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Sun Wu Kong is the Monkey King in this scene from The Monkey King Creates Havoc in Heaven production of the Peking Opera Theatre of China which will tour Canada for six weeks this tall CP Photo Chinese opera troupe tours Canada in fall By JAMES NELSON The anadian Press Sun Wu Kong the Monkey King the Dragon King the Jade King Flower and Fruit Mountain an Immortal Peach Feast the fiery oven of the Eight Diagrams in Astrology Intelligible The Peking Op era Theatre will make it so this fall when the loomember troupe more circus theatre than opera in the Western sense tours Canada for six weeks Those exotic characters and fanciful places are part of the Peking Opera Theatres princi pal touring production The Monkey King Creates Havoc in Heaven The tour organized by the Canada Councils touring office under the ChinaCanada cul tural exchange agreement opens in Toronto Oct and runs through Montreal Ottawa Hamilton Regina Edmonton Vancouver and Victoria where it closes with one performance Nov 13 Arranging the tour has been going on for months and is the second big Chinese attraction to come to Canada under the agreement The first was the Shanghai Ballet which as tounded both audiences and critics RETURN ENGAGEMENT In return for the Shanghai Ballet Canada sent the Toronto Symphony with Maureen For rester and Andre Lortie to China It is expected that before the Peking Opera Theatre arrives the govem ment in Ottawa will announce what major attraction Canada will send back to China in return John Cripton head of the touring office visited China early last spring to set the deal for the Pekin Opera Theatre and says the ow is something unlike anything to be seen any where else in the world This is not just music and singing in the style of grand opera but it includes acrobat ics mime swordplay and other performing arts all dressed in lavish and elaborate costumes and makeup Youd find closer parallel to the Peking Opera Theatre in the Moscow Circus than you would in the Metropolitan Opera of New York The Peking Opera Theatre was in Canada in 1960 and along with The Monkey King it will bring program of short works including some it per formed here nearly 20 years ago LONG HISTORY The history of dramatic per formance in China is longer than in the Western world but comparatively speaking the Peking Opera is relatively new dating back only to the late 17005 The Peking Opera Theatre New in Town Youll find friend where you see this sign For more information all Phone 1286758 has flourished in its present form since the founding of the Peoples Republic and it now has four performing troupes doing both traditional works and works inspired by Chair man Mato teachings and the Revolution Among the more than 100 works in its repertory is The White Haired Gir which the Shanghai Ballet brought to Canada on tour in dance form two years ago Everything about the Peking Opera Theatre is big its size its repertory and its flamboy ance in production It also has its own traditions The orchestra of Chinese in struments for instance is con ducted by the drummer who also directs the performers on stage GOLD FACES Costuming and stage make up are keys to the style of the Peking Opera Theatre Some of the performers take as long as four hours just to put on the makeup they use Because the costumes are so elaborate facial expression especially the use of the per formers eyes has to be em phasized Council too weak says arts report OTTAWA CP The Can ada Council should have more responsibility not less in pro moting artistic and cultural ac tivity at home and abroad says report made public Wednes sixmember committee led by Roger Jones of Toronto Dance Theatre says the grant giving council should take the initiative to gain more power Areas the council should enter as an adviser include winter works and other job creation measures now sponsored by the manpower department and the promotion of trade and commerce The report was repared last fall and submitted to the coun cil in December The external affairs depart ment which subsidiaes inter national tours of foreign and Canadian artists under cultural exchange agreements should turn that part of its work over to the council along with the money the external affairs de partment now spends How much money is involved is not clear The external af fairs departments $385 mil lion budget includes $326 mil lion for information activities and cultural relations but that apparently includes more than the Jones report suggests be transferred to the council STRENGTHEN LIAISON The report says there should be closer liaison between the council and the eight other agencies reporting to the secre tary of state department on the work of artists and performers We have hardly begun to ex plore the ramifications the report says but says the MEIlUN DT DENTURE THERAPIST Complete Denture Service Hours am pm Mon thru Fri 280 Dunlop St Barrie 7286810 Member Denturist Society CINEMAS 7269944 AIR CONDITIONED AMPlE FREE PARKING REERESNMENT CENTRE TO SERVE YOU More Entertaining Than Humanly Possible my SIR LEW GRADE and MARTIN STARGER present JIM HENSON PRODUCTION THE MUPPET MOVIE Executive Producer MARTIN STARGER Produced by JIM HENSON Written by JERRY JUHL 8r JACK BURNS Directed by JAMES FRAWLEY Music Lyrics by PAUL WILLIAMS and KENNY ASCHER Coproduced by DAVID LAZER Starring The Muppet Performers JIM HENSON FRANK OZ JERRY NELSON RICHARD HUNT DAVE GOEIZ Costarllng CHARLES DURNING and AUSTIN PENDLHON Spectal Guest Stars EDGAR BERGEN MILTON BERLE MEL BROOKS JAMES COBURN DOM DeLUISE ELLIOTT GOULD 808 HOPE MADELINF KAI IN AROL KANE CLORIS LEACHMAN STEVE MARTIN RICHARD PRYOR TELLY SAVAIAS ORSON WELLES RAUL WILLIAMS ModuhbkonmmkflwdsMbpu mmnanMuwaMokw gum=3 MATINEE EVERY DAY 130 EVENINGS AT PM MARK HAMILL HARRISON FORD CARRIE FISHER PETER CUSHING and ALEC GUINNESS tittivlfittiu WenmdDnmcdby Produced by MUSIC by GEORGE LUCAS GARY KURTZ JOHN VILUAMS PANAVISION° PPJNTSBY D€ LUXE TECHNlCOLOR Canada Council simuld be consulted in manpower projects in the work of the department of regional economic expansion and the Canadian International Development Agency Because of inflation and budget limitations Canada Council grants for the arts have not increased in buying power inthe Iastfour years Jones said in an interview he She agrees Actress Margaret OBrien says she agrees with the state Senates decision to dlssapprove Jane Fondas appointment to the state California Arts Council fore the report was released that though written last Octo ber the committees recom mendations were not changed by the May 22 election of new government and appointment of new secretary of state David MacDonald succeeding John Roberts The report was directed pri marily to the council 21 member board of government appointed trustees representing the public interest The council distributes more than $40 mil lion year to arts organizations and individual artists Estrada accident NBC television will work actor Eric Estradas acci dent into the series CHiPs although the producer says they will not use the film of the actual accident MAX WEBSTER IN CONCERT WITH SPEClAL GUESTS SEGARINI ORIllIA COMMUNITY CENTRE SATURDAY AUG 18 830 PM Advance tickets $650 Available at Sam the Record Man Records on Wheels CC Pant Shop Boytield Moll Next week tickets available at the door $750 Aug 30 at pm at the park tion de featured in the current show at The Glass Art Gallery in Enter as often as you like the examiner COLORING CONTEST To be iudged Tues Aug 22nd at am at the Curling Club in Barrie Barrie Fair August 21st to 26th WIN FREE BARRIE FAIR RIDE coupons Color Conko the Clown abovei There will be prizes for three age groups YIS 0f 099 and under yrs under ll yrs and under You can enter as many times as you wish but you may not send in any photo copies The entry must be clipped from the newspaper Prizes are First Prize Two strips of ride coupons SIO value Second Prize One strip of ride coupons $5 value and Third 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