cemmne im the Sgaune brx Over the pas: sn seasoms . <«fane oc on prooming 5+ the romaume Ne Leve) The . 1570 or ensroump acemucemme aue casts and creus comtinâ€" â€" 4Quarmcom â€". astme. 1 529 Murng S N_ lacuts. Shoncumme s# gomn Thhe shom waill mum Fetn 23. ?4 amg "n amd Miaxi * ; rspactul masniftumg gizs Al aorth a nememous diome of and Helem _ Stirdkds. _ Gond (‘-,\uhnflh-m_ Ameand2 Drake. WMaenmem cuen qursettiues Toh ons exmmenmitike «esc â€" feemurme the caliemts of suct fime lacal aciors 2s Aurthileem: cTems Feusud Ghose cak un Housrniit Asperts o 2 hermogmous amf bue PBizar® Bhow mes, nc